All hail the King of Iowa.. Billy Peiffer, you thought this area of the U S of A was only associated with corn and farming....wrong!. Billy Peiffer; songwriter extraordinaire has been rockin' and sockin' the tri state area since 1980...now finally this prolific songwriter gains his first UK release through renowned cutting edge outlet Escape Music Ltd.
Early eighties Bill formed Pilot with Jesse Johnson who went on to form The Time And have a successful solo career..leading the way for Lynn Allen.. originally monickered Art Young..this was in 1982, taking to 1983 to record and change their monicker to Lynn Allen the infamous EP was released with the regional hit" Leave Me alone"
1984 saw the bands first LP "We Laugh at You", the biggest seller in the quad cities except Michael Jackson's "Thriller", spawning the classic line up of Bill Pieffer (Vocals/guitar), Dale Fisher (keyboards),,Bobby boyd (drums), Terry Murphy(bass) and Tim Compton (guitars).With a European promo tour, Kerrang and Metal Forces reviews and US support slots with Ratt , Great white and Warrant, and another regional hit "Last Nite", things were on the up
Later that year,journalists were invited to Daveport Iowa, to taste the Lynn Allen experience as the boys prepare to record ,their 3rd opus , autobiographical "Look at Me I'm the King" Bill was doin better than signed bands on the East and West Coast without selling his soul to the corporate records companies, band members then came and went, causing a hiatus for the third release. Bill moved to San Francisco to hook up with members of Nightranger and Journey in a group called Big Rock, unfortunately his peers didn't seem to be as serious as he was , Bill returned to Iowa and released The aforementioned "LAMITK", under new title Panorama Park with different songs and members, spawning the aor classic "In Time"
1991, Bill hooks up with long time partner in crime Johnny Hal Williamson on bass, family related Terry Murphy on guitars and "Panorama Park" drummer Tommy Guild to form Dead End Kids, before reverting back to Lynn Allen name and begin recording the s/t pink cd.
1992, Pink album released with European journalists attending record release party, spawning "Poisoning Of The Rain", "Jesse" and "Surprise Surprise", highlighting Bills progression as a songwriter and his ability to wear shorts on top of his trousers.
1994 sees the release of the tribute to the greatest rock nroll club ever:"Live At Beethoven's" from tapes recorded at the aforementioned venue in 1986 found in Hawaii. Local fans vote Lynn Allen Top group in first Oil Music awards
1995-Due to over the top demand for We laugh at You , commanding silly prices on LP worldwide, Bill hooks up with legendary guru Khalil Turk then working for Long Island, to secure the bands first German release , a re-issue of the afore mentioned opus with a bonus track and some teeth on the cover
1997- "Petrified Ice Cream" is released on swedens Rock On The Rise Label, spawning "I Am", "Where are You Now" and "Gone to pieces", Bill takes post grunge apocalyptic aor to another level.
1999- "Best of Lynn Allen" is released with bonus track "Romeo" bringing Bill grandly into the 21st century
Most of this decade Bill develops his Iowa project,only Bill could take the name of the state and wear the crown proudly
Mixing the two projects in 2007 , Lynn Allen returns for the most exciting part of their career and teaming up with long time devotee and good friend Khalil Turk's & Barrie Kirtley's notoriously cutting edge label Escape Music, a marriage is made in heaven!
"The Horse You Rode In on" is set for a December release and the fruit of that marriage, Bills finally got the sound right, this is no mere "AOR by numbers" release, but the culmination of years of songwriting and gigging in the Midwest to bring Lynn Allen To the best position they have ever been in , with tentative UK dates next year to match the bands UK debut on CD...
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