In 1961, aspiring rock bassist John F. Kerry and six friends formed a garage surf band called the Electras that played high school dances. They cut a self-titled album and had 500 copies pressed. Amazingly, the masters still exist and have been dug up and re-released.
KerryRocks.com has ordering information, the liner notes, and an mp3 of clips from the album. The band also
now has a website that warns, "There have been rumors of a reunion performance between now and November 2004."
click to enlarge JFK's bass-slapping fury
The rumors persist, but the apostropher research staff has learned from a reliable campaign source that this is not John Kerry. Neither is this. Nor this, despite the uncanny resemblance. The rumor that is true, however: after a successful career as a municipal bond trader, the maracas player now does real estate management. Just thought you'd want to know.
(via Boing Boing)