
Arising out of adolescent garage band the Primitives, which played primitive covers of British Invasion tunes, the New Primitives came together in New York City in 1966, originally composed of a group of high school friends: Ray Rifice (guitar), Tommy Nikosy (guitar), Rob Buckman (drums), and Mike Garrigan (vocals).
Soon, the band increased to a group of six with the addition of bassist Gus Riossi.
Jeff Bilotta was finally added as the organist [read more...]