If The
Kinks were the "first
grunge band" (circa "
You Really Got Me"),
these guys were meant to be the second, courtesy the same impresario, Larry
Page. It eventually worked, with a hit called "
Wild Thing", a much-
covered song of
the era, written by Chip Taylor,
Jon Voight's
brother. Even better were subsequent hits: "
With a Girl Like You" and "
Love Is All Around" (cue the
Wet Wet Wet node),
pop classix. They have done the
nostalgia circuit ever since.