John "Sean" Byrne (1947-2008, born Dublin, Ireland) played rhythm guitar and lead vocals, Kenn Ellner played tambourine and harmonica while sharing lead vocals and Craig "Butch" Atkinson (1947-1998, born San Jose, California) played drums.
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The Count Five gained distinction for their habit of wearing Count Dracula-style capes when playing live.
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The song "Psychotic Reaction" can be heard playing on the jukebox in an early scene in Wim Wenders' film Alice in the Cities (1974).
Count | Count Basie | count | Count Dracula | The Count of Monte Cristo | Imperial Count | Count of Flanders | Count of Barcelona | Count Basie Orchestra | Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares | Count of Soissons | You Can Count on Me | Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas | Count Palatine | Count palatine | Count of Paris | John II, Count of Rietberg | Count of Nevers | count of Blois | William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg | Simon VI, Count of Lippe | Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona | Ramon Berenguer I, Count of Barcelona | Prince Gaston, Count of Eu | Peter II, Count of Savoy | Juan Vicente de Güemes, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo | Gustav Horn, Count of Pori | Gilbert, Count of Gravina | Gebhard, Count of the Lahngau | count palatine |
He began playing in punk bands in high school and eventually joined a group called the Miracle Workers, who were dedicated to reviving the first-generation punk of mid-’60s garage bands like the Sonics and the Count Five.