Artist
The Connells
The Connells is a pop-rock artist from American formed in 1984. 15 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Pop-Rock · American · Best pop-rock albums
- 15
- Releases
- 1985–2023
- Active years
- 1984
- Formed
Artist
The Connells is a pop-rock artist from American formed in 1984. 15 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Pop-Rock · American · Best pop-rock albums
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Boylan Heights
1987
The Connells are an American band from Raleigh, North Carolina. They play a guitar-oriented, melodic, power pop style of rock music with introspective lyrics that reflect the American South. Though mostly dormant, the band continues to play to this day. Quite popular in Europe, the band is best known for their song '74-'75 which became a Top 20 hit in the UK. Guitarist Mike Connell formed the band in 1984 along with his brother David Connell on bass, Doug MacMillan on vocals, and future filmmaker John Schultz on drums. This initial four-person line-up was quickly supplemented by the addition of George Huntley on second guitar, keyboards, and vocals. Around the same time, former Johnny Quest drummer Peele Wimberley replaced Schultz, finalizing the "classic" line-up of the band. From the beginning of the group, Mike Connell wrote both the music and the lyrics of the majority of the band’s songs, although he was not the band's primary lead singer. Connell’s influences included the 1960s guitar pop of his childhood, including The Byrds and The Beatles; in an early interview, he stated that the first song he wrote as a teenager was titled "Psychedelic Butterfly". In 1978, while atten…
