She used that expression - she said Lena was raining on her parade like it was really urbane or something. I had this weird experience with a really nice prostitute - not in a professional capacity, but she came over to my apartment with a friend of mine and was affecting to be Lena Horne’s daughter. “The name came about in a talk between me and David.

David was going to be an artist in one form or another… that was the thing about David that you just can’t ignore, was his ability to connect with people and figure out how to get that sh– done, because I sure wasn’t! I was a cork in the ocean floating over the raging sea.”ĭavid connected the band to Bill Hein at Enigma Records and got them signed, which led to the recording of their debut album, “Emergency Third Power Trip.” Backstage at a club in Rochester, New York, in June of 1984, Rain Parade keyboardist Will Glenn told me the origins of the band’s name:

“David was always a top-down kind of guy - you know, a conceptualist. Steven, as David’s brother, was an obvious addition on bass. for the express purpose of starting a band with David. Roback and Rain Parade guitarist Matt Piucci had been roommates in college in Minneapolis in the late 1970s and had stayed in touch. Her brother John was David’s best friend John went to Yale and his roommate was future Rain Parade member Will Glenn. Susanna Hoffs of the Bangles grew up down the street from Roback and his bassist brother Steven Roback. bands later grouped with them as the “Paisley Underground” - the Three O’Clock, the Bangles and others.

They were joined in this mission by other L.A. The Rain Parade were among the first bands of the ‘80s to deliver Big Star-influenced melodic songwriting with a nod to the ‘60s psychedelic flourishes of the Byrds and Beatles.

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