Early 1980...at this point The Dangers had played some riotous house parties, including David Lowery's 19th (?) backyard birthday bash in Redlands. UPTOWN! Still, we had had to build ourselves a nightclub to get that third official club gig. A long sweaty time was required to construct the stage and checkerboard bar, and to drag out the remnants of the old Robin's Nest nightclub. The more we built the more trash accumulated in the center floor. The Dangers practiced afternoons in the middle of the room on top of that debris. Johnny Hickman could balance on a 2x4 and still tap foot and band into the next song. A very young and talented Bob Vennum played stylish bass and carried dry wall like a pro.
In the middle of these sawdust sessions a three-chord sequence got rolling, and out popped an irresistible riff. Randy Abraham pounded the floor tom and the snare in a jungle beat, and Chris LeRoy started chanting "Radio City...Radio City." We wound this music like a top and suddenly stopped because we knew we hit on our first genuinely catchy music, and had better write something down. The first LeRoy-Hickman tune ensued.