SYNOPSIS.
Out of Our Dens: The Richard and the Young Lions Story is a documentary
about a 'almost-was' band of the 1960's that decide to have another
go at success 30 years later.
Richard and
the Young Lions had a regional hit called 'Open Up Your Door'
back in 1966 that only peaked at #99 for one week on the national
charts. A combination of bad luck, a complete overhaul of members,
and ineffective management caused a song that had the potential
to be great to waffle in mediocre-dom..
Eventually
the band faded away.
Thirty years
later, 'Open Up Your Door' appeared on a garage-rock
box-set called 'Nuggets' and a series of coincidences
brought everyone in the band back together to give success another
go despite being in their 50's.
The re-formed
band found the familiar struggles, but eventually worked to put
together an album of new original songs.
Soonafter the
album & documentary were completed, the lead singer 'Richard'
passed away.