Artist History Richmond, Virginia in the early 1980's was a hotbed of music of all kinds. Single Bullet Theory, The Dads, The Good Guys, Bruce Olsen and the Offenders, Suzy Saxon and The Anglos and many more could be heard in numerous clubs as often as seven days a week. In late 1983, a band emerged with a sound quite unlike any other, as much revved up new wave as melodic pop. The band was The Limit, and unlike its name, there was no limit as to how far their sound, look and stage show could take them. Chris Galiffa, guitars, keyboards, bass and vocals, and David Hunter, guitars, keyboards, drums and vocals, had been schoolmates and music partners for years. They enlisted Brian Hinson, bass keyboards and vocals to form a group that was as pleasing to they eye as the ear. The missing ingredient was found in drummer and singer J. Mark Scott (www.mp3.com/cainrazers, www.mp3.com/stb). Scott was looking for a band who shared his love of a dynamic stage show, and whose music could be a Beatles/Who hybrid. He could not have found better partners than Galiffa, Hinson and Hunter. Formed in September 1983, the band hit the clubs in November of that year, sharing bills with many of the bands mentioned earlier. Though new, they more than held their own, quickly developing into a solid headline act in their own right. From 1983 until Scott's departure in 1987, the band played nearly 300 shows from Florida to New Jersey, and appeared with such top acts as Emerson, Lake and Powell (ELP), Joan Jett, Eddie Money, Lone Justice, Patty Smyth, Robin Trower, The Producers, John Eddie, Rock & Hyde, and Tommy Conwell and The Young Rumblers. The band developed a reputation as a top-notch live act, and was able to carry their energy over to their studio recordings. A six-song vinyl Extended Play entitled Eyes For You, released summer of 1986, received extensive airplay in the band's hometown, and was among the top selling recordings in Richmond for that summer. The band celebrated the release of the EP with a show at Richmond's Dogwood Dell, before a crowd estimated at twelve thousand.

Location Richmond, VA - USA

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