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Boston’s hard-rockin’
retaliation to the British Invasion, the Remains enjoyed a fairly
remarkable career: you may have lucked into catching them on The
Ed Sullivan Show or Hullabaloo, or maybe discovered
‘em as opening-slot upsetters on the Beatles’ final
tour (“The Beatles weren’t any bigger,” exclaimed
The Chicago American). Chances are slim that you witnessed
the full-blast live brilliance of Barry Tashian and band at their
Rathskeller ‘65 prime, but it at least makes for a vivid,
skull-crushing fantasy, eh? As is poundingly evident on their
recordings, Barry Tashian, Vern Miller Jr., Bill Briggs and Chip
Damiani could lock together with an intensity that is amazing
and unmatched.
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