The Adverbs
The Adverbs
The band consists of two no-longer-young songwriters (John A Richey and Joseph M Ramirez) who first collaborated in the seminal LA band Manuel and the Gardeners back in the early 70's.(Yes, the name came from the Terry Southern pop porn novel "Candy").After outraging audiences for a few years, they went on to play, together and separately, in punkbands like the Eyes and the Flesheaters, as well as post punk groups like Holly and the Italiansand the RayonicsFollowing a hiatus of about 35 years and moves to Wyoming and New Jersey, John emailed Joeone day asking if he wanted to write a song together, noting that Jimmy Carter was presidentwhen this last happened. After a bit of moaning, Joe agreed to dust off his guitar skills and workon something. John bought a used bass from a Russian in Queens, snapped open the iPad and sowas born the Adverbs.Listen to the catchy hooks, the strong rock influences, the crafty chord changes and the cageylyrics and you will see what the exci