Red Rockers

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Snapshot:: A Group with 5 releases, and credited once on others' music. No members known.

The Red Rockers were a New Wave band from New Orleans, Louisiana. They formed in 1979 as The Rat Finks and later renamed themselves after a song by The Dils. They are best known for their 1983 hit single "China". They toured the United States opening for The Cars, Men at Work, U2, Joan Jett, The Go-Go's. The band disbanded in 1985 after completing a tour for their final album.

Lead singer John Thomas Griffith now plays guitar and sings in the band Cowboy Mouth, which he co-founded in 1990 with Paul Sanchez and Fred LeBlanc. Bassist Darren Hill currently has a management company called Ten Pin Management; he manages The New York Dolls, Paul Westerberg and others.

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