Yesterday
Picking up guitar at age sixteen, he
was in two of Americas Premier Punk Rock bands (one of
whos songs was covered by Urge Overkill) by the time he was eighteen,
innocently playing guitar and absorbing Pop of all eras and genres from his buddies,
heavily influenced by 60's and especially British Invasion, Late
70s and early 80s New Wave and Punk like Elvis Costello and Joe Jackson.
- Later known as , he recorded and released
a 45
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which received promising reviews in Power Pop circles in and around New York and
Los Angeles. Still somehow remaining almost completely unknown!
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- A collection of songs recorded between 1989 and 1995
has been assembled on a CD called
- Doug Khazzam TODAY!
- To Hear a Sample
- Click HERE!
- You can have one for $11.99 (includes shipping) by
sending a check to;
- Doug Khazzam, 180 Adams Ave., Hauppauge, NY
11788
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- But what has been doing since then?
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- In 1997 he formed a band called
- with long time friend Gary Feldman and Buddy Love
bandmate Rich Starr. They soon had to change their name to
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- cause the Radio Flyer Corporation threatened to
sue! but that didn't stop them from making some great jangly, Byrds-y, Beatle-y POP!
But that's still
old news
TODAY
In order to avoid a mid life
crisis, he and Buddy Love bandmate Rich Starr along with new friends Bruce and Steve, have
formed a new band called
doing a blend of their
favorite 60's hits and eccentric non-hits, and of course Doug's own 60's flavored songs.
Look for them on Long Island (especially at Canno's Swiss Tavern in Lynbrook, NY)
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