The Outlets
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The Outlets were a 1980s Boston rock band consisting of David Alex Barton on vocals, his brother Rick Barton on lead guitar, Mike White on bass and Walter Gustafson on drums.
[edit] History
An acclaimed live band, The Outlets attained success in the greater Boston music scene but failed to gain national attention, despite modest critical acclaim including a recommendation from Billboard. They are best known for the single "Knock Me Down", a regional hit. David Alex Barton reunited The Outlets in the late 1990s. The band reunited again in 2005. Barton's son plays in the bands Call of Decency and Altitude Zero, bands which originated at the Fenn School.
Barton's brother, Rick went on to be a founding member of Dropkick Murphys, though he has subsequently left the group. Walter Gustafson's post-Outlets resume includes several tours drumming for Gang Green as well as stints with The Freeze and Nervous Eaters. Today he plays with Mung and Con-Sole.
[edit] Discography
- Knock Me Down b/w You Told Me 7" (1/2 of an EP with Boys Life) (1980)
- Best Friends b/w Bright Lights 7" (1981)
- 3rd Floor (from "We Had a Wicked Good Time" compilation) (1981)
- Not Too Late (from "Let's Breed!" compilation) (1984)
- Sheila b/w Valentine's Song 7" (1985)
- Whole New World LP(1985) (cassette has bonus track "Fade Back")
- If I Were the One b/w Can't Cheat the Reaper 7" (1985)
- Eddie (from "A Fistful of Hits" compilation) (1987)
- Eddie (live) & Wait (live) (from "Ive Got My Friends" compilation) (1996)
- I Remember (compilation) (1999)
- The Outlets CD (2000) (some new songs and some old songs redone)
- The Outlets Rock 1980 CD (2007) (new recordings of their 1980 setlist plus original 7" recordings: Best Friends, Bright Lights, Knock Me Down)
