Richard and the Young Lions had a regional hit called 'Open Up Your Door' back in 1966 that peaked nationally at number 70 on Cashbox for 6 weeks. A combination of bad luck, a complete overhaul of members, and ineffective management caused a song that had the potential to be great to waffle in mediocre-dom..
Eventually the band faded away.
Thirty years later, 'Open Up Your Door' appeared on a garage-rock box-set called 'Nuggets' and a series of coincidences brought everyone in the band back together to give success another go despite being in their 50's.
The re-formed band found the familiar struggles, but eventually worked to put together an album of new original songs.
There is a documentary available on DVD of the history of the band called Out of Our Dens: The Richard and the Young Lions StorySoonafter the album & documentary were completed, the lead singer 'Richard' passed away.
Pick up your copy at Lantern-Media.com or on Amazon.com
See IMDB Listing and feel free to vote for it if you have an IMDB account (hint hint)
Quicktime Movie Trailer (Hi-Qual, larger file) here
Realtime Movie Trailer (Lo-Qual, smaller file) here
Check out the RYL Myspace Group !!!!
