267:"Midwest teenage snot- rock at the outset, the trebly, tin-can production on early records actually worked to the bands ragged charm. The spanking riffs and barbed hooks served as a perfect backdrop for original singer Dean Lubensky's caterwaul, sounding to all the world like Janis Joplin's horny, pubescent, punked out suburban little brother." (Oliver Hunt, SuperStarcastic.com, 2006)
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formed yet. At this point, the band just consisted of John Harper on guitar and David Dale on bass, so a drummer and singer needed to be recruited. Dean
Lubensky and Graham Reece were recruited as vocalist and drummer. Dean was a good fit and became the permanent singer, and Steve Eddy replaced Reece as the drummer.
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were looking for an opening band for a show they had booked on
December 12, 1980 at the "Off The Wall Hall" (now known as "The Bottleneck"). The Embarrassment knew John Harper and knew that he was putting a band together, so they asked him if his band could open the show, but the band hadn't actually
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Lawrence, Kansas, has been a hotbed of alternative music for several years, thanks principally to the indefatigable Bill Rich, who runs the hardy, little Fresh Sounds label there. As far back as 1981, Rich was issuing the first pressings by the
Lawrence bands Get Smart! and the Embarrassment, both
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The band that received the most votes the Sin City
Disciples, Ernie Locke's first and most inimitable band whose name appeared 11 times. Second place went to the Rainmakers who got eight votes. Third went to the Get Up Kids and the Homestead Grays with six each. After that the Embarrassment, the
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Micronotz and the Embarrassment came out of the first batch of regional bands spawned by the punk rock explosion in 1976. They were the cream of the crop and the focus of the local scene.
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in December 1981, just one year after the band formed. The "Fresh Sounds" compilation series was organized by Bill Rich as a way to promote regional bands nationally.
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