The Rubinoos
Seminal power pop
Exactly forty years after The Rubinoos capped their
original and unlikely rise to fame with the Beserkley Records classic Back
To The Drawing Board!, the definitive line-up featuring Jon Rubin, Tommy
Dunbar, Donn Spindt and Al Chan are back in action on new album From Home,
out August 23 on Yep Roc Records. After forming in 1970 when no one in the band
was old enough to drive a car, the Bay Area rockers earned hero status in the
late 1970s over an incredible three-year stretch (1977-1980) which saw them release
two albums, chart on the Billboard Hot 100, perform on American Bandstand and
Old Grey Whistle Test, back Jonathan Richman, grace the pages of Tiger Beat,
and tour with Elvis Costello. The Rubinoos have toured and recorded in
different incarnations in the intervening decades, but From Home
represents a true return to the original spirit of the group. This new album is thanks in part to fellow SF artist
Chuck Prophet, a self-avowed superfan who saw the Rubinoos dozens of times as a
teenager. From Home sees this magnificently unconventional four-piece
return with all of the Beach Boys backed by a garage band" intensity and
impeccability of their 70s breakout.
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