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Mimi Betinis is a Chicago-based singer/songwriter/guitarist and founding member of the seminal power pop band Pezband. With Pezband, Mimi has toured the world and shared the stage with bands including Blondie, The Ramones, Fleetwood Mac, and Supertramp. Read more.
The original lineup consisted of Mimi Betinis (guitar and lead vocals), Mick Rain (drums and vocals), John Pazdan (guitar, piano and vocals), and Mike Gorman (bass and vocals) Mick Ruane (aka Mick Rain), drummer for Pezband, died on August 14, 2021.
—Mimi Betinis, August 2021. Pezband Featured in New Music Exhibit at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. Pezband’s iconic logo is featured in a new exhibit: THE STATE OF SOUND: A WORLD OF MUSIC FROM ILLINOIS at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, IL.
Pezband is a critically-acclaimed American band formed in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park, Illinois known for its melodic but muscular songs and the distinctive vocals of lead singer Mimi Betinis. The ensemble began in the fall of 1971 when four Oak Park musicians teamed up to jam on covers of songs by The Yardbirds, Kinks and Peter Green-era ...
Pezband (Mimi Betinis) Pezband was an American power pop band formed in 1971 in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park, Illinois. The original lineup consisted of Mimi Betinis (guitar and lead vocals), Mick Rain (drums and vocals), John Pazdan (guitar, piano and vocals), and Mike Gorman (bass and vocals).
Pezband lead singer Mimi Betinis teamed up with original Pezband engineer John Pavletic to lovingly restore and polish these eleven slices of power pop heaven. And Pezband has never sounded better–especially on the first four tracks which sound like fully-produced album cuts — recorded yesterday.
Jan 31, 2011 · Mimi Betinis, founder of legendary Chicago band Pezband, performs "Romance Me" from his new cd "All That Glitters" live on the Night Rock Show.
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