Sybil - "Every Parent's Dream" hype trailer (San Francisco 1980s glam rock)

Описание: Promo video for the San Francisco-based glam punk band.
"Every Parent's Dream: The James Ray Remaster" on Fervor Records.
Available on all major streaming platforms.

"I've Been Dreamin'" (Dellara/Marqueson/McLeod/Ray/Wood)

Executive Producer: James Ray
Photography by Devorah Ostorov
Art Direction by Bowbood

Roxy = vocals; Cookie Chunks = guitar; Willie Orwonee = guitar; Syd Tybil = bass; Pat Pend = drums

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Abridged liner notes from the 2007 release of "Every Parent's Dream" on Retrospect Records:

Some say that the power-pop genre began with The Raspberries “Go All The Way” back in 1972. It was pop music that didn’t screw around and looked like the bastard child of Led Zep and the New York Dolls. This vibrant new sub-genre included groups like Grand Funk Railroad, the Sweet, and although some would vehemently (and wrongly) deny it, Kiss. Hell, if you actually pick apart songs like “No More Mr. Nice Guy” and “Department Of Youth,” even Alice Cooper was a member of this arcane club.

Fast forward to San Francisco, 1979. In the City by the Bay, the ‘60s flower power scene eventually evolved into a virulent ’70 punk movement, which in turn spawned its polar opposite – a post-modern glam resurgence. In this new incarnation, glam borrowed liberally from its punk brethren. Mötley Crüe and Ratt would soon make indie debut records, and so did San Francisco’s Head On, which created just one commercial release – a flexi-disc of their set-opener, “Ready Go!”

Head On was one of those rare bands that everyone admired. They had it all. A great look, killer songs, and each guy had that indefinable star quality. We all knew that if ANYBODY from our scene was gonna make it, it was gonna be them.

Then one day, at the peak of their prowess and on the brink of getting that elusive record deal… they disappeared. Only many years later would I find out the reason – lead guitarist Frank Wilsey being cherry-picked by a local impresario. But no matter what the reason, a lot of people were crushed, because some fixer snuck onto the track in the dead of night and shot OUR goddamn horse.

But, as in all great rock and roll fables, this was not to be the end.

The creative core of Head On was their sinister rhythm guitarist James Ray, and after Head On he assembled a new group of merry men. But these guys were much meaner, nastier, sexier and greasier than Head On ever was, they mixed junkie-chic and dead-whore make-up with Rocky Horror lingerie. So with a batch of kickass power-pop songs to die for, they tossed their glam-goth hats into the ring.

James called his new band Sybil.

Sybil quickly landed opening gigs for bands like Lords of the New Church and Specimen, spreading their unholy gospel of mad excess and dirty love throughout the Bay Area. The combination of Ray (Cookie Chunks) on guitar, Roxy on vocals, Pat Pend on drums, Willie Orwonee on guitar, and Syd Tybil on bass proved to be the perfect beast. This fine collection of miscreants even recorded a stellar indie LP, "Every Parent’s Dream," in 1987, which delivered on every promise that Head On showed us back in ’79 and so much more.

It proved unequivocally that James Ray was the real deal. A master tunesmith with an uncanny ability to bridge the incestuous influences of power-pop, glam, metal and goth, he made "Dream" one of the best rock and roll LPs of the ‘80s.

I’ll end here simply by saying that if you dig old Kiss and Cheap Trick, you’re gonna love this.

And it’s gonna be a dirty, dirty love, baby.

Regent St. Claire, 2007