Smooch! by Arch Rockfeller

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Originally the Raging Hormones had a lead singer / frontman, and my role was to play guitar and write songs.

It would have been fun to continue playing Pete Townshend to original singer Jim Burley's Roger Daltrey.

But after Jim left, I assumed the mantle of vocalist as well as guitarist almost by default. And jumped back into the game.

First with the release of the "Bare As You Dare" CD in 1994.

Then, as the disc started receiving radio play and going up the college radio charts, by putting together a revived live act.

First step was to reunite with original co-founder and bass guitarist Nikki Neindöhrs, in early 1995.

Not long afterwards, we invited new drummer Scooter to join the team. And soon returned to the stage to promote the CD.

Scooter hadn't been playing long, but he proved a quick study, and before long we were sounding pretty good. As we played around Southern Ontario, we kept adding new songs to the set. And soon felt that the time was right to record this follow-up album, "Smooch!".

We brought in American/German drummer Walter MacLean for a few of the more technical numbers. (Whom we had met when playing at basement bar "Bar None", in the East end.)

And soon had another energetic disc on the market, which once again, thankfully, received a lot of airtime in that golden mid-1990's milieu.

Fun times!