(Bart Mendoza of Manual Scan and the Shambles talks about how he got from there to here.)
Of course the various members of the Shambles knew each other for years before the band’s formation, but I can put down the beginnings of the band to two events.
In the late ’80s, Kevin Donaker-Ring co-produced Manual Scan’s “Days & Maybes” EP with Ray Brandes (side note: humorous liners by Mike Stax), and we were all part of a group of musicians that frequented Megalopolis on Fairmount Ave., often playing round-robin style — David Moye and Jon Kanis amongst the round-robiners who didn’t end up in the band (though we did back up Kanis on a compilation-album track).
