Fools Face Vinyl Record Albums

In the late 1970’s, a band called Fools Face emerged from Springfield, Missouri, and began to build a following across the Midwest. By the early 1980’s, Fools Face was the dominant band on the Mid-western rock music circuit, packing clubs from Minnesota to Texas, from Kansas to Illinois. Fools Face’s music has been called “high-voltage melodic rock” (Trouser Press), “a revitalization of 60’s high-energy stuff” (Jimmy Frink, in TP article), and “a hybrid of pop, punk and new wave” (the Kansas City Star). Four lead singers and four songwriters made possible the constant changes in vocal and musical textures that kept the band’s live performances fresh and energized. In its original skinny-tie incarnation, this raucous fivesome from Springfield, Missouri combined the rough-and-tumble appeal of an ace bar band with diverse pop songwriting talent. Everyone except drummer Tommy Dwyer wrote and sang, displaying the diverse influence of the Stones, Beatles, soft pop, Little Richard, Led Zeppelin and Bowie.