The Untouchables! 1st Annual Christmas Party on the River

Saturday, 21 December 2019 9:00 PM - 11:55 PM MST

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Saturday, 21 December 2019 9:00 PM - 11:55 PM MST

 
Lazy Harry's Bar and Grill 1ST ANNUAL FUN OLD FAMILY CHRISTMAS PARTY this Sat Dec 21st with The Untouchables - Los Angeles! Featuring the jolliest bunch of assholes this side of the nuthouse... Franks & Deans! Griswold family costume contest with $100 grand prize! 2nd and 3rd place prizes! Dress like any of the Griswold family members in the flyer to be eligible! $20 cover includes FREE fun old family Christmas dinner and 1 raffle ticket for our all night raffle! Starts at 8pm! 
 
The Untouchables Bio:
In the beginning there were only a few of us, we would dress up in our vintage mohair suits, sit around in local cafes and talk about how great it would be if the entire city were full of mods and modettes, rude boys and rude girls. The clubs would be filled with sweaty dancers and their parking lots with shiny scooters. .... This year was the summer of 1980. We didnt realize that by 1981 wed be in the middle of our dream come true. All of a sudden there were hundreds of us everywhere. MODS ARE GO. The Untouchables are from what’s known as the soul / mod revival genre. Combine the dynamic sounds of R&B, and fuse it with a good ‘ole 2Tone / Mod-Ska beat, ala Prince Buster, and BAM… you get The Untouchables. This band is from the Silverlake area of Los Angeles, and are often referred to as the UT’s. The UT’s have been touted as the first American Ska band. At a time when bands like Madness, the Specials, Bad Manners, The Bodysnatchers, The Selecter and The Beat were at the top of the proverbial genre totem pole, the UT’s were creating a culture here in the States. That’s the thing, before the Untouchables, the 80’s 2Tone / Mod-Ska movement of great music, coupled with a great community that centered around racial unity hadn’t made its way to this side of the pond. Sure, we all think about bands like No Doubt, Sublime, Save Ferris, Reel Big Fish, The Bosstones and The Interrupters; but, they all kinda’ owe their success to the talents of L.A.’s original Rude Boys, The Untouchables and Fishbone.
 
As for the early days of 2Tone / Mod-Ska, the Ska kids couldn’t get enough of the music and the fashion. Suits and ties, plaid skirts, black and white checkers, scooters and creepers became all the rage. Therefore, clubs played ska tunes, followed by MTV. FM radio even fell in love with these bands. Then there was a documentary film called Dance Craze; that film made everyone want to be a Rude Boy or Rude Girl. As the music Gods would have it, The Untouchables came to life in 1981. The original lineup included Jerry Miller, Kevin Long, Chuck Askerneese, Terry Ellsworth, Clyde Grime, Rob Lampron, and Herman Askerneese. Like all newly formed bands go, they played lots of gigs, and lots of parties; then they played more and more. Before they knew it, they became a very tight sounding band. In late 1982, they had a residency at the Roxy, and many say that’s where the band learned to be better than good, they became great.

RJ Dalessandro

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