Hailing from the Garden State, three friends and band mates pack their suitcases and guitars and head west to sunny Southern California. Upon arriving in the Dream Factory Entertainment Capital of the World that is Hollywood, singer/songwriter John Easdale and guitarists Peter Wood and Mark Englert discover their dream is, well, a reality. The “World Famous” KROQ (106.7 FM) is not only playing their song, "Anything, Anything (I’ll Give You)" [from their first LP, 1985’s Cinema Verite], but is playing it in heavy rotation! And unlike most “modern rock” of the time, no synthesizers, but actual guitars! Didn't they realize this was the ’80s?
Unfortunately for Dramarama, it was the ’80s. Lacking eyeliner and an androgynous frontman, Dramarama had only their music to propel them to stardom. Too rock to be pop and not enough hairspray to be rock, Dramarama never found their mass market musical niche. In 1994, after releasing five critically acclaimed albums, the band broke up. Luckily for Dramarama, “Anything, Anything” maintained its popularity, remaining a staple on KROQ , “alternative” stations around the country and VH1, with Easdale’s work being cited as an influence on several major bands of the last two decades. In 2003, still believing in the dream, original members Easdale, Englert and Wood went, to much acclaim, back in the proverbial ring.