I don’t know much about ska bands. But it seems the band Spider Nick & the Maddogs were important in the 90s New York City scene.
I am not going to write about them. This is an indiepop blog afterall. But I found out that one of their members, Derek Cornish, was previously in a band called Dreamworld. And there is at least one recording on Soundcloud that I thought I had to share with you all.
He describes the song “Everybody Looks Like You” by Dreamworld as a cross between The Ocean Blue and The Cure. He also tells us that originally the song was an instrumental that the rest of the band members were working on and that he later ended up adding lyrics and melody.
The song was part of a 1989 (or 1990) demo. He doesn’t mention if other songs were recorded in the same session. Would be nice to know. We know that the demo was recorded in Northport, NY.
Another interesting bit of info was that this was his first band and it was actually the band’s second name. Firstly they were called In the Dark.
On his account we see recordings by other bands he was involved with, always playing different music styles. DC/DC and Cinebytes are among his other projects.
I also find out that he was a radio and club DJ. Nowadays he is an audio and visual technician based in Hauppague, NY.
Then I find something curious. On the Copyright Encyclopedia, there is a mention of a “No Regrets” demo tape from 1988. It doesn’t mention what songs were on said tape but mentions some band members, Derek Cornish, Pete Propp, Dan Dembling, Mark Lipynsky and Will Timmons. Then another tape titled “Dreamworld” from 1990 with the same band members.
Thats all the info I could stumble upon. I’d be curious about more recordings about this band. Did they play live in NYC? Or somewhere in the NY state? Were there part of a scene?
Anyone remembers them?
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