Tom Gray, Rick Price and Keith Christopher formed Atlanta’s the Brains in the late ’70s;. Christopher eventually departed to form Keith and the Satellites with Dan Baird and Rick Richards. After a well-received single, “Money Changes Everything,” the Brains signed to Mercury Records. Steve Lillywhite’of U2 ’produced both of their albums: 1980’s The Brains and 82’s Electronic Eden.
Rick Price and the Brains’ drummer Mauro Megellan then joined Keith and the Satellites, which, upon the departure of their founder, Keith Christopher’ became the Georgia Satellites. After the success of their 1985 British release of “Keep Your Hands to Yourself,” the ‘Sats issued their debut album proper for Elektra; that album featured the aforementioned hit, along with follow up hits, “Battleship Chains” and “Railroad Steel.” The FM radio airplay continued with their cover of Swingin’ Blue Jeans 1964 hit “Hippy Hippy Shake” for the movie Cocktail. That led to the release of 1988’s Open All Night and 1989’s The Land Of Salvation and Sin.
In 1992, Satellite guitarist Rick Richards joined ex-Guns n’ Roses guitarist Izzy Stradlin in the Ju Ju Hounds for the minor, active-rock radio hit, “Shuffle It All.” Meanwhile, ex-Brain and Satellite Rick Price joined the solo band of the Replacements Paul Westerberg for 1993’s 13 songs. As for Satellite vocalist Dan Baird: he started a solo career with the hit, “I Love You Period,” from 92’s Love Songs For The Hearing Impaired. Eventually Rick Richards and Rick Price reformed the Satellites’ without Baird’for the 1993 Elektra release, Let It Rock.
So, what happened to the Brains?
Well, ex-Blue Angels’ vocalist Cyndi Lauper covered “Money Changes Everything” on her 1985 solo debut; while the financial website Wingspan.com used the song in a commercial endorsement. Manfred Mann’s Earth Band of “Blinded by the Light” fame had a hit with a cover of “Heart in the Street” from Electronic Eden.
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