Los Amiguitos Show
The Rubinoos
Saturday January 30, 2010
$5 Adults, $4 Children - 10:30am
La Peña welcomes Berkeley's legendary popsters The Rubinoos as they celebrate the release of their first children's CD, Biff-Boff Boing!
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Founded in Berkeley by junior high buddies, Tommy Dunbar and Jon Rubin, The Rubinoos are one of the seminal power pop artists of the 1970s. In 1977 they hit the top 40 with a cover of Tommy James’ “I Think We’re Alone Now.” In 1978 they followed it with the power pop classic “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend”, which was named record of the year by Britain’s Music Week Magazine. Several albums and decades later The Rubes can still crank out the pop gems as exemplified by the 2006 release Twist Pop Sin. In 2007 the band was honored with the career spanning 3-CD anthology, Everything You Always Wanted To Know About The Rubinoos. In Oct. ‘07 The Rubinoos dusted off their guitars and hit the road for a triumphant return to Japan and release of the Japan only double CD set One Two That's It. In february 2009 the group made a triumphant return to Spain to support the release of their album HodgePodge. Look for more live dates and new recordings in 2010.
