In a time of trendy discotheques, bombastic arena rock, and sonic punk barbarisms, the Crawdaddys were truly a peculiarity of the late '70s. The Southern California four-piece rhythm & blues combo, led by two gifted songwriter/guitarists, Steve Potterf and Ron Silva, who began in the similar garage band the Hitmakers, shrugged off all present scenes and regressed to the past, to a Mersey-era Beatles style.

Influenced by '50s R&B masters like Chuck Berry and Little Richard, the Crawdaddys jump-started their own California garage rock scene, which spread widely in the early '80s as more illustrious groups like New York's Chesterfield Kings and London's Barracudas also hiked their guitars up to chest level. Other influences, like the Yardbirds and the Velvet Underground, can be heard in the Crawdaddys' surprising yet sincere sound.

Potterf left the group after recording the first Crawdaddys' first LP, leaving Silva as head Crawdad. Unfortunately, the group's sound took a slight dive in aggression level as a result. ~ Matt Carlson, All Music Guide

Members

Steve Potterf (guitar)
Ron Silva (vocals)
Peter Miesner (guitar)
Mike Stax (bass, vocals)
Gordon Moss (drums)
Keith Fisher (organ)

In The Blogosphere

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Mind vs. Gut: Built to Spill and Band of Horses But though Built to Spill helped shape who I am, I can barely stand to listen to their old albums for the same reason I don’t listen to those Led Zeppelin or Mötley Crüe records anymore—the nostalgia they.
Matthew Sweet "it is a musical banquet in an age of fast food pablum" It is Sweet’s unabashed affection for sunny pop with a garage band kick that has been his own worst commercial enemy. Emerging just before grunge.
Adrenalin OD "remarkable how much zippy fun these guys could cram into thirty four seconds" There are pockets on The Wacky Hi Jinks of Adrenalin OD where the band certainly lives up to their name. Waves of intense thrashing come.
Jon Landau: Growing young with Rock and Roll Realizing that I wasn't destined to play in a band, I gravitated to rock criticism. Starting with a few wretched pieces in Broadside and then some amateurish but convincing reviews in the earliest Crawdaddy, I at least found a ...
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