Lou Miami & The Kozmetix

 

Lou Miami (February 11, 1956 – July 25, 1995) was an American Punk musician based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. His group, The Kozmetix, was popular on the local scene and released two EPs. He combined a rough Punk sound with a glam-influenced choice of clothing. As was typical for many Punk bands at the time, the Kozmetix regularly played at The Rathskeller, The Channel, Jonathan Swifts, Cantones, and Spit as well as New York venues such as the Peppermint Lounge, and the old Living Room in Providence, Rhode Island. Lou Miami and the Kozmetix also regularly played the Inn-Square Men's Bar in Inman Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts. In The Kozmetix, Miami was the lead singer, Jack Rootoo played lead guitar, H.P. (aka Helen Privett) bass guitar, Dolores Paradise organ, and Laural Blanchard drums. During the band's touring years from 1979 to 1981, the Kozmetix line-up was Miami on vocals, Rootoo guitar, Bill Norcott on bass and Melodye Chisholm (now known as Melodye Buskin) on drums. Norcott and Chisholm were previously members of Phobia. This line-up had a regular Monday night gig at Cantones for two years, as well as appearing at numerous clubs in the Boston area. The group was managed by Joan Martin. (Note: the band toured past 1981. They were regulars at the Living Room on Promenade St. in Providence, at least up until 1983.) Following the release of their first single and subsequent LP, the band's popularity spread to suburbia, and throughout 1984 the band made regular appearances at KJ's Hollywood & Vine, a venue 30 miles from either Boston or Providence. Their first single "Fascist Lover" b/w "To Sir with Love" was sold in a white plastic cosmetics bag that mimicked a Lord & Taylor shopping bag. "Fascist Lover" contained the lyrics, "A fascist lover that made my mother, and then my mother made me." Their album "Kozmetix" was produced by Ann Prim and Karen Kirby, both from the Boston-based band November Group. On their second album, Rituals, the band consisted of Miami, lead singer; Rootoo, lead guitar; H.P., bass guitar; Laurel Blanchard, drums and Toby Ingalls, rhythm guitars. Additional musicians used were Chris Spedding and Kristi Rose. Miami died of heart failure in Los Angeles in August 1995.[3] Jack Rootoo (Richard J. Galvin) died of esophageal cancer in Massachusetts on June 13, 2008, at the age of 51.

Fascist Lover 7'' (1982)

01 - Fascist Lover
02 - To Sir With Love

Kozmetix EP (1982)

01 - Italian Movie
02 - Women In A Western Bar
03 - Dance With Death
04 - New Romantix
05 - Vehicle For Love
06 - Monster Mash

Rituals EP (1985)

01 - Ghosts
02 - Mack The Knife
03 - Voodoo Bride
04 - Dance With Death
05 - Get Off My Back
06 - Jackson

Lou Miami & The Kozmetix (1996)

01 - Fascist Lover
02 - To Sir With Love
03 - Italian Movie
04 - Women In A Western Bar
05 - Dance With Death #1
06 - New Romantix
07 - Vehicle For Love
08 - Monster Mash
09 - Ghosts
10 - Mack The Knife
11 - Voodoo Bride
12 - Dance With Death #2
13 - Get Off My Back
14 - Jackson
15 - Love In The Backseat
16 - Play With Fire

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