@sourenbedoyan: THIS ONE WAS A HIT!😍 Alongside The Sea-ders, one of Lebanon’s most famous rock bands of the 1960s and 1970s was Armenian-Lebanese four-piece outfit The News. Forming out of two earlier rock bands The Moncks and The Lawyers, The News was fronted by lead singer and guitarist John Taslakian, with Ara Hadjian on drums, Mike Postian on keyboards, and Jack Tamoukian on bass guitar. The band released seven hit singles, which range from the melodic pop of Baby You’re Only Mine and I Miss You to psych and garage rock songs such as Today Today, Take Me, and their biggest hit Teardrops. Mostly composed by frontman Taslakian and arranged by Lebanese composer Elias Rahbani, their songs made it into Lebanon’s top 20 charts and were later gathered for the 1975 album, Old Wine New Bottles. Seeking international fame and wanting to be a part of the global garage rock and psych scene of the period, the band members all took Western alias and sang strictly in English. The News toured the world, playing concerts across the Middle East, Africa, and Europe, where they shared the stage with iconic prog rock bands such as Hawkwind, Genesis, Spooky Tooth, and Warhorse. They also met the legendary Cream drummer Ginger Baker, who offered his studio to them after he attended one of their concerts in Nigeria. With the civil war at its peak, the News split up in 1979 and the band members went their separate ways, emigrating to the four corners of the world: America, France, the UK, and Australia. The original line up was John Taslakian (known as John Wilde), Lead guitar / Vocals / Flute / Songwriter Ara Hadjian (known as Arem Young), Drums / Vocals [1968-1972] Mike Postian (known as Mike Poster), Keyboards / Vocals / Bass pedal / Guitar Jack Tamoukian (known as Jack MacDonald) Bass guitar / Vocals [1968-1974] Avo Kayayan (known as Alvin Davies) Drums / Vocals [1972-1975] Avo replaced Ara Hadjian on 1972. #vintage #fyp #music #american #british #lebanon #lebanese #rock #indie #garagerock #groove #old #oldschool #armenian #diaspora #psych #thenews #news

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