The Prime Movers, though virtually unknown in their own country, scored two Top Forty hits in England with the songs, “On The Trail” and “Dark Western Night.”
Hailing from Sierra Madre, California, the Prime Movers - Gary Putman on guitar and vocals, Severs Ramsey on vocals and bass and Curt Lichter on drums - formed in 1983, adapting their name from from a favorite episode of the science fiction TV series, The Twilight Zone.
While playing the Southern California club circuit, the band landed a major label deal with Island Records. A&R reps saw saw The Prime Movers at the legendary nightclub, Madame Wong’s Chinatown and immediately signed the band to the label.
Island Records UK released two singles and a self-titled EP that found favor with the English record buying public and were critically acclaimed by the British press.
In 1987, The Prime Movers fell from favor with their label and hit on the bright idea to record new music under an assumed name - the crazier the concept the better. Ramsey and Putman, as Jah Paul Jo and Put-Mon, recruited some old friends and entered their own, self-induced Musical Witness Protection Program: DREAD ZEPPELIN was born. After selling over a million copies of their classic first album, Un Led ED, success of a different kind consumed them.
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