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Artist
The Stepford Husbands
12+ albums
Neo-Psychedeliagarage revival
about
The seeds of the Stepford Husbands were first sown one sultry night in the Peppermint Lounge in NYC when Gary Thomas first shook the hand of Dave Amels, an introduction that was to spawn 5 singles, 1 album and countless live shows (well, 5 or 6 at least). Once they declared their mutual love of everything 60s, especially the music, they decided to put a band together. Dave with his extensive knowledge of 60's garage music and love of pure pop music of that era, and Gary, with his influences mainly from his native England and the swinging sounds that came out of that land in that decade, and his love of pure pop music of that era, soon realized that a merge of these influences would produce something incredibly exciting and perhaps extend anything that had previously been attempted in recorded music (of any era). They needed musicians to augment the sound of Dave's various combo organs and Gary's Hofner guitars and after a few failed attempts with various musicians (including a psychotic Cuban rockabilly-obsessed drummer) decided to go it alone and record a single under the name the Stepford Husbands. So one rainy Autumn afternoon in 1983 they set up the 4-track in Dave's bedroom and laid down the basis of what was to become the legendary first Stepford Husbands single, "Why Aren't You There." Using primitive equipment and ingenious recording techniques they managed to produce what Timothy Gassen described in his book "Echoes In Time" as "...one of those classic bits of garag
