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

 

Band Pages    36T    Amber Band    Artful Dodger    Axis    Bachs & Null Set    Black label    Blowhole 2000    Blind Ambition    Brewdogs    Centaurs    Coachmen    Coronado Cowboys    Comanche Moon    Cubic Feet    Cultivators    Deliverance    Dogface    Dugan Richardson Band        Ed & the Spiders    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 & the Speedsters    Johnny Cook    JumpStart    Kehl and The Ratners    London Beats    Louisiana Fish & Poultry    New Britain's    New Rubber Band    Nobles    No Counts    Notations    Peg Leg    Rebel Alliance    Rock Trio    Rogues    Rollo & the Red Hots    Rubber Band    Shovel Heads    Silky & The Starlights    Skim Milk    Squires    Summer    Texas Chainsaw Band              Toby Leflang's Bands     Town Cryers    Toyz     Tryax     Vibrants     Wermz     West Coast Iron Works

Kehl and the Ratners  (1981-1982) Original Members: John Costello: guitar, vocals Bryan Mealy: bass, vocals Bill Clark: drums Kehl Conaughton,  vocals/Guitar Kehl graduated from a high school in Naples Italy. This band originally did only originals but later added Kehl for vocals. After Kehl was added, the band switched to primarily doing cover tunes. The band played a few parties and once played in the bandstand at Coronado park for some strange event where the Beach Boys were supposed to show up. This band primarily played new-wave type music including many songs by the Pretenders. We practiced either at John Costello’s home or a garage at “Quarters T” at the naval officers housing.   The band divided when John Costello joined “The Heard”. Bryan and Kehl went on with the “Kehl and the Ratners” name by adding a new guitar player and drummer.   Bill Clark later enlisted in the military service.