In 1979 they changed their name to Schoolboys and were joined by Dave Henzerling (guitar) and John Covington (drums) from a band initially called Driver (which also had Jim Seagraves on vocals. Schoolboys independently released an EP Singin’ Shoutin ‘ in 1980 and had a few songs on local compilation albums. Mike Varney of Shrapnel Records discovered the band through the EP and contacted Wexler for a possible album recording in 1982. In September 1983, they were still going by the Schoolboys name and prepared to record their debut album in San Francisco, produced by Varney and on the Shrapnel label.
In 1979 they changed their name to Schoolboys and were joined by Dave
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