Lyres (band)

Lyres (sometimes credited as The Lyres) are a Boston-area alternative rock musical group led by Jeff "Monoman" Conolly. Lyres were founded in 1979 [http://www.limbos.org/lyres/lyresb.htm] following the breakup of DMZ. Their most popular songs included "What A Girl Can't Do" and "Help You Ann". The original lineup of the band featured DMZ guitarist J.J. Rassler.

Former DMZ members Rassler, Rick Coraccio, Paul Murphy, and Peter Greenberg had rejoined Connolly in Lyres over the course of their existence (from 1979 to the early 2000s) [http://www.limbos.org/lyres/lyresb.htm] . Miriam Linna, former drummer of The Cramps and The A-Bones, played in Lyres in 1986. Stiv Bators of The Dead Boys and Lords of the New Church, and Wally Tax of The Outsiders also recorded with Lyres in the late 1980s.

Lyres were less active in the 1990s, due to Conolly living in California and in Europe for brief periods of time. After a renewed period of activity in the early 2000s, the band went through another dormant period up until 2005. The band has been playing regularly during the last two years and sound as strong as ever. Given the large number of personnel changes that Lyres have gone through over the years - Conolly is the only member who has been in every lineup - the band will always be around in some form.

Current Line-up

*Jeff Conolly (organ, vocals)
*Danny McCormack (guitar)
*Paul Murphy (drums)
*Rick Coraccio (bass)

Former members include:

*Jared Everett
*John Bernardo (drums)
*J.J. Rassler (guitar)
*Howard Ferguson
*Mike Lewis
*Peter Greenberg

Discography (incomplete)

LP albums

*"On Fyre" (1984)
*"Lyres Lyres" (1985)
*"A Promise Is A Promise" (1986)
*"Happy Now" (1988)Some Lyres

EP albums

*"AHS1005" 12" 45 rpm (Ace of Hearts 1981)

ingles

*"Help You Ann"
*"Don't Give It Up Now" c/w "How Do You Know?" Dirty Water Records 2007

Compilations

* "Hotel Massachusetts"

In other media

The song "Help you Ann" was featured on the game Destroy all Humans 2.

Related bands

*Barrence Whitfield And The Savages - Howard Furguson, Peter Greenberg, Paul Murphy, Rick Coraccio
*DMZ - Jeff Conolly, Mike Lewis, Peter Greenberg
*The Real Kids - Howard Ferguson
*Yo La Tengo - Mike Lewis
*Darker My Love - Jared Everett

External links

* http://www.limbos.org/lyres/
* http://www.rockinboston.com/lyres.htm