Mink DeVille
USA
Formed: 1974
Died: 01 January 1986
Genres: Pop/Rock
Styles: Rock & Roll, Rock & Roll/Roots, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock, New York Punk, American Punk, Punk, Punk/New Wave
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Although a product of the New York punk scene, at heart Mink DeVille were a soul band with roots in R&B, the blues, and even Cajun music. The group was a showcase for frontman Willy DeVille (born William Boray in 1953), a native New Yorker who in 1971 traveled to London to form a band; unable to find compatible musicians, he worked as a solo performer before returning to the U.S. and settling in San Francisco, where he founded the first incarnation of Mink DeVille in 1974 with bassist Ruben Siguenza and drummer Tom "Manfred" Allen. After playin...
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