Billy Rancher and The Unreal Gods

News Wave (and Ska)

The Summer of 1982 finds Billy Rancher and The Unreal Gods bursting at the seams of their Pacific NorthWest stronghold, Portland, Oregon. Billy built the band for greatness and the Unreal Gods are ready to make their move on the big time. It's either New York, Los Angeles or both. In October, the band is playing gigs in suburban New Jersey. Bruce Springsteen offers words of encouragement and the suggestion of recording at New York's legendary Power Station. Three days and five songs later, Billy and the Unreal Gods are captured at their creative peak. Clive Davis hears the results and signs the band to Arista Records. For thirty-five years, these recordings have sat in the vaults, a snapshot in time. Boom Chuck Partners consisting of Astrid Rancher, Billy Flaxel, Jon DuFresne, Dave Stricker and Alf Rider(Wolf) aka Alf Delia. They have pooled their resources and energies to bring these recordings back to the public, re-mastered by the original Power Station engineer, Larry Alexander and produced by Joe Delia.