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The Remains

Boston’s legendary band, The Remains, was formed by Barry Tashian, Vern Miller, Bill Briggs and Chip Damiani in 1964 while they were students at Boston University. Within a couple of months of their formation, the band was playing to standing room only crowds and signed a recording contract with Epic Records. Known for their dynamic stage performances, they performed on the 1965 Ed Sullivan Christmas Show, NBC's Hullabaloo and were the opening act on The Beatles 1966 American Tour.

In many rock n' roll circles they are considered to be the founders of Garage Rock. A British reviewer of their Sixties recordings recently wrote: "The Remains stuff is stunning, swaggering, relaxed, confident-everything rock n' roll should be" and The Chicago Tribune said: "The Remains explode in a torrent of melody, searing guitar leads and furious drumming". Several years ago, Jon Landau, famed popular music critic and Bruce Springsteen manager wrote, “The Remains were how you told a stranger about Rock and Roll.”

Since 1998 The Remains have been playing reunion shows to packed houses

in Spain, France, Germany, Holland, Boston, New York, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas. A few years ago, The Remains gathered in a Nashville recording studio and record twelve new songs. There latest CD “Movin On” is the product of these recording sessions.

The Remains recently spend several days in Los Angeles performing and filming a documentary on the band directed by award winning TV director, Michael Stich. The Remains documentary is scheduled for release sometime during summer 2008.

For more information on The Remains, please visit www.theremains.com

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