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The Sunsets
12+ albums
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There were 2 groups called The Sunsets The First sunsets were the band as the shadows were with Cliff Richard and also they had a few solo albums. and were from Southern California. One of the many notable bands on the Southern California surf music scene of the mid-'60s, Adrian & the Sunsets were a short-lived act who gained a cult following years after their brief day in the sun. Adrian & the Sunsets were led by Adrian Lloyd, who was born in Cornwall, England before his family relocated to the United States and settled in Long Beach, California when Lloyd was 15 years old. A fan of drumming bandleaders like Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich, Lloyd took up the drums in high school; by the time he graduated in 1960, he was playing in a local rock band called the Outlaws (not to be confused with the later country-rock act). In 1962, Lloyd joined the Rumblers, a combo that scored a hit instrumental that same year, "Boss." Lloyd quit the Rumblers in 1963, and promptly auditioned for a new group being put together by a businessman and self-styled entrepreneur named Bob Sheets. Lloyd landed the gig, along with guitarists Ron Eglit and Clyde Brown, bassist Dick Lambert, and saxman Bruce Riddar. The band was to be called the Sunsets, but given Lloyd's age and experience (he was the only one in the lineup who was over 18), he was named the group's leader and they took the title Adrian & the Sunsets. The group also worked with a vocalist named Bobby Forest, though he wasn't considered an o
