evolved from Giffels and Dave "Doc" Rich trading songs in Giffels' basement.Giffels is on guitar and vocals, Pat McNulty on drums, keyboards and vocals, Rich on guitar, keys and vocals. "Friday" Mike Wilkinson is the other band member.
Thursday's Lounge in 1983 took over the Zips Varsity Club space. Fred Nemr came from Lebanon -- the country, not the Ohio city -- and, after unsuccessful bars in Barberton and North Akron, found the right combination adjacent to the University of Akron campus. Fred and wife Barbara's children, Monique, Mark and Mario, were involved with the business over the years. Fred died in 2005.
Click on the headline for Malcolm X Abram's BJ story on the band.
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