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and was formed by Danny Malone (lead vocals, guitar) and Jack Moran (keyboards), both former members of local act The
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with Prater at the helm. The album's release in
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Peter
Clemente later became vice president and director of online entertainment practice at Internet customer relationship management firm Cyber Dialogue. Early in his career, he had been a member of The Mundanes, a new wave band based in
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was shelved and remains unreleased. However, five songs from the Band of
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