About Us

Having played music in, around, and sometimes with each other in several different bands, we finally came together in the late 1980s.  We first performed as The Droogs before deciding on our current band name - The Items.  Throughout the 80s and 90s we played just about every venue imaginable from fraternity basements to large halls.

Life and geography imposed a 20 year hiatus on the band with a few very fun reunion shows over that period.  A myriad of circumstances in 2021 brought us geographically back together.  It did not take long before four musical fellow travelers and friends decided to get together to play and see what might happen. It was fantastic and we decided to 'get the band back together' and away we went.

The Items believe there are only two kinds of music; Good Music and Bad Music.  We play music from the 1950s through the 2000s as well as original compositions from our long history playing and recording together.  We love vocal harmony and tend to gravitate to tunes that incorporate two and three part vocal parts. Our songbook includes artists that range from The Beatles to Johnny Cash to Cheap Trick to Modern English to Slim Harpo and back again.   

If you explore this site you will get the flavor of what we do and how we do it.  We are four guys with decades of experience who enjoy playing together.  Give us a listen and come see us live - but only if you like to have a good time!

- Steve, Henry, Steve, and David