How can anyone wax nostalgic over the 80's without mentioning the film Fast Times at Ridgemont High?  The soundtrack was a big seller, with popular hits from Sammy Hagar and Billy Squire; another hit from the soundtrack was "Raised on the Radio," by a new wave pop outfit out of Baltimore, the Ravyns.  Sadly, the Ravyns inclusion in the popular movie didn't turn their 1984 debut album into big seller.

The Ravyns keyboardist Kyf Brewer eventually resurfaced as the leader of Company of Wolves.  Co-founded with ex-John Waite drummer Frankie LaRocka, the harder rocking 'Wolves managed to squeeze out a hit single, "Call of the Wild," for Mercury Records before disbanding.

When John Waite left the Babys, he recruited LaRocka and guitarist Ivan Kral - both veterans of the New York rock scene - for his 1984 solo debut, Ignition.  Pat Benetar's Neil Geraldo produced the album, which featured John's huge video hit, "Change."

However, after his membership in Waite's band - and before teaming up with Kyf - LaRocka and Kral formed Eastern Bloc with ex-Holly and the Italians guitarist Mark Sidgewick, issuing one album in 1987.  Kral was an ex-member of the Patti Smith group; he co-wrote Patti's other 'hit' "Dancing Barefoot."

As for Kyf, he returned with the Kyf Brewer Band, releasing the album, Me and My Big Mouth in 1997 on Ichiban Records.