The
Young
Breed
Birmingham,
Michigan
1965-1967
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From Birminham Barnum
school. 45 records released - "I Can Only Give You
Everything", "Everybody Need Somebody", "Good
Lovin" on Falcon Records, Clawson Michigan. Above
photo Dave Marsh - Keyboards, Dave Tipton - Guitar,
very early, Beverly Hills, MI.
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Personnel:
Mike Cromwell - Lead Guitar
Dave Tipton - Rythmn Guitar
Mike Bulik - Bass (later replaced by Tom
Fox)
Kevin Sheilds - Drums (later replaced by
Joe Fitzpatrick)
Bob Marsh - Keyboards
Brian Munce - Lead Vocals
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Influences:
Stones,
Yardbirds, Young Rascals, Who, Paul Revere
& the Raiders,various local bands ie
Poor Souls, Ourselves, Friends w/
Subtreanneans, also lots of Animals,
R&B.
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Setlist
Sample:
Stepping Stone, Good Lovin', I Can Only
Give You Everything , Everybody Needs
Somebody, Last Time, Heart Of
Stone.
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Equipment:
Mike Cromwell used a white Fender
Stratocaster w/ his matching Silvertone
2-12" silver Tolex amp to Dave Tiptons.
Dave had a Fender Jazzmaster ( I wanted
him to get the Jaguar). Mike Bulik had a
Fender Jazz Bass with a Fender Bassman
amp, Bob Marsh had a Farfisa Mini compact
keyboard , amp unknown. Kevin shields had
the 5 piece Ludwig set with a full
complement of Zildjian cymbals...his was
the exact set that Ringo of the Beatles
played. Joe Fitzpatrick played several
small kits, all had baby bass drums -
think he had Slingerland and Rogers stuff
, Tom Fox had a red Framus hollow body
bass w/ f- holes and a rather large Kustom
bass amp. They came in many wild colors,
but I think his was black. The vocals were
driven by a variety of Bogen amps (small
PA stuff 35-50 watts ) and some Gibson
columns ,occassionally some Electrovoice
horns, several Electrovoice 664,-636,-627
microphones... some that appeared
mysteriosly and were of suspicious origin
being they were sometimes goldplated.
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Rehearsal
Space:
Started
out playing in Kevin Sheilds parents
garage the first summer of 64, then went
next door to Tiptons basement where his
mom Betty would request (AGAIN) to hear
that Little Red Riding Hood song ( Sam the
Sham's big hit ) while she serve up
Hawaiian punch and cookies. She was of
course very good to us and we remember her
fondly.
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Band
Vehicles:
Seems
like we had use of Dave's folks Buick
station wagon, as well as other folks.
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Fashion
Statement:
Bob Marsh
had a polka dot shirt...pea coats were big
in the winter...Mike Bulik had a thin
black leather, and we all wore Beatle
boots from Flagg Brothers.
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Best
Gig:
The
evening we won the combo clash at Barnum
Jr. High school after losing the jr. prom
dance audition the year before.
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Gig
from
Hell!:
Seems we
were supposed to play at this girls house,
but when we got there it was a
housewrecking party - all her folks booze
was looted, people were throwing chairs
thru windows. I remember the dining room
table splintering while people were
stealing coin collections, somebody
sniffing glue in a corner while someone
else threw up on the couch while they
ripped the curtains off the wall.
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Last
Gig:
If you
can remember the 60's you werent there.
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Comments:
Played some wild,
wild gigs!
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Where
are they now?
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Winter,
2003
Two members are no longer
with us, Kevin Sheilds passed away approx 1980, a
suicide, after suffering from depression. Mike
Mulik was found to have been allergic to seafood.
Both will be missed. Dave T moved to Denver after a
road trip to California with Munce...he now lives
with his second wife and daughter in Abequerque N.M
and is an aerospace technician. Mike Cromwell and
Brian Munce both attended Society of Arts and
Crafts (Center for Creative Studies ) in Detroit
and studied art. Mike now lives in Pleasant Ridge
& owns Cromwell Communications in Royal Oak,
Michigan , married his second wife and has a son in
college. Bob Marsh lives in Ann Arbor, MI ,
addended Uof D. Tom Fox works in Birmingham &
has a mobile locksmith. Brian Munce lives near
Sylvan Lake/ Waterford, Michigan & goes boating
whenever possible...he is a licensed builder/
mortgage broker.
Munce went to California
in '72 to rock, declined offer to join Eddie Money,
returned in '76 and played with Geoff Michael,
Chris Doliber , Doug Koernke and Doug Reed, Dave
Barhyte. Munce was then asked to join Mugsy
(passed) and Cub Koda joined up, changed the name
to the Points, etc. Joined Streetwise, appeared on
WLLZ Motor City Rocks II album, then on with Wayne
Kramer, Sammy Warren, Rick Cocharen, Ken Parker,
Randy Volin, Sheldon Kay ,Wendell Lewis, Fred
Girard, Pat Munce, Art Moross ,Charlie Martin
,Steve Kukaruga, John Busch, Steve Farmer, Greg
Mallever, Rick Lober, Petrucci sisters, Chris
Ventzke, Steve Zoyes, Mark Turcsanyi, Forbes
Brothers, Ben Grosse.
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Information contributed by
Brian Munce droflov@yahoo.com
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