David Minehan - guitar, vocals; Lee Harrington - bass, vocals; John Lynch - drums / Former Members: John Hartcorn - bass, vocals; Mike Quaglia - drums, vocals; Tim Green - bass, vocals; Carl Coletti - drums; Dan Batal - guitar; Jim Bowman - bass
It's easy to find David Minehan. He typically spends six days a week behind the board at his Woolly Mammoth studio, where he's produced and engineered recordings for a large cast of local and national musicians over the past decade, from hardcore politicos Tree to singer-songwriter Rick Berlin's Shelley Winters Project.
But when I stop in on him, it's to talk about the resparking of his previous musical life as the firebreathing guitarist, frontman, and songwriter for the classic Boston rawk outfit The Neighborhoods. When they smashed onto the map in the late 70's, they helped shape a style that's since dominated much of Boston's live-music club scene: a punk-fueled garage-rock sound with big hooks, melodies, and snarling six-strings.
A series of excellent albums, including 1987's Reptile Men (Emergo) and their 1991 major-label swan song, The Neighborhoods (Third Stone), plus their non-stop touring made them the snotty favored sons of the Northeast and dark horses in much of the rest of the country. After they quit, in 1992, Minehan soldiered on as a sideman with Paul Westerberg and Aerosmith, and he led his own group Stardarts before establishing Woolly Mammoth.
Reports of brief Neighborhoods reunions at weddings and parties have been passed along like urban myths. But this year they've been doing it for real, most recently at October's Boston Music Awards, where the line-up included charter bassist John Hartcorn and title holder Lee Harrington (who's now a lawyer), and original 'Hoods drummer Mike Quaglia.
More info on David:
www.parallaxproject.com/Old%20Site%20Files/Profiles/Dave.html
NOTE: Your best bet to get a hold of David, Lee or anyone affiliated with the band is to leave a comment instead of an e-mail. Due to the high volume of e-mails this page recieves, there is not enough time in the world to read them all. I do know that the band occasionally checks out the page. Thanks.
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JUST RETURNED FROM PRODUCING MY SECOND 2008 MULTI-BAND ROCK SHOW ON MAY 24 AT HALEIWA WAIALUA GYM ON OAHU! THE THIRD SHOW (SAME FORMAT) IS SEPTEMBER 6. CAN I BOOK THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO PERFORM AT ONE OF MY UPCOMING GYM SHOWS?
Hi there The Neighborhoods first of all we'd like to say thanks for being our myspace pal. We wanted to make sure you knew the reason incase we suddenly vanish off of your friends list. The movement we've started for indie artists has grown significantly and consumes all of our time these days. We seldom sign into our myspace account and this is making several people believe that we are ignoring them. We are not ignoring anyone, we wanted everyone to know that. What we're doing has become so busy we just don't have the time for myspace any longer, so in all honesty we are probably going to just close our myspace account.
Many people wanted to use us in the future so if you were one of those people make sure you bookmark www.tthlabel.com so that in the even that we do close our myspace account you will not lose contact with us. Thanks again for being our myspace pal!
'Beware the beast man, for he is the devil's pawn. Alone among God's primates, he kills for sport, or lust or greed. Yes, he will murder his brother to possess his brother's land. Let him not breed in great numbers, for he will make a desert of his home and yours. Shun him. Drive him back into his jungle lair: For he is the harbinger of death'.
I love you guys! Thanks for the access. I have snapshots of y'all at a show with David in a sailor suit. They're next in line for scanning. Also David: seriously fabulous production on Willie and the Boom Booms.
Any info on the Live RAT Cd? Can't wait!!! Maybe you could also re-release WUSA and Fire is Coming on CD? YEAH! That would be awesome!!! Have a great day!
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