The Real Kids were an American rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, United States, led by guitarist, singer and songwriter John Felice.
Felice (born 1955) grew up in Natick, Massachusetts, as a neighbour and friend of Jonathan Richman, a fellow fan of the Velvet Underground. At 15 he joined Richman in the first line-up of the Modern Lovers in the early 1970s. He performed with the band intermittently from then until 1973, but because of his school commitments, he was not involved in the 1972 sessions which produced the first Modern Lovers album, though Felice is featured on a few live Modern Lovers recordings, on lead guitar and backing vocals.
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Peel seemed to have discovered the group in 1977 via the compilation album, Live At The Rat, which he played a track from on his radio programmes. He would later play further material from the group until the end of the 70's, according to available tracklistings on this site.
Shows Played[]
- 1977
- 08 August 1977: Better Be Good (v/a album - Live At The Rat) Rat
- 31 January 1978: 3 tracks from The Real Kids album
- 06 February 1978: Taxi Boys (album - The Real Kids) Red Star
- 07 February 1978: Reggae Reggae (album - The Real Kids) Red Star
- 16 February 1978: Rave On (album - Real Kids) Red Star / Bronze
- 23 February 1978: All Kindsa Girls (album - Real Kids) Red Star / Bronze
- 08 March 1978: Solid Gold (Thru And Thru) (album - The Real Kids) Red Star / Bronze
- 10 July 1978: All Kindsa Girls (single) Sponge
- 14 July 1978: All Kindsa Girls (single) Red Star
- 29 August 1978: All Kindsa Girls (7") Sponge
- 1979
- 20 August 1979: All Kindsa Girls (7") Red Star