Re: Hooligans

["Gary M. Gillman" <garyg@inforamp.net>]

At 15:18 06/06/96 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi List!
>
>Does anyone remember a cover band a few years ago called 'Hooligans'.  I
>never saw them but apparently they were pretty good.  I even think that they
>did the 'smashing' routine.  Can anyone provide me with any information;  do
>they still exist etc.?
>
>Thanks
>
>Doug.
>
>
>I saw these guys about 20 times in and around the Toronto area in the
mid-to-late 80's and they were outstanding. The guitarist looked just like
Pete, although a bit shorter, and played exactly like him and was a great
stage showman as well. The singer was a dead ringer for Rog both vocally and
physically (the Dippity Do-era Rog). The other two were powerhouses too, and
the whole effect was of the '69-'71 Who. They excelled at the early singles
and Tommy, especially I'm Free, but also at the mid-70's Who, rocking up the
arrangements and doing Who-like improvs, eg. on Sister Disco. I knew them as
the Wholigans however. I don't know if they still play together, although I
doubt it as even if they could do the physical act I doubt they'd have much
hearing left if they'd have continued to play the high-volume rock I heard
them do at hundreds of club dates a year for 10+ years..Gary M.