HISTORY IN
PICTURES

1980 - 1989   

THE 1980 - 1982 GROUP IN
"BRITISH INVASION" MODE
THE GROUP WAS THE FEATURED ACT AT THE 1981 "BEATLEFEST"
IN MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.
NOTE THE "AUTHENTIC" GUITARS
AND "VOX AMPLIFIERS".
THIS PHOTO APPEARED IN "THE
ILLINOIS ENTERTAINER".

STILL IN BRITISH MODE IN 1983
(LEFT TO RIGHT)  JOHNNY, AL,
NEW GUITARIST GARY BLOOM, AND BOB GRAFF RETURNS 

TODD MENKE (FAR RIGHT) JOINS THE BAND IN 1984. THIS VERSION OF JOHNNY STAR & THE METEORS WAS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR AND VERSATILE. AFTER BOB'S DEPARTURE IN 1987, IT WOULD BE THIRTEEN YEARS BEFORE THIS FOURSOME WOULD PLAY ON STAGE AGAIN (NOVEMBER 2000). 

 

 

THE GROUP REUNITES AT A TWENTIETH REUNION GET TOGETHER IN MARCH OF 2004

RICK "ELVIS" SAUCEDO MAKES CAMEO APPEARANCES WITH THE BAND 1986 - 1989. THE BAND BACKS RICK FOR THE FIRST "ELVIS BIRTHDAY SHOW" AT WHAT IS NOW "STAR PLAZA THEATRE" IN MERRILVILLE, INDIANA
THE 1987 GROUP WITH JOHN "MALCOLM" DIDIER (LOWER LEFT) JOINING THE BAND. AL LEAVES THE GROUP IN 1988, NOT RETURNING TILL 1995. HIS PLACE IS TAKEN BY SAM TENUTO (LOWER RIGHT). THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN IN LATE 1988.
JOHNNY STAR AND THE METEORS MEET DICK CLARK

(1987)

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