Chain Reaction, also known as The Strangeurs, was an American
rock band from
Yonkers, New York
Yonkers () is the List of municipalities in New York, third-most populous city in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York and the most-populous City (New York), city in Westchester County, New York, Westchester County. A centrally locate ...
. They had two singles and were most notable for having lead singer Steven Tallarico (later known as
Steven Tyler). They started off as The Strangers, until finding a group who already had that name, switching to The Strangeurs as a result. After a lineup change they changed their name to Chain Reaction.
Chain Reaction performed in concert as the opening act for such groups as
The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys are an American Rock music, rock band formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961. The group's original lineup consisted of brothers Brian Wilson, Brian, Dennis Wilson, Dennis, and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and their f ...
,
The Byrds
The Byrds () were an American Rock music, rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1964. The band underwent multiple lineup changes throughout its existence, with frontman Roger McGuinn (known as Jim McGuinn until mid-1967) being the so ...
and
The Yardbirds. The band's 1966 song "When I Needed You" appeared on
Aerosmith
Aerosmith is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Boston in 1970. The group consists of lead vocalist Steven Tyler, bassist Tom Hamilton (musician), Tom Hamilton, drummer Joey Kramer, and guitarists Joe Perry (musician), Joe Perry and B ...
's 1991 compilation box set ''
Pandora's Box''.
The Strangeurs lineup
*Steven Tallarico – vocals
*Peter Stahl – guitar
*Alan Strohmayer – bass
*Don Solomon – keyboards/vocals
*Barry Shapiro – drums
Chain Reaction lineup
*Steve Tyler (Steven Tallarico) – lead vocals, harmonica, percussion
*Peter Stahl – guitar
*Alan Strohmayer – bass
*Don Sloan (Don Solomon) – keyboards
*Barry Shore (Barry Shapiro) – drums
From Barry Shapiro (November 29, 2022): After Alan left the band, we hired Phil Salvagio as bass player. Phil stayed with the band for about 6 months then left. The band then hired Marvin Pataki as lead guitarist and Peter Stahl moved over to bass. This was the final lineup of the Chain Reaction.
Singles
*"The Sun" / "When I Needed You" (B. Shapiro – S. Tallarico – D. Solomon – A. Strohmayer – P. Stahl) 1966
*"You Should Have Been Here Yesterday" / "Ever Lovin' Man" (Don Sloan – Peter Stahl) 1968
References
External links
*http://www.rockthisway.net/chainreaction.htm
*http://www.aerosmith.com/
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Hard rock musical groups from New York (state)