Origin: Brooklyn, NY, USA
This band hailed from Brooklyn, NY and originally started life as a group of 8th grade classmates in 1964, calling themselves the Primitives. They were inspired by The Beatles after seeing their momentous U.S. television debut on the Ed Sullivan Show . Original members were Tommy Nikosey (guitars, vocals), Ray Rifice (lead guitar), Rob Buckman (drums) and John Kharouf (bass). They spent most of their first year together practicing, playing local church dances and searching for a front man, who they finally found in another local boy named Mike Garrigan (lead vocals) during the summer of 1965. …