THE DREAM SYNDICATE’S HEAVENLY FEEDBACK FROM HELL!

“We played the Mudd Club in New York, and we went on at 2 or 3 in the morning. I was amazed that people were watching us that late on a Monday night. I said, ‘Wow, this is something! Don’t you people have to work tomorrow or anything?’ Afterwards, some guy came up and asked, ‘Do you realize you did the opening monologue from the Velvet Underground’s 1969?’ I said, ‘C’mon!’ He said, ‘Yep, Lou Reed says the same thing on 1969.' So, that’s right. I learned how to talk by studying Lou Reed interview albums.”

—Steve Wynn

One of 1982’s best rock albums was The Days Of Wine And Roses by the Dream Syndicate, the finest band to come out of L.A. since the Blasters, X and, possibly, the Doors. The album was an impressive debut—dramatic, scary and exhilirating— from a group of young rock ’n’ roll connoisseurs who originally wanted nothing more than to play loud covers of ’60s garage rock classics.