I was just a teenager with a set of drums, supportive parents, cool friends and understanding neighbors. Man we’d practice for hours on hot summer days with the garage doors wide open. We did indeed play our first gig at the roller rink over on Wheeling Island. Chris Markle with his epic Marsahll half stack and swinging blonde hair on one side of the stage. The ever cool Steve Forro defining the term “stage presence” on the other side. And the girl. She was real too. And she lived near California. This lo-fi, indie rock home recording tells the story complete with Brian Wilson harmonies, Iron Maiden references and Cure guitar vibes. “We were strangers in a strange land…called Reckless Youth.” Hope you dig, -jz