A look back at the great bands, musicians and times of Coronado Island

 

Band Pages     36T     Amber band     Artful Dodger     Axis     Bachs & Null Set     Blacklabel     Blowhole 2000     Blind Ambition     Brewdogs     Centaurs     Coachmen     Comanche Moon     Cubic Feet     Cultivators     Dogface     Dugan Richardson         Electric Sons     Etcetera Rock Revival      Extortion     Family Jewels     Fingers     Framework     Golden Armor     Granny's Jam     Heard     I Don't Know     Inhibited Life     Invaders     Island     Joey Harris &  Speedsters     Johnny Cook     JumpStart     Kehl and The Ratners     London Beats     Louisiana Fish and Poultry     New Britains     New Rubber Band     Nobles     No Counts     Notations     Peg Leg     Rebel Alliance     Rock Trio     Rogues     Rollo and the Red Hots     Rubber Band     Shovel Heads     Silky and The Starlights     Skim Milk     Squires     Summer     Town Cryers     Tryax     Vibrants    Wermz    West Coast Iron Works

Axis  (1981-1982)   Original Members: John Kelley Brown '75: guitar, vocals Nisha Catron (Joanne): vocals Bryan Mealy '79: bass, vocals Steve Ussery '83: drums A year later: John Lewis '78 replaces Bryan on bass  This band did primarily hard-rock music including a lot of Led Zeppelin. The band played local parties including several in Alpine. The band also played at the Coronado HS Hi Jinx (the drummer was still in high school at the time). They practiced primarily at Steve Ussery's home but also practiced a few times in a cabin in Descanso. This band ended when Bryan left to join "Kehl and the Ratners".                        1982, John Kelley Brown. Brothers, Steve and Kelley, are still musically inseparable. Christmas 1981: Girls love Kelley, and Kelley loves to play twister with Dave Shoudy's sister: Susan Shoudy, Kelley and Nisha.