RYANETICS MUSIC

By 1973, the FM airwaves began to feature more progressive music, and that's when it happened. "That's when we first heard Wishbone Ash. It was like being struck by lightning. After hearing their stylistic approach and melodic interplay, we were both completely hooked, and felt that we had truly found our musical calling," reflects Jimmy. Over the following months, Jimmy and Johnny began to really hone their styles and formed a band with some local musicians called Westfall. This was the band where they really began to develop their double lead style, modeled after Wishbone Ash. They played the local club scene relentlessly, and began to develop a "small, devoted and disturbed following" as Jimmy likes to say. During this period, they won every "Battle of the Bands" which they entered, gaining a solid regional reputation as a strong, tight rock outfit that featured the melodic interplay of their harmony lead guitars.

Also known as: Ryanetics Music, LTD