Rock 'n' Roll News
Splitsville! Jimmy Marinos— drummer and sometimes triller —has left the Romantics to form what this Bureau understands Will be a power trio, or somesuch. According to the Romantics’ publicist: “The band is not worried about this departure in any way.
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Splitsville! Jimmy Marinos— drummer and sometimes triller —has left the Romantics to form what this Bureau understands Will be a power trio, or somesuch. According to the Romantics’ publicist: “The band is not worried about this departure in any way. shape or form.” Ditto for us. The Romantics continue to
work on their next album and expect to announce a replacement shortly.
Dept. Of Now You Know: Rock videos are '‘making youngsters anti-social and less sensitive to violence,” according to Thomas Radecki, chairman of the National Coalition On Television Violence. “I have already seen several cases of young people in my psychiatric practice with severe problems of anger and anti-social behavior who are deeply immersed into a subculture of violent rock music,” said Radecki, a clinical instructor in the University Of Illrnofs* Department of Psychiatry. He cites the most outstandingly 111 violent videos as those by Michael Jackson, ABC and the assembled Jacksons. The least violent? John and Sean Lennon, the Romantics and Donna Summer. To which David Horowitz prez of MTV responds: ‘‘We do not allow any depiction of senseless violence.” How about senseless music, then?