Chain Gang (band)

Chain Gang was an American punk rock band known foremost for the 1977 single "Son of Sam" (Gee, Luanda)[1] which had limited success on the British charts and was subsequently covered by the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.[2] The group consisted of Larry Gee on guitar, Phil Von Rome on drums. Ted Twist on bass and the late Ricky Luanda (Rick McGregor) on Vocals.[3] in 1987 the group did the soundtrack for the film "Mondo Manhattan".[4] In 1991, Chain Gang recorded the single "Kill for You" and in 1993 the LP "Perfume" on Matador Records.[5]

References
  1. "Song: Son of Sam written by Larry Gee,Ricky Luanda | SecondHandSongs". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
  2. "Chain Gang – Son of Sam (7", US) - Pop-Catastrophe.co.uk". pop-catastrophe.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
  3. "R.I.P. Chain Gang's Ricky Luanda - News - Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. 2 February 2014. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
  4. "Chain Gang - Mondo Manhattan (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
  5. "Matador Records | Chain Gang". matadorrecords.com. Retrieved 2015-09-20.


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