Sons of Adam
| The Sons of Adam | |
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| Origin | Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
| Genres | Garage rock, rock and roll, proto-punk, hard rock, surf rock |
| Years active | 1965–1967 |
| Labels | Decca, Alamo |
| Associated acts | The Other Half |
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The Sons of Adam (earlier the Fender IV) were an American garage rock band, from Baltimore, Maryland, but who re-located to Los Angeles and became a regular fixture on the Sunset Strip music scene, during the mid-1960s. The band, who released several singles for the Decca and Alamo labels, which included the songs "Saturday's Son", "Feathered Fish" and "Baby Show the World", is also notable for the presence of two of its members: guitarist Randy Holden, later of The Other Half and Blue Cheer, and drummer Michael Stuart, later of Love.
The band, originally a surf rock and instrumental group from Baltimore, Maryland, called the Iridescents, then later The Fender IV, was founded in 1962 by guitarist Randy Holden, who had previously played in other local rock and roll bands, and bassist Mike Port. By 1963, they had enlisted Sonny Lombardo on drums, then later Joe Kooken on guitar, to complete the original lineup. Holden, then a fan of Duane Eddy, stated:
By the end of 1963, the band's repertoire had become completely dominated by surf influences, so they made arrangements to re-locate to Southern California, in hopes of riding the crest of the then-current surf rock craze to find success in its center, Los Angeles, which was also becoming a Mecca in the recording industry. The band departed in a Volkswagen bus and drove to California, and arrived there on November 22, 1963, the day of John F. Kennedy's assassination.
However, drummer Sonny Lomberdo was not able to accompany them to California, so the band had to find another drummer when they got there and enlisted the services Bruce Miller. Unlike in Maryland, the drinking age in California was 21, so the band members went to Tijuana, Mexico and had fake ID's made in order to be able to play gigs at nightclubs and bars. They were eventually able to get steady work playing gigs at popular thenight-spot, Gazzarri’s.
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