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She and two fellow students, Peter Woods and Jay Derrah formed a tongue-in-cheek 1960’s revival band called the Mummers and the Poppers (a takeoff on the name of the Mamas and the Papas). Romeo Void was formed by Debora Iyall , Frank Zincavage , Peter Woods , and Jay Derrah on Valentine’s Day 1979 .
Jay Derrah was the first in a revolving door of drummers; though he played the bulk of early gigs, he departed before the first album, which was recorded with Pearl Harbor’s John “Stench” Haines. The name Romeo Void came about in Debora’s kitchen, with a tacit decision not to have a “The” name.
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Oct 14, 2018 · Joining Iyall for the lineup were guitarist Peter Woods, bassist Frank Zincavage, saxophonist Benjamin Bossi and drummer Aaron Smith (who replaced Jay Derrah.) Iyall and Zincavage met at the San Francisco Art Institute and the band officially formed on Valentine’s Day in 1979, its name inspired by a magazine headline “Why women can’t get ...
Romeo Void was an American new wave / post punk band from San Francisco, California, formed in 1979. [1] The band primarily consisted of saxophonist Benjamin Bossi, vocalist Debora Iyall, guitarist Peter Woods, and bassist Frank Zincavage. The band went through four drummers, starting with Jay Derrah and ending with Aaron Smith.
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Our first, Jay Derrah, who's on Live From Mabuhay Gardens: November 14, 1980, was a big Keith Moon fan. Overall, we were just melodic enough without being too poppy. And we were driving and powerful enough as a live band without venturing too far into the distortion realm of most punk.
