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Influential power-pop songwriting team Joey Alkes and Chris Fradkin, co-authors of the famed rock anthem "Million Miles Away" among other memorable Plimsouls power-pop tunes with Peter Case ("Now," "Hypnotized," "Hush, Hush" and "Lost Time") plan to release a CD of their own unheard material from those years (1980-1984). Such other acts as The Goo Goo Dolls, Phil Seymour, Flamin' Groovies, Martika, Paul Collins & The Beat, Alexis Korner, Jamie James, DangerFace, TenTen, The Space Shot Orchestra and Billie Jo Burnor are among the many acts that have recorded Alkes-Fradkin tunes from those years. Just last year (2008) "Million Miles Away" was re-recorded and released by Hollywood Records rock act Ingram Hill and the Goo Goo Dolls re-released their version of the Plimsouls hit, recorded early in the Goo's career, on a cd/dvd box set with music video dvd, called Goo Goo Dolls: Vol. 2. In addition, the cult hit film Valley Girl, which featured the Plimsouls' live performance of "Million Miles Away," is presently in production by MGM for a theatrical musical, and possibly a film remake. In 2006, Alkes' own avant-garde music act called DJ Monkey, with members Mick McMains (Earl Slick's NYC) and rapper Jamal "TipToe" Cryer (Bad Azz's "Word on the Street"), recorded and released an award winning (Rockwired.com "Song of the Year 2007") version of an Alkes-Fradkin tune written in the early eighties called "Hard Times In NYC."
These recordings, on this Alkes-Fradkin site and on the upcoming CD to be released later this year, were meant as demos to be presented for recording to the group of acts that recorded their material in those years. They were recorded in many different situations and circumstances; the telling of which can be as compelling as the songs themselves. It was a zany but magical time. Alkes, who makes his living as a journalist and freelance writer, has also worked in most every area of the music industry (See AMG bio for full history and discography); and as mentioned above, is a principal member of the Squid Music alternative rap act DJ Monkey. Fradkin is a multiple Emmy nominee and winner in sound effects editing for his work on The X-Files; the father and producer of the renowned child prodigy pianist Ragtime Ruby; and is currently working on a doctorate in psychology and performing research at the University of California, Merced.
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