The Good Rats
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email received 10/28/01: I have seen this Awesome band 2 times.
I am 26 yrs old and to be honest with you, this band rocks. Lots of
harmony, in your face no bullshit straight up R'R. I saw them in Poughkeepsie
and Rochester and I was fortunate, thank my lucky stars to get up
on stage and jam with them and play "Air Bat" with the greatest band
that ever walked the land. They are the best and the only. Rat on.
Mark R.
- The
Good Rats (with Joe Franco, John Gatto, Lenny Kotke, Mickey Marchello
and Peppi Marchello) rose from popularity as "the local Grateful Dead"
to become a nationally popular boogie band by 1974.
- On
February 7, 1964, when The Beatles landed at Idlewild Airport, a young
St. John's student was there to see the plane arrive. He was so inspired
by the event, he knew his world had changed. "I instantly knew what
I wanted to do with my life. I wanted to be like them. I wanted to
make music," said Brooklyn-to-Baldwin native, Peppi Marchello. Four
years later, Peppi would launch The Good Rats.
- The
Good Rats' shows were sellouts as audiences ate up their manic stage
antics. Known for extended jams as well as Peppi's bravado vocals
as he swung his trademark baseball bat (more like an "air guitar");
the band tossed rubber rats into the crowds while tossing kids off
the stage.
- In
1979, drummer Joe Franco commented on their local popularity: "If
the rest of the country was Long Island, we'd be The Beatles." The
Good Rats still command sold out venues each time they reunite. Although
some of their albums are difficult to procure, notably the classic,
"Tasty" (Warner Brothers 2813, 1974), there are CDs available of their
albums.
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Richard Arfin 1987 Revised 2004 All Rights Reserved
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