"Neil's In Rehab" by The Magnificent Pagan Gods (featuring Kenn Rowell of The Baghdaddios)

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While still in school, Kenn Rowell, of The Baghdaddios wrote "Neil's In Rehab" as a member of The Magnificent Pagan Gods, his band before he helped found The Baghdaddios in the 1990s. After recording the song at an NYC recording studio at a Greenwich Village apartment on 1st Street (around the corner from CBGB) the band filmed a crude but fun music video on Super 8 film which was edited on computer by his cousin, Rye Babcock. The video was shot in Rowell's home town of Nyack, NY and at the band's rehearsal place (their bassist's basement in Pomona, NY). Local Nyack artist and "scenester", Lisa Horn (now Lisa Hold) helped in the filming, and the video aired on Hudson Valley cable to promote the band's inclusion in the "Listen!" Benefit Concert; which helped raise public awareness, as well as more than $3500.00 for AIDS-related charities on March 27, 1992. The band consisted of Jim Ianucci on lead guitar and vocals, Nick Galetta on bass and vocals, (John) Andy Oros on drums and Rowell on rhythm guitar and vocals. Rowell went on to help found The Baghdaddios, later that year. The Magnificent Pagan Gods reunited for a one-time appearance at Rowell's annual benefit for the homeless, Blank-Fest, in the early 2000s. "Neil's In Rehab" was one of several MPG songs penned by Rowell that would eventually find it's way into The Baghdaddios' repertoire and was re-recorded for the group's debut CD, "Willie Horton Hears A Who", which was released in the tail end of 1996. Special thanks <b>...</b>

Keywords

Rehab, protest, social awareness, Nyack, NYC, Greenwich Village, Baghdaddios, Rowell, homeless, AIDS, Blank-Fest, super 8, DIY, indie, CBGB, experimental, Hudson River, Hudson Valley, punk rock, Lower East Side, Art Leal, pop

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