In their original 1982-1990 lifespan, the Del-Lords helped to restore fans’ faith in real rock ’n’ roll at a time when real rock ’n’ roll was in short supply. Over the course of four studio albums and ...
Key songwriter Kempner said his vision “was to create a band that would feature four singers performing my songs an East Coast Beach Boys if you will." But rather than singing about girls and cars, ...
A Bronx-born guitarist and singer, he was a founder of the proto-punk Dictators and later founded the roots-rock Del-Lords. By Rebecca Carballo Scott Kempner, a guitarist and songwriter who was a ...
About a quarter-century ago, I met the Del-Lords. I was familiar with a couple of them because they'd played in a couple of bands of the late '70s/early '80s: Founder/guitarist Scott "Top Ten" Kempner ...