Click here to see a video clip of The Remains documentary: America's Lost Band 

In 1964, they took Boston by surprise.  The line of fans stretching from Kenmore Square to Fenway Park meant only one thing: It was “Remains Night” at The Rathskeller.

By New Years Day 1965, The Remains were signed to a major recording deal, playing to packed venues throughout New England.

By the end of the 1965, they had two regional hit singles on Epic Records and had performed for 14 million viewers on Ed Sullivan’s Christmas Show.

In 1966, the group had two more regional hits, appeared on NBC TV’s Hulaballoo, and garnered a coveted spot as opening act on The Beatles’ U.S. tour.

Enthusiastic response to The Remains’ performances were echoed by rave reviews in the local and national press. Following The Beatles tour, The Remains’ first and only album was released by Epic Records. By then, The Remains had disbanded. Now, over three decades later Barry Tashian, Vern Miller, Bill Briggs and Chip Damiani are back. With the release of their new albums, “The Remains”, and “Movin’ On,” and recent sold out performances in Europe and the U.S., The Remains are once again taking the music scene by storm.

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What others have said about the Remains

Had these Boston bad boys stuck it out beyond their 1966 debut, we might today be calling them–and not the Stones–the World’s Greatest Rock ‘n’ Roll band. As it is, The Remains most certainly are America’s greatest lost band.
Mark Kemp, Paste Magazine, June 2007

Garage heroes.
The Guardian (London)

Le legende americaine.
Sud Ouest (Bordeaux)

They were magic. They were how you told a stranger about rock ‘n’ roll.
Jon Landau, Crawdaddy, January 1967

A strong contender for the finest overlooked American band of the mid-’60s. American rock & roll at its best.
All Music Guide

They were the most exciting American band of their time.
Jon Landau, Spoonfed Records 1978

The Remains were the band that led the way for Rock n’ Rollers in Boston
Peter Wolf, The J. Geils Band

New England legends who toured with the Beatles and played The Ed Sullivan Show but never scored a hit record, the Remains have long been touted by those who were there as the great American hard-rock band of the mid-Sixties. And guess what? This previously unavailable live-in-the-studio set justifies the hype. In fact, on the evidence here, these guys were an absolutely lethal combination of R&B moxie and Brit Rock panache.
Stereo Review, 1997

For more than 30 years, the May 1966 Capitol Records audition tape by the REMAINS has been one of the great unreleased wonders of rock & roll—a legendary studio performance—of such explosive exuberance and muscular force that it has been, for those lucky enough to hear it, a religious totem of all that was manic and marvelous about mid-’60s pop.
Rolling Stone, March 20, 1997

Nobody’s replacing them. Bands like the Remains are living history, and one of our most valued American treasures.
Springsteen guitarist Little Steven Van Zandt, quoted in the Boston Herald, September 29, 2002

Fresh, unpretentious, energetic, and mature, Movin’ On will only enhance the band’s fabled reputation.
Discoveries, January 2003

The Remains songs—an all-but-lost catalog that is part Fab Four, part Stones, two parts Zombies and all rock & roll.
Time Out New York, August 12-19, 2004