The New Breed

There are at least four bands with the name The New Breed: 1. From Sacramento, CA, the New Breed recorded a few British Invasion-influenced pop-garage singles in the mid-'60s that did well in their hometown and a few other pockets of Northern California, but went unheard elsewhere. One of the many decent but somewhat colorless bands of their type, they at least had good taste in material, recording a version of the obscure Lennon-McCartney song "I'm In Love" (which had been a British hit for the Fourmost), and covering Randy Newman's "I've Been Wrong Before" when the singer/songwriter was all but unknown. The stomping "Green Eyed Woman," a Sacramento hit, was their best original song. The group pursued a more psychedelic direction after 1966, and changed their name to Glad for an album on ABC in the late '60s. In the 1970s, they turned into Redwing, who recorded a few LPs for Fantasy. If the New Breed are mentioned at all in history books, it's because bassist Tim Schmit joined Poco in 1970, and then the Eagles in 1977. 2. The New Breed were a freakbeat/garage/mod band from the UK signed to Decca in the 1960's. 3. The New Breed were a punk rock band from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Forming in early 1997. The band played a mix of street punk, working class rock'n'roll and Celtic folk. The latter was augmented by the frequent use of the mandolin in the band's instrumentation. While the group dissolved in the fall of 2005, they drew comparisons in their time to the Clash, Dropkick Murphys and Swingin' Utters. The New Breed released the bulk of their catalogue through Ohio based hardcore label Thorp Records. Band members were: Dave Robertson - Guitar, Lionel Stanly - Guitar/Mandolin, Brian Whalen - Bass, Alec Oickle - Drums, and Jonny Stevens - Vocals. 4. The New Breed started as a fund –raiser for Johnny Lokke's friend, drummer, Scot Goacher, who had an accident and broke his hip. “Bound By The Thread” was released 2004 featuring guest appearances by Stefan Leibing of Primal Fear, Al Atkins (original vocalist for Judas Priest), Mike Campese, a master shredder from NYC who has also has written instructional articles in Guitar World magazine, and Chris "Wah Wah" Watson, an excellent axe player from the 80's NWOBHM band "Black Rose”. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.