The Romantics

The Romantics
Origin	Detroit, Michigan, United States
Genres	Power pop, new wave, pop rock
Years active	1977–present
Labels	Nemperor, Bomp, Ktel
Website	www.romanticsdetroit.com
Members	Wally Palmar, Mike Skill, Rich Cole, Brad Elvis
Past members	Jimmy Marinos, Coz Canler, David Petratos, Clem Burke, Johnny "Bee" Badanjek

The Romantics are an American rock band often put under the banner of power pop and new wave from Detroit, Michigan, United States, formed in 1976. The band's first show was on Valentine's Day at My Fair Lady Club, in Detroit, opening for the New MC5 in 1977. They were influenced by 1950s American rock and roll, Detroit's MC5, The Stooges, early Bob Seger, Motown R&B, 1960s North American garage rock as well as the British Invasion rockers.

For three years the band was on the road, playing in famous places like Boston's Rathskeller, CBGB in NYC's Bowery, Philadelphia, Pa., Hot Club and Cleveland's Agora, and subsequently were signed to Nat Weiss' Nemperor independent Epic/Portrait record label.

The Romantics achieved popularity in the United States, the Netherlands, Germany, Canada, parts of Asia, Australia, Europe, and Hispanic America on the strength of the band's well-crafted pop songs and high energy shows as well as noted for their look; black vinyl to red leather suits in their music videos. Their two best-charting songs were "What I Like About You", which peaked at #49 in the US and #2 in Australia, and "Talking in Your Sleep", which peaked at #3 in the US, #1 in Canada, and #14 in Australia. The two have since become mainstays on '80s, classic rock, AOR, and Active rock radio stations.

...
Wikipedia