The A.D.'s were a cult-favorite four piece from Albany/New York and consisted of Jim (vocals), Bob (guitars), Mark (bass) & Chris (drums) and they are bestknown in regional underground music circles for their DIY Punk ethos and their popular 1980 area-hit single, Livin' Downtown (it perfectly blends a raw, grinding guitar sound with a catchy PowerPunk hook). The A.D.'s remain one of the great mysteries of American Underground music history; they were an extremely obscure independent band within the US Garage Rock and PostPunk scenes of the early Eighties. To this day, there are virtually no documented biographical details, official band rosters, or historical accounts regarding the collective. Unlike the commercial acts of the era, the A.D.'s operated entirely independently; they recorded their music themselves and distributed it in very limited quantities via the tiny independent label Blue Lunch Records. Musically, their style was deeply rooted in the garage rock of the late Seventies & early Eighties. Their sound blended the raw, unpolished "rehearsal-room" aesthetic of 1960s GaragePunk with the edgy New Wave and PostPunk influences emerging in the early 1980s. The absence of biographical data is entirely typical for "private press" records (self-released albums) from that period. Back then, many young high school or college bands would rent a studio for a weekend, press 100 to 500 copies of a single for friends and local radio stations, and then disband shortly thereafter. Decades later, the band was rediscovered thanks to digitization efforts by music enthusiasts, and the song 'Alone Again' is now regarded as a lost gem. The A.D.'s can also be found on relevant Compilations. I’d like to add one more thing: the raw power of the first 7Inch is somewhat gone, but that doesn't hurt anything. Give it a listen!
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