Evil

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Evil was a garage rock band from Miami, Florida, active between late 1965 and early 1967. They were known for a hard-driving, sometimes thrashing 60s punk sound that combined elements of blues, rockabilly, and British Invasion influences (particularly the tougher-sounding, London-based outfits of the time, such as The Yardbirds, The Who, The Pretty Things, and The Small Faces). They recorded several songs, amongst which “Always Runnin' Around” and “Whatcha Gonna Do” were released as a single under Living Legend Records in 1966. The band eventually signed to Capitol Records but broke up shortly thereafter. In more recent years, they have been noted for several previously unreleased songs recorded in 1966, which have been released under various independent labels from acetates, such as "From a Curbstone," "Short Life," and especially "I'm Movin' On," which is now regarded as a garage classic. Stan Kinchen formed the band in 1965 and played lead guitar on most of their recordings. One night that year, after dance, Al Banyai, the band's rhythm guitarist asked John Doyle to join as lead singer. Doyle would come up with the name of the band: "We were looking for something dark and scary. We were all into Edgar Allan Poe, almost named the band that, then Raven, then just EVIL! The story is that we named it after the blues tune..." Later in 1965, Larry O' Connell joined the band as its bassist, and Doug Romanella joined on drums. In March 1966, after winning WFUN's annual Dade County Youth Fair Battle Of The Bands, the band was awarded a chance to make several recordings in a one-day marathon session at the Dukoff Recording Studios in Miami, where they cut several demos and acetates. Among the self-penned songs recorded were "I'm Movin' On," "From a Curbstone," "Short Life," and Always Runnin' Around.