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The Buddaheads (earlier known as just Buddaheads ) See also BB Chung King & The Buddaheads BAND MEMBERS:Alan Mirikitani, guitar and lead vocals,
Boyd Lefan, bass,Joe “The Bricklayer” Pafumi, drums.
Guitarist/Singer Alan Mirikitani realized that he wanted to pursue a career in music after playing an eighth-grade dance with his first band while in junior high school in his hometown of Downey.
“After we got done, some girls came and sat in our laps,” he said. “I thought, wow, this is really cool. I like this.”
He’s been playing ever since. The Burbank resident, who goes by the nickname “B.B. Chung King” when he fronts his band, the Buddaheads, longtime favorites on the local music scene, gravitated toward the blues at 4.
After a few releases for a Japanese label, Mirikitani and his group, which includes bassist Boyd Lefan and drummer Joe “The Bricklayer” Pafumi, released a compilation of those Japan-only recordings titled “In the Mirror” in 1998, and last year came out with a collection of new songs, “Go for Broke.”
Supporting the album through numerous club and festival dates, the Buddaheads have built a fanatically loyal and large following. And, by recording it in his own studio (The Dawghouse, Burbank CA) and releasing it on his own, Mirikitani discovered another benefit of being independent.
“Actually, we’re making more money on the Internet through mail-order sales than we ever did at RCA,” he said. “And besides, we have control over everything this way.”
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