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Milk 'N' Cookies was a power pop band from Long Island, New York. Active during the 1970s, a particularly fertile and creative period in the suburban New York music scene, the band had a loyal following of fans attracted to their unique sound. Although they didn't receive the radio airplay and attention from mainstream labels given to other New York based bands of the time, they were influential, and have now achieved considerable cult status for contributions in the area where pop, glam, and proto-punk overlap.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ian North: Tinkertoy Tomorrow Today )〕 ==History== Milk 'N' Cookies was formed in early 1973, when Ian North, an aspiring artist and musician from Woodmere, NY, his best friend, bass player Jay Weis, and a drummer named Mike Ruiz recruited reluctant vocalist Justin Strauss to join them in a band. While many other metro New York based bands of the time like the Ramones and Blue Öyster Cult had edgier personas and harder sounds, Milk 'N' Cookies crafted a more wholesome, pop sensibility.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=MILK 'N' COOKIES Review )〕 Strauss' twelve-year-old sister came up with the band's name, which supported their image and sound. Milk 'N' Cookies quickly found an audience, playing at Long Island and New York bars, clubs, and high school dances. They started to promote a demo tape, which eventually made its way to John Hewlett, the manager of the band Sparks. During this time, Weis left the band and was replaced by Sal Maida, a bass player who'd previously played with Roxy Music.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=MILK 'N' COOKIES HISTORY )〕 Hewlett was instrumental in getting Milk 'N' Cookies into the studio, and in 1974 they went to England to begin recording with producer Muff Winwood, who'd recently worked with Sparks.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=MILK 'N' COOKIES HISTORY )〕 The self named album, recorded for Island Records had upbeat, catchy songs with titles like,"Little, Lost And Innocent", "We Go On Dancing" and "Rabbits Make Love".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Milk 'N' Cookies )〕 Island released a single, "Little, Lost And Innocent" backed with "Good Friends",〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=MILK 'N' COOKIES HISTORY )〕 but when it failed to chart, the release of the album was shelved.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Milk'n'Cookies Live At CBGB )〕 Milk 'N' Cookies was finding that although their robust live sound came closer to the punk music played by other bands with which they shared bills at clubs like CBGB and Max's Kansas City,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Milk'n'Cookies Live At CBGB )〕 their wholesome image appealed to a different audience. As Sal Maida's put it in NME "Our visuals appeal to the younger kids and the raw act and strength of our material should pull in the progressives."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=MILK 'N' COOKIES HISTORY )〕 (The sound of Milk 'N' Cookies' live set is preserved in a 14 song live album recorded at CBGB in 1976)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=MILK 'N' COOKIES HISTORY )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Milk'n'Cookies Live At CBGB )〕 When Island offered Ian North a solo deal, he left Milk 'N' Cookies and moved to London. He formed Ian North's Radio, which eventually became the band Neo. North remained in England until 1979, and upon returning to New York pursued a solo career, releasing a few solo disks. Milk 'N' Cookies recorded a few more demos, but no further albums were released. They reunited in 2005 to play the Radio Heartbeat Power Pop Fest in Brooklyn, NY and had their album reissued in 2005 by the RPM label and by Radio Heartbeat in 2008.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Milk 'N' Cookies )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Milk 'N' Cookies」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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