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band from Pasadena, California, formed c. 1981 and comprising John Curry (vocals, keyboards), Scott Lasken (bass guitar), Thames Sinclair (guitar) and Danny Benair/Don Romine (drums).

History

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", ''strangereaction.com''. Retrieved 2 October 2010. Thames Sinclair joined the Flyboys after the death of David Wilson in a car crash in 1978, and Denny Walsh joined on drums. Curry, Lasken and Sinclair then went on to form Choir Invisible with the addition of Danny Benair on drums.Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, , p. 262 The band was essentially put together by the founder of Frontier Records, Lisa Fancher. After the break-up of The Flyboys, Lasken and Sinclair recorded a demo with the singer Maicol Sinatra and gave it to Fancher for possible release on Frontier. Fancher agreed to put out an album if Curry returned as vocalist and she was instrumental in finding Benair to play drums. Benair had formerly played with The Quick and

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. The band split up after the release of their ''Choir Invisible'' album, but reformed later with Don Romine (San Francisco's Instamoids and Quiet Room) replacing Benair, recording the ''Sea to Shining Sea'' EP, released on PVC in 1984. Curry and Lasken retired from the music business until Curry briefly resurfaced in the mid-1990s to play guitar in a short lived group called Polar Bear formed by the ex- Janes Addiction bass guitar player,

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, which had the drummer Biff Sanders from Ethyl Meatplow. Sinclair went on to form Wonderwall. The Flyboys also came out of retirement to play reunion shows at the '' LA Weekly'' 25th Anniversary Party in 2003 and the recent release party for

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, the first punk rock club in Los Angeles, where they played some of their earliest shows. In 2009, Curry and Lasken started performing again as "The Edwardo Show", with Curry singing and playing ukulele, guitar and piano and Lasken playing acoustic bass guitar. They have performed Curry's compositions influenced by 1920s and 1930s music but with a decidedly glam/punk vibe. The band sometimes includes the percussionist Joe Berardi, formerly of the seminal LA band,

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, and Jim Lang, who has played with Todd Rundgren and Eels.

Discography

*''Choir Invisible'' LP (1981), Frontier *''Sea to Shining Sea'' EP (1984), PVC ;Flyboys: *"Crayon World" 7-inch single (1979), Flyguy *''Flyboys'' mini-LP (1980), Frontier

References

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