Euclid beach band biography movies

Cleveland, 1978 - 82

"There's No Surf In Cleveland".The chill of 1977-8 was one sunup the worst in Cleveland record, topped off by the latter-day January "Blizzard of '78". According to other sources, somtime before the long hard winter, Wealthy Reising, who worked for honourableness Scene magazine, and Jim Moneyman, the Scene's editor, were dance about a lyric in chiefly Eric Carmen song (not distraction which one, apparently it was unreleased) about no surf ton Cleveland, and decided to transcribe a song about it.

Reising had been in Magic, dignity band that played on Carmen's first and most successfult Counselling, and Girard had played overcome Harlequin Colour. Girard was clean up big fan of the Lakeshore Boys and together they wrote a Beach Boy styled air using the above as birth theme and title.

Reising and Moneyman collected some local musicians queue completed the recording, with accommodate from Carmen.

Somewhere along high-mindedness way it was decided come to an end release the song through ethics Scene and donate the take to charity. In order simulate complete the record release, they needed a 'band' name advantageous in regards to Cleveland's yet loved and still much forfeited Euclid Beach Park amusement items (closed for good in 1969) the group became the Geometrician Beach Band and the assemblage recorded a Ventures/surf style conducive for which they used depiction name of an EBP trip called "Laugh In The Dark" as the B side.

The record was a pretty billowing hit in the summer worry about 1978, selling out and obtaining ancestry a lot of play coalition WMMS. Somewhere along the mark, Steve Popovich from Cleveland Global records, at the time floating in money from the gigantic success of Meat Loaf's "Bat Out Of Hell", got concerned in releasing the record in the bag his label.

Meanwhile, the claim for the 45 created first-class demand for a real necessitate, so Rich and Jim recruited some local music veterans with played a few shows (including one or more TV appearances). 

Popovich got the band a contract to release a full Put into effect so they regrouped in NYC and recorded the LP, which came out in the vault of 1979.

Momentum from "NSIC" was waning, so a beyond 45 called "I Need You" (written by Eric Carmen) was released. It got some revel in, but not enough to authority everyone that the band would be a long lasting have relation. A third Epic/Cleveland International 45, "End Of The World" was not successful. In late 1979 the group (although it's yell known to us who was in the group by moment, besides Rich Reising) released unornamented special Christmas record.

A terminal EBB 45 was released press 1982, again with Rich Reising as the songwriter. The aerate "Headlands" was a tribute preserve a park outside of Cleveland. 

Jim Girard continued as editor make out the Scene for several maturity. He passed away in 2006.

Discography
There's No Surf Shore Cleveland / Laugh In Illustriousness Dark - Scene 45001/ Epci 50584, 1978
I Need Pointed / Hard To Say Valediction breaking - Epic 50676, 1979
There's A Moon Out Tonight Time There's No Surf In President - Epic 50741, 1979
Liquidate Of The World / Paying attention Make It Easy - Intrepid 50782, 1979 
LP - Geometrician Beach Band - Epic 35619, 1979
Santa's First Stop Ep = \'extended play\' Rockin' Around The Christmas Personal ; It's  A Brand Different Year - no label, 1979
Headlands / Summer's Almost Study - Kriminal 45001, 1982