Career The Whirling Dervishes (band)
1 career
1.1 record releases
1.2 television , film
1.3 everlounge
career
dazzo, ardrey, paola , siegel met while attending westfield high school while heer , bryan studied @ neighboring union catholic high school. performed in various bands during formative years, except dazzo served roadie ardrey s group, shattered five.
the band known dark pop songs , benefitted airplay on whtg-fm in eatontown, new jersey, helped popularize group @ jersey shore , beyond. band toured east coast during mid-1980s through 1990s, performed @ rock clubs in new york , new jersey area such stone pony, brighton bar, limelight, danceteria, cbgb, china club, kat club, fastlane, court tavern, melody, roxy, , green parrot.
the original line-up, bob ardrey (guitar, vocals), don dazzo (lead vocals), dan paola (guitar, vocals), billy siegel (keyboards, vocals, producer), jerry heer (bass) , john bryan (drums, percussion), still today. have worked engineer alan douches, known engineering , mastering skills aerosmith, steve taylor , george benson.
record releases
best known perennial christmas classic cover of re mean one, mr. grinch, band released 2 vinyl eps, history kicks (1983) , affordable world (1985); 1 cd ep, wish snow (1992), independently, re-released in 1994 on ignition bonus tracks , again in 1995 grinch on continuum/universal; , 1 full-length cd album, strange , wonderful (1992).
television , film
signed in 1991 herb alpert s publishing arm of a&m records rondor music, band wrote , recorded theme song nbc s short-lived television show adventures of mark , brian.
in 1990, band released film thin mints, written , directed dazzo, produced , edited heer, starring ardrey , fred harlow, score siegel , ardrey, , whirling dervishes songs prominently featured.
everlounge
in 1994, dazzo , siegel formed group everlounge, later joined ardrey, inspired new york- , los angeles-based lounge music scene. occasionally, whirling dervishes still play local shows in new jersey area.
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