The Romans first were Michael Uhlenkott, Juan Gomez, Pat Delaney and Keith Mitchell. next were Michael Uhlenkott, Juan Gomez, Mikey Borens, Pat Delaney and Keith Mitchell. finally were (left to right, as pictured) Michael Uhlenkott, Keith Mitchell, Juan Gomez and Robert Lloyd, with the frequent participation of Chris Cacavas, and sometimes the in-concert assistance of Pat Delaney.
Michael and Juan wrote most of the songs. Michael sang and played mostly bass but also acoustic guitar and some keyboards. Juan played rhythm guitar and some lead guitar and sometimes played the bass and sang backing vocals. Mikey played the lead guitar until he left and was replaced by Robert who played the lead guitar after that, and also the mandolin. Keith played drums and sang backing vocals. Pat played saxophone and in Version 3 the pennywhistle. Chris played keyboards and accordion. Pierre Smith has also been a Roman, in later live appearances.
The Romans began as an instrumental punk-art-surf supergroup, relatively speaking, composed of members of the three most important bands of the "Pasadena" scene of the late '70s and early '80s. Michael and Keith came from Monitor, Juan from Human Hands and Pat from Bpeople. They made their recorded debut as one of four groups sharing an album called Color the Reality (Monsterface Records, 1982), and then with the addition of Mikey made You Only Live Once (Solid Eye, 1983, rereleased by Warning Label Records, 2002), produced by Paul B. Cutler. The German edition (No Man's Land, 1984) adds two tracks recorded with Robert that point the way to the psychedelic country-rock of The Last Days at the Ranch (Down There/Restless, 1986), produced by Steve Wynn .
STEVE WYNN & the MIRACLE 3 perform MEDICINE SHOW 25th Anniversary of the seminal Dream Syndicate album “Medicine Show”. New York and Los Angeles shows only!
SAT. JUNE 27 - NEW YORK @ The Bell House (Park Slope, Brooklyn) Steve Wynn & the Miracle 3 @ 9:30 Paramount Styles (feat. Scott McCloud of Girls Against Boys) @ 8:30 Doug Gillard (of Guided by Voices and Death of Samantha) @ 7:30 http://www.thebellhouseny.com
SAT. JULY 9 - LOS ANGELES @ The Echo (Echo Park) Steve Wynn & the Miracle 3 @ 9:30pm The Urinals @ 8:30pm http://www.attheecho.com
