Alright,
I would never normally be caught dead creating a fan webpage,
I feel sorta feel compelled to to let the world know about these
guys.
In short, The Atlantics were a Boston based band who got within
a C-hair of making it big time. They were hugely popular in
Boston circa 1978, got a major record contract, had an album
that stiffed, recorded the single "Lonelyhearts" (circa
1980) with their own money, got FUCKING SHITLOADS of airplay
throughout the entire 80's but no record label would touch the
song because they were in litigation with their old record company
at the time. Absolutely kills me to learn of their back story
and to know why "Lonelyhearts" was never released
by a major label.
The Atlantics
(circa 1980) Fred Pineau, B. Wilkinson, Tom Hauck, Paul Caruso,
Bobby Marron.
I graduated
highschool in 1980 near Boston and I kept hearing "Lonelyhearts"
on the radio back then. The weird parts was, I KEPT hearing
this song (Lonelyhearts) throughout the 80's AND 90's. I knew
this band had never made it, yet there it was on the radio.
Around 1987 I had managed to get to know a few people at WBCN,
and had hung around their studio with the likes of Charles Laquidara
and Mark Parento. That's when I noticed that they had The Atlantics
"Lonelyhearts" on a PLAYBACK CART on a rack of commercials
and other frequently played bits. (A music/audio "cart"
was something like an old 8-track tape which was used for things
that were played so often that it was easier to transfer to
these self-cueing units.) Don't forget, this is a song that
wasn't released by any major record label, yet they felt it
warranted a spot in the "easy access" shelf of stuff.
The technician had transferred the song to a reel to reel for
me. I was happy...I now had my own copy of "Lonelyhearts"!
Notice there's
no record label - totally self produced. (Sorta like this film?)
:-)
When I
started looking for possible music for my film "alt.sex",
I had come accross some info at Dirtywater.com. Tracked down
Fred Pineau there after reading his "Fred Pineau's Strange
Journey", he put me in contact with Tom Hauck. Not only
did Tom let me use his song "Lonelyhearts" in my film,
but had sent me an original copy of the 45 record! (woo hoo!)
It's amazing
how little degrees of seperation one has with anyone else on
this planet. Lemme list them:
