The Remains (sometimes referred to as "Barry and the Remains") were a mid-1… Read Full Bio ↴The Remains (sometimes referred to as "Barry and the Remains") were a mid-1960s rock group from Boston, Massachusetts, led by Barry Tashian, who was later a vocalist and guitarist for Gram Parsons, the Flying Burrito Brothers, and Emmylou Harris, and part of the duo Barry and Holly Tashian. Although the Remains never achieved national success, they were very popular in New England, and were one of the opening acts on The Beatles' final US tour in 1966.
The Remains broke up in 1966, but their music eventually attracted a strong international cult following. They began performing and recording again in the late 1990s, and have continued to play regularly since then.
The Remains formed in 1964 at Boston University, where all four members were first-year students living in the same dorm in Kenmore Square. Singer-guitarist Barry Tashian and keyboardist Bill Briggs were from Westport, Connecticut, drummer Chip Damiani from Wolcott, Connecticut, and bassist Vern Miller from Livingston, New Jersey. They began playing r&b and rock'n'roll covers, as well as some Tashian originals, at The Rathskeller, a tavern across the square from their dorm. Soon, fans were lining up from Kenmore Square to Fenway Park to see them, and management had to clear out a disused basement to accommodate the crowds.
The band became a popular live act throughout New England and appeared on the CBS TV Program, The Ed Sullivan Christmas Show of 1965. After signing with Epic Records, they enjoyed local hits with a catchy, swinging Tashian original, "Why Do I Cry", and their hard-driving version of the Bo Diddley/Willie Dixon classic "Diddy Wah Diddy". In 1965 the Remains relocated to New York City - where they appeared on 'The Ed Sullivan Show' - and then, after about a year, moved on to California. They recorded an album, The Remains, appeared on NBC TV's 'Hullabaloo', and released the soulful, hard-rocking single "Don't Look Back".
In 1966 came the opportunity which might have broken the band nationally, but proved instead to be their last hurrah: they were offered a three-week stint as an opening act for the Beatles, on what would turn out to be the fab four's final tour. Immediately before the tour, drummer Chip Damiani quit the band, to be replaced by future Mountain drummer N.D. Smart. Said Tashian in a 2012 interview: "We had always been the four of us and we’d played hundreds and hundreds of gigs as the four of us and all of a sudden this big tour comes up and boom! We have to play it with a new drummer who didn’t have the same feel that Chip had. I mean he was a fine drummer but it wasn’t the same band. I just felt like the flame was burning down without our original drummer."
The band broke up in late 1966, and Epic released their self-titled debut album to little fanfare.
In common with many of their garage rock contemporaries, the Remains gradually acquired cult status, and eventually reformed to play at several garage revival shows, such as Cavestomp in New York City in 1998, Las Vegas Grind in 2000 and a tour of major European cities in 2006. They recorded a new album Movin' On in 2002.
Although now associated with the garage rock genre, the Remains were highly accomplished professional musicians and their recordings, while hard-edged, were notably well-produced and arranged.
The band's last single, "Don't Look Back", written by Billy Vera, was featured on the 1972 compilation album Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era, which garnered further attention with its 1976 re-release by Sire Records, concurrent with a surge of interest in punk rock and 60's garage rock. A later box set version of the album also includes the Remains' first single, "Why Do I Cry"
"Why Do I Cry" is featured briefly in the film Superbad (2007), when the character McLovin is being taken to a party in a police car.
In 2007, Epic/Legacy came out with a reissue of the Remains' 1966 album, which received the following review from rock journalist Mark Kemp in Paste magazine (June 2007): "Had these Boston bad boys stuck it out beyond their 1966 debut, we might today be calling them—and not the Stones—the World's Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band. As it is, the Remains most certainly are America's greatest lost band."
Kemp's praise echoed the critique written 40 years earlier by rock critic (and subsequent Bruce Springsteen manager) Jon Landau, in Crawdaddy! magazine (January 1967): "They were how you told a stranger about rock'n'roll."
In 2008 a documentary about the Remains, America's Lost Band, directed by Michael Stich, premiered at the Boston Film Festival. Steve Simels of Boxoffice magazine described the film as "a fascinating retelling of one of the great what-might-have-been stories of American music of the '60s."
The Remains' story was also the subject of a stage musical at the 2004 New York International Fringe Festival, "All Good Things," which received acclaim from a variety of critics. (60sgaragebands.com, News & Nuggets, August 31, 2004).
In 2010 the Remains released "Monbo Time", a tribute to 1960's Boston Red Sox pitcher Bill Monbouquette, with revenues going to cancer research.
On February 23, 2014, Rudolph "Chip" Damiani died of a cerebral haemorrhage.
Discography
Studio albums
The Remains (1966, Epic)
Movin' On (2002, Rock-A-Lot)
Other albums
Live in Boston (1984, Eva #12024; recorded in the 1964-1966 era
A Session with the Remains (1996, Sundazed; Capitol Records audition recorded 1966)
Barry and the Remains (1991, Sony; recorded in the 1964-1966 era, includes tracks from The Remains and additional tracks)
Singles
"Why Do I Cry" (1965, Epic)
"I Can't Get Away from You" (1965, Epic)
"Diddy Wah Diddy" (1966, Epic)
"Don't Look Back" (1966, Epic)
"Monbo Time" (2010)
The Remains broke up in 1966, but their music eventually attracted a strong international cult following. They began performing and recording again in the late 1990s, and have continued to play regularly since then.
The Remains formed in 1964 at Boston University, where all four members were first-year students living in the same dorm in Kenmore Square. Singer-guitarist Barry Tashian and keyboardist Bill Briggs were from Westport, Connecticut, drummer Chip Damiani from Wolcott, Connecticut, and bassist Vern Miller from Livingston, New Jersey. They began playing r&b and rock'n'roll covers, as well as some Tashian originals, at The Rathskeller, a tavern across the square from their dorm. Soon, fans were lining up from Kenmore Square to Fenway Park to see them, and management had to clear out a disused basement to accommodate the crowds.
The band became a popular live act throughout New England and appeared on the CBS TV Program, The Ed Sullivan Christmas Show of 1965. After signing with Epic Records, they enjoyed local hits with a catchy, swinging Tashian original, "Why Do I Cry", and their hard-driving version of the Bo Diddley/Willie Dixon classic "Diddy Wah Diddy". In 1965 the Remains relocated to New York City - where they appeared on 'The Ed Sullivan Show' - and then, after about a year, moved on to California. They recorded an album, The Remains, appeared on NBC TV's 'Hullabaloo', and released the soulful, hard-rocking single "Don't Look Back".
In 1966 came the opportunity which might have broken the band nationally, but proved instead to be their last hurrah: they were offered a three-week stint as an opening act for the Beatles, on what would turn out to be the fab four's final tour. Immediately before the tour, drummer Chip Damiani quit the band, to be replaced by future Mountain drummer N.D. Smart. Said Tashian in a 2012 interview: "We had always been the four of us and we’d played hundreds and hundreds of gigs as the four of us and all of a sudden this big tour comes up and boom! We have to play it with a new drummer who didn’t have the same feel that Chip had. I mean he was a fine drummer but it wasn’t the same band. I just felt like the flame was burning down without our original drummer."
The band broke up in late 1966, and Epic released their self-titled debut album to little fanfare.
In common with many of their garage rock contemporaries, the Remains gradually acquired cult status, and eventually reformed to play at several garage revival shows, such as Cavestomp in New York City in 1998, Las Vegas Grind in 2000 and a tour of major European cities in 2006. They recorded a new album Movin' On in 2002.
Although now associated with the garage rock genre, the Remains were highly accomplished professional musicians and their recordings, while hard-edged, were notably well-produced and arranged.
The band's last single, "Don't Look Back", written by Billy Vera, was featured on the 1972 compilation album Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era, which garnered further attention with its 1976 re-release by Sire Records, concurrent with a surge of interest in punk rock and 60's garage rock. A later box set version of the album also includes the Remains' first single, "Why Do I Cry"
"Why Do I Cry" is featured briefly in the film Superbad (2007), when the character McLovin is being taken to a party in a police car.
In 2007, Epic/Legacy came out with a reissue of the Remains' 1966 album, which received the following review from rock journalist Mark Kemp in Paste magazine (June 2007): "Had these Boston bad boys stuck it out beyond their 1966 debut, we might today be calling them—and not the Stones—the World's Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band. As it is, the Remains most certainly are America's greatest lost band."
Kemp's praise echoed the critique written 40 years earlier by rock critic (and subsequent Bruce Springsteen manager) Jon Landau, in Crawdaddy! magazine (January 1967): "They were how you told a stranger about rock'n'roll."
In 2008 a documentary about the Remains, America's Lost Band, directed by Michael Stich, premiered at the Boston Film Festival. Steve Simels of Boxoffice magazine described the film as "a fascinating retelling of one of the great what-might-have-been stories of American music of the '60s."
The Remains' story was also the subject of a stage musical at the 2004 New York International Fringe Festival, "All Good Things," which received acclaim from a variety of critics. (60sgaragebands.com, News & Nuggets, August 31, 2004).
In 2010 the Remains released "Monbo Time", a tribute to 1960's Boston Red Sox pitcher Bill Monbouquette, with revenues going to cancer research.
On February 23, 2014, Rudolph "Chip" Damiani died of a cerebral haemorrhage.
Discography
Studio albums
The Remains (1966, Epic)
Movin' On (2002, Rock-A-Lot)
Other albums
Live in Boston (1984, Eva #12024; recorded in the 1964-1966 era
A Session with the Remains (1996, Sundazed; Capitol Records audition recorded 1966)
Barry and the Remains (1991, Sony; recorded in the 1964-1966 era, includes tracks from The Remains and additional tracks)
Singles
"Why Do I Cry" (1965, Epic)
"I Can't Get Away from You" (1965, Epic)
"Diddy Wah Diddy" (1966, Epic)
"Don't Look Back" (1966, Epic)
"Monbo Time" (2010)
All Good Things
The Remains Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'All Good Things' by these artists:
A Band I know it's hard to see it at the moment To…
All Else Failed Leaving so soon? You just got here Our lives on hold…
B.b. & Q. Band Oh Baby, you done lost your good thing now Oh You done lost…
Barry & The Remains It's three in the morning You're nowhere in sight And all th…
CAROMAX & M.I.K.E. (Fayayaya) R.E.M.I Aaye Ema kpa mi fun mother mi Ema kpa mi …
Caspian & the good times I do all these things I do em quick Because it pleases…
Chris Klein Have you ever know a love that felt so right? Eyes…
Chris Martin Ah, ah, ah Honestly, what will become of me? Don't like rea…
Count The Stars This air is contagious, no one can save us, nothing…
Deb Talan Steve Tannen & The Weepies Not sure where to go Everybody I know says I'm too…
Franky And The Moonwalkers Everything so swamped right now I don't know how to overcome…
Giant Rooks Honestly what will become of me Don't like reality It's way …
Honey And The Money All the small things True care truth brings I'll take one li…
I.O.S. ไม่เป็นอะไรถ้าเธอต้องการจะไป ไม่เป็นอะไรไม่ตายนะ baby ถ้าอยู…
J. Caesar Why do you constantly tear yourself down And why do you…
Jackson Browne All good things got to come to an end The thrills…
Joe Nichols I never have someone so close And it felt any better I…
John Lewitt Just pack your bags and get in line Before you know…
K-Rino Time goes by when you're not here, I'm glad to…
KEES POP Honestly, what will become of me? Don't like reality It's wa…
Klaatu I never had a closer friend than you I never…
M.E.E.O Tell me funky good thing 目覚めよ Funk-tears Tell me funky good …
M.I.K.E. & Caromax (Fayayaya) R.E.M.I Aaye Ema kpa mi fun mother mi Ema kpa mi …
M.I.K.E. Pres. Caromax Ooo, baby, ooo baby girl, oOo Ooo If I had been…
M.I.K.E. Presents Caromax (Fayayaya) R.E.M.I Aaye Ema kpa mi fun mother mi Ema kpa mi …
M.I.K.E. presents Caromax & Caromax ไม่เป็นอะไรถ้าเธอต้องการจะไป ไม่เป็นอะไรไม่ตายนะ baby ถ้าอยู…
Mandy Moore All good things All good things All good things Not sure wh…
Medicine When lines are crossed and in your heart You can't see…
N.F Like all the bad things in my life It started with…
N.Furtado & Z.Assoluto Ah, ah, ah Honestly, what will become of me? Don't like rea…
Nelly Furtado feat. Di Ferrero (NX Zero) Honestly, what will become of me? Don't like reality, it's …
Nelly Furtado feat. Rea Garvey Ah, ah, ah Honestly, what will become of me? Don't like rea…
Nelly Furtado/Di Ferrero Dogs were whistling a new tune Barking at the new moon Hop…
Nelly Furtado/Musicfire.in Ah, ah, ah Honestly, what will become of me? Don't like rea…
noru All good things come to an end All good things come…
NRD1 Honestly, what will become of me? Don't like reality, it's w…
Orchestra Alec Medina Ah, ah, ah Honestly, what will become of me? Don't like rea…
Pacha Massive asi es que esta es la historia de la memoria the things…
Peter Dolving If, you come, looking for redemption, you won't find what…
Robbie Snowden I say I love you but you don't know that…
Ryan Granville-Martin It's three in the morning You're nowhere in sight And all th…
Sad Cops Walking to your house with good intent Baby be my sacrament …
Sissel Girl don't be sad You know what you're not missing No reason…
Snuff Ain′t it strange, How things change, Rolling through the yea…
The Great Leslie N…
The Robot Ate Me all good things take time but honor breeds what it brings …
The Weepies Not sure where to go Everybody I know says I'm too…
Tora Tora DREAMER'S NIGHTLIFE CHASING DAYLIGHT SOMEWHERE DOWN WHITE LI…
U-Prag Like good things must come to an end So it…
Weepies (The) Not sure where to go Everybody I know says I'm too…
Will And The Won'ts I had an experience to know what's good for me And…
Ying Yang Twins all (all) good things (things) may come (come) to end (end)…
York and Noemi Spilled my coffee down my shirt on my ride in…
Zero Assoluto Feat. Nelly Furt Ah, ah, ah Honestly, what will become of me? Don't like rea…
We have lyrics for these tracks by The Remains:
All Day and All of the Night [Originally by The Kinks] I'm not content to be with you…
Don't Look Back You both made your bed and now You're gonna have to…
Heart I've watched the days pass one by one until the…
I Believe In You Into a strange new world, into the after all your…
Let me through Will to live - what do I want? Desire fades so…
My Babe Well, my babe, don't stand no teasin', my babe Oh…
When I Want To Know When I want to know If you love me so When I…
Why Do I Cry I would lose all my blues if you promise that…
Why Do I Cry? I would lose all my blues if you promise that…
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