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The Lifesavors
10+ albums
punk80s
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The Lifesavors/Lifesavers (and Undercover) formed out of members that came from two earlier bands, J.C. Rose and Boaz. Both bands started in 1978. They were described by John J. Thompson as “edgier than Larry Norman and Love Song.” Chris Wimber was in Boaz before forming The Lifesavors, but J.C. Rose and Boaz had line-ups that were changing and intermixing. By 1979, J.C. Rose was Jim Nicolson, Joe Taylor, and Dave Hackbarth while Boaz was Chris Wimber, Danny Pavlis, Ray Hersom and Rick Alba (among a few others). J.C. Rose was also noted as having a demo tape, but it is unknown if Boaz ever recorded. Gary Wilson tells what he remembers of J.C. Rose in the book God’s Not Dead (And Neither Are We). As of 1979, Jim Nicolson and Joe Taylor were both in the band, and they had a tape that Wilson liked. They were eventually able to convinced Wilson to join on drums. About 4-6 weeks after he joined, the band split up. Jim Nicolson, Joe Taylor, Danny Pavlis (drums), and Rick Alba (bass) started Undercover. Undercover started rehearsing in a greenhouse owned by Danny’s parents. Chris Wimber and Ray Hersom formed The Lifesavors. The Lifesavors were formed by Chris Wimber (the son of Vineyard founder John Wimber) and Ray Hersom. Wimber and Hersom had previously been a in a band called Boaz before forming The Lifesavors. Their first concert as The Lifesavors was at a roller skating rink in Yorba Linda sometime late in 1980. Undercover and a band called The Chosen Ones also played at the
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