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The Rain Parade lineup included original members Matt Piucci, Steven Roback and John Thoman, augmented by Mark Hanley, Alec Palao and former Game Theory drummer Gil Ray. This lineup also performed at The Earl in Atlanta, GA on January 19, 2013, in a benefit for Bobby Sutliff of The Windbreakers, who had been injured in a car accident.
As Alec Palao, the American-based English expat, one time member of the band and subsequent Ace consultant, recalls: "The band was an amalgam of everything we were into, be it rockabilly, garage punk, 1970s punk, surf, northern soul, folk-rock; we were omnivores."
Palao was again found guilty on Thursday of sexual assault, two counts of criminal sexual contact and three counts of child endangerment. The case began in June 2013, when Palao sexually assaulted an 11-year-old child in Clifton whose father he knew from church.
Compiled, curated, and restored by journalist and music aficionado Alec Palao, it’s a fantastic slew of well-known and otherwise unknown garage rockers from the vaults of Stax, Original Sound, Vanguard, and Fantasy Records, and features an unreleased cut from the Music Machine, along with an alternate take of the Count Five’s classic ...
Palao was found guilty of sexual assault, two counts of criminal sexual contact, and three counts of endangering the welfare of a child, Valdes said. Palao faces a maximum term of...
Alejandro "Alec" Palao (born 1962) is a British musician, music historian, writer, and reissue producer. In addition to his musical output with groups like the Sting-rays, the Sneetches, and Mushroom, his works include hundreds of production credits and liner notes on important compilations of vintage rock and soul from Ace Records, Rhino ...
The band — featuring original/early members Piucci, Steven Roback and John Thoman, plus Mark Hanley, Alec Palao and Game Theory drummer Gil Ray — only has one other show on the books a the moment, an appearance at the MTT Fest in Calgary, Canada, in April. Below, we’ve rounded up some fan-shot video of the Atlanta reunion gig:
