The Rubinoos is tagged as: power pop, new wave, rock, pop, pop rock
Tommy Dunbar and Jon Rubin formed The Rubinoos while still in junior high school. By age fourteen, after playing a few school dances, they graduated to the club circuit. In 1975 the band was signed as one of the original acts on the newly formed Beserkley label. The Rubinoos made their recording debut that year with the song Gorilla, on the Beserkley Chartbusters LP. By 1977 the boys had finished recording their first LP The Rubinoos. Gene Sculatti of The New York Rocker called it “the best pop album of the decade.” The first single, a cover of the Tommy James classic “I Think Were Alone Now,” reached the top 40 nationwide and the top 10 in many major U.S. cities. Appearances on Dick Clarks American Bandstand, The Rolling Stone 10th Anniversary TV Special, and features in numerous Teen Magazines helped put The Rubinoos into the pop consciousness. At the same time, the group was receiving a lot of attention overseas: critical acclaim and airplay in Europe, and top tens in Japan and Australia. In 1978 they left for their first European tour. The first show was an appearance on German TV’s Rockpalast. The rest of the tour took them through northern Europe performing concert dates and appearing on assorted TV shows such as Top Pop (The Netherlands), Old ...
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