we are there instead. We had
great marketing stuff set up, but
that band never hit it.”
Richards describes The Slices
as falling somewhere between
The Clash and Joe Jackson. His
influences at the time ran from
UK bands like The Jam and
The Stranglers to CBGB bands
like The Cramps. He says they
weren’t “ahead of our time or
behind the time, we were just in
it. The names have faded into
history and nobody even re-
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members or cares.”
When the band fizzled out, he
tried putting something togeth-
er called “Tom Richards’ Rock-
ets” which didn’t do much. But
then came his best chance at
something big - The Baby Seal
Club.
The Baby Seal Club was actu-
ally Dan Webster’s band, but it
was struggling until Richards
and two fellow members of The
Slices came on board. From
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