Artist:The Ravyns
Song:Raised on the Radio
Album:Fast Times at Ridgemont High: Music from the Motion Picture
Most folks should remember the 1982 film Fast Times at Ridgemont High as it was very successful. So was the soundtrack album. One of the singles from the album was Raised on the Radio by The Ravyns. You don't remember them? You shouldn't as that song was their most significant recording. They don't even have a Wikipedia page. The Ravyns were from Baltimore formed in 1979 by singer and guitarist Rob Fahey and keyboardist and singer Kyf Brewer. Both guys wrote songs. Fahey was in the band Hollis Ferry and they released an album in 1977. Brewer led the band Climbadonkey. They recorded an album but it wasn't released. The other members of Climbadonkey were Bobby Hird on guitar, Lee Townsend on bass and John Tracey on drums. So The Ravyns were Climbadonkey with a new lead singer. By the time The Ravyns released a 1981 EP, Vince Crist replaced Tracey. Then they split up. But Fahey, Brewer and Townsend reformed The Ravyns with David Bell on guitar and Tim Steele on drums. And that's the lineup that recorded Raised on the Radio. A demo landed in the hands of Full Moon Records owner Irving Azoff. And he liked the song enough to put it on the Fast Times at Ridgemont High soundtrack. It was the third single released and it did well enough that The Ravyns signed with MCA Records. They released an album in 1985 which contained Raised on the Radio. But the album didn't sell and MCA dropped The Ravyns. Fahey's attempts to reform The Ravyns over the years have gone nowhere. They last released an album in 2014. Brewer was a member of Company of Wolves in the 90s. These days he leads the band Barleyjuice which is rock with an Irish twist. Here's the video for Raised on the Radio by The Ravyns. Thanks to 4AD Wiki for The Ravyns bio.
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