Stories was a short-lived art rock band based out of New York City in the early 1970s. Art rock is a term describing a subgenre of Rock music that tends to have "experimental or avant-garde influences" and emphasizes "novel sonic texture The City of New York The band consisted of keyboardist Michael Brown, bassist/vocalist Ian Lloyd, guitarist Steve Love, and drummer Bryan Madey, and had a Number 1 hit with a cover of Hot Chocolate's "Brother Louie. Michael Brown (born Michael Lookofsky in New York, April 25, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter Ian Lloyd may refer to Ian Lloyd (musician (born 1947 American singer Ian Lloyd (British politician (1921-2006 British Conservative Hot chocolate (also known as hot cocoa, drinking chocolate or just cocoa) is a heated Beverage that typically consists of " Brother Louie " was a song about an interracial love affair "
Band History
Lead singer/bassist Ian Lloyd (b. Ian Lloyd may refer to Ian Lloyd (musician (born 1947 American singer Ian Lloyd (British politician (1921-2006 British Conservative Ian Buonconciglio, 1947, Seattle) and keyboardist Michael Brown (b. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Michael Lookofsky, April 25, 1949, Brooklyn) were introduced by their fathers, two old friends who had worked together for years as session violinists. The violin is a bowed String instrument with four strings usually tuned in Perfect fifths It is the smallest and highest-pitched member Ian had been singing for years and had attracted local notice recording as Ian London. Michael had played with his group the Left Banke, which had made the U. The Left Banke was an American 1960s pop-music group best remembered for their two hit singles " Walk Away Renee " and " Pretty Ballerina S. charts with "Walk Away Renee" (#5, 1966) and "Pretty Ballerina" (#15, 1967).
The two seemed to click and agreed to set about becoming a Beatlesque band. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 They recruited New Yorkers Steve Love (guitar) and Bryan Madey (drums) and located an interested record company in Kama Sutra. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles The drum is a member of the percussion group technically classified as a Membranophone. Kama Sutra Records was started in 1964 by Arthur "Artie" Ripp, Hy Mizrahi and Phil Steinberg as Kama Sutra Productions a production A self-titled album and a single – "I'm Coming Home" (#42, 1972) – followed. A second LP, About Us (1973), also did well, but primarily due to the inclusion of an afterthought, "Brother Louie. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. " The song about a black girl and her white boyfriend had been a British hit for Hot Chocolate that year. Once issued as Stories' second single, it became a big hit reaching number one in the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the This didn't sit well with the group.
"All of a sudden," Lloyd explained to Triad's Russel Wiener, "we had a big hit with a song that did not represent our music and the direction we were trying to go in. I didn't think it would affect me that much, but it did. Consequently, I decided that I had to remove myself from that, so that I could come back and show what I really can do. "
Lloyd did remain with Stories for one more album – Traveling Underground (1973) – but Brown left immediately. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Bassist Kenny Aaronson (b. Kenny Aaronson (born 14 April 1952 in Brooklyn, New York City) is an American Bass guitar player April 14, 1952, Brooklyn) (formerly of Dust) and keyboardist Ken Bichel (b. Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. Dust was an American Hard rock band active in the early 1970s Ken Bichel (b 1945 Detroit, Michigan) is an Emmy Award and Drama Desk Award winning American Actor, Composer, Pianist 1945, Detroit) stepped in to fill the void. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar The new group made the Hot 100 with "Mammy Blue" (#50, 1973) and "If It Feels Good, Do It" which was a cover of a song by the band Climax (#88, 1974). Before the group's breakup, Love left and was replaced by Richie Ranno.
Lloyd has since recorded several solo albums and done studio work for Foreigner, Fotomaker, and Peter Frampton. Foreigner is a rock band formed in New York City in 1976 by veteran musicians Mick Jones and ex- King Crimson member Ian McDonald, Fotomaker was a Power pop group based on Long Island NY which released 3 albums between 1978-79 Peter Kenneth Frampton (born 22 April 1950 in Beckenham, Kent) is an English Musician, best known today for his solo Brown next formed the Beckies, another Beatlesque band. Love reappeared in the early '80s as Landscape. Madey, after a two-LP stay with the Earl Slick Band, reportedly provided accompaniment for Peggy Lee. Earl Slick (born Frank Madeloni in Staten Island New York, 1952 is a Guitarist best known for his collaborations with David Bowie, Jim Peggy Lee ( May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002) was an American Jazz and popular music singer and Songwriter Aaronson has remained busy. He was co-founder (with Carmine Appice's brother Vinnie) of Axis, and he did sessions for Hall & Oates, Billy Squier, ex-Mountain Leslie West, Foghat, Bob Dylan, Tom Guerra, and Rick Derringer. Carmine Appice (b December 15, 1946 in Brooklyn New York) is an American rock Drummer of Italian ancestry Hall & Oates are a Pop music duo made up of Daryl Hall and John Oates. William Haislip "Billy" Squier (born on May 12, 1950 in Wellesley Massachusetts) is a rock Musician. Mountain is an American rock band. The band broke up in 1972 reformed two years later broke up soon after that and have since reconvened and resumed Leslie West (born October 22, 1945) is an American rock Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter. Foghat are a British rock band who had their peak success in the mid- to late-1970s Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major Tom Guerra was born April 27 1963 in Hartford Connecticut Since the late 1970's Guerra has been a popular guitarist on the New England club circuit playing with a host of leading Rick Derringer (born Richard Zehringer, 5 August, 1947, in Fort Recovery Ohio) is an American Guitarist vocalist Bichel has done session work, and so has Love.
Raven Records released The Stories and About Us on a single cd with as a bonus track Another Love (the last single by the group - in 1974)
Discography
Albums
- Stories (Kama Sutra Records) (1972)
- About Us (Kama Sutra) (1973)
- Traveling Underground (Kama Sutra) (1973)
- Stories/About Us (Raven Records) (2007)
Singles
- Brother Louie/Changes Have Begun (Kama Sutra Records KA 577) (1973)
- Another Love (1974)
- I Feel Like Making Love
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