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4 unusual facts about The Lower East Side Band


Santa Claus Rooftop Junkie

Santa Claus Rooftop Junkie is the third studio album by David Peel and The Lower East Side, released in 1974 through Orange Records Ltd.

The Lower East Side Band

In 1971, after the record was released and the band toured in support of it, Harold C. Black and Billy Joe White left to form the glitter rock band Teenage Lust.

With the addition of Larry Adam to the line-up, the band recorded with David Peel on the Have a Marijuana album conceptualized by Danny Fields as a collection of drinking songs for pot smokers.

The Pope Smokes Dope

The Pope Smokes Dope is the second studio album by David Peel and The Lower East Side, released on April 17, 1972 through Apple Records.



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