The Men were an American
pop rock
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band from
Santa Monica, California
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. Despite its name, the group actually had two females as members. The group released a self-titled album on
Polygram Records
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in 1992 (produced and engineered by David Leonard), which hit #22 on the ''
Billboard
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'' Heatseekers chart on the strength of the single "Church of Logic, Sin, and Love". The tune hit #8 on the
Mainstream Rock Tracks
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chart, but it was their only hit, and the group disbanded soon after. Their video got into medium rotation on MTV.
Biography
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Allmusic.com Jef Scott had fronted other LA area bands, most notably The Jef Scott Group, recently, Jef has written songs featured on Sons Of Anarchy, Vampire Diaries and the new 90210. Lore and David also had a side project called Jimi's Kids, which sometimes featured a past and future collaborator, Ken David Paul. Ken and David had been in two other bands together,
Tocan and
Kill Buddha
Kill Buddha were an United States, American alternative rock band from Los Angeles, California, active in 1992 – 1995. Kill Buddha toured around Southern California mainly playing in West Hollywood, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood and Santa Mo ...
.
Members
*Jef Scott - vocals, guitar
*Lore Wilhelm - vocals, guitar
*Nancy Hathorn - vocals, bass
*David Botkin - vocals, drums
References
American pop rock music groups
Rock music groups from California
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