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here to hear " Hot Flashes"
The Enemy formed in late 1984 with
Joey Offbeat (Blanton) on Vox/guitar,
Chris "Fuzz" Mekow on drums/vox,
Lee Carr on lead guitar/vox and Kelly
Butler (Hard Corps) on bass. Kelly was
by Ashley Stanfield and eventually by
Erich Hubner. Lee and Erich would quit
the band just as this recording was finished.
2 weeks later in late 1985, they were replaced
by Robert Logue and Oscar Rice. The Enemy
in this formation played gigs opening for 10,000
Maniacs, Alex Chilton and The Red Hot Chili
Peppers before changing their name to
The Royal Court of China in Jan. 1986.
The lineup on this recording is Joe, Chris, Lee
& Erich. The Enemy recorded 10 songs with
Chip Chilton doing a fine job recording and
engineering on a reel to reel 4 track.
