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Chain Gang (band)

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Chain Gang was an American punk rock band known foremost for the 1977 single "Son of Sam" (Gee, Luanda) which had limited success on the British charts and was subsequently covered by the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. The group consisted of Larry Gee on guitar, Phil Von Rome on drums. Ted Twist on bass and the late Ricky Luanda (Rick McGregor) on Vocals. in 1987 the group did the soundtrack for the film "Mondo Manhattan". In 1991, Chain Gang recorded the single "Kill for You" and in 1993 the LP "Perfumed" on Matador Records.

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  1. "Song: Son of Sam written by Larry Gee,Ricky Luanda | SecondHandSongs". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
  2. "Chain Gang – Son of Sam (7", US) - Pop-Catastrophe.co.uk". pop-catastrophe.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
  3. "R.I.P. Chain Gang's Ricky Luanda - News - Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. 2 February 2014. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
  4. "Chain Gang - Mondo Manhattan (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
  5. "Matador Records | Chain Gang". matadorrecords.com. Retrieved 2015-09-20.


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