BIO

 

 

 

Origin:  Detroit, MI

 

Genres:  Punk Pop

Years Active:  1979- Present

Label:  Tremor Records

 

Website: Wix.com

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Short Bio

 

Service was formed in the late 197os and was part of the Bookie’s scene. The band was also featured on the compilations “Deface the 80s” (1980) & “Mandatory Music” (1982) as well as a self-titled 7-inch single “Time Release” b/w “Don’t Be Sad” (1980) on Tremor Records. In April 2020 -

“End of the Night” as the “master’s thesis” of the extensive and exhaustive detroitpunkarchive.com, which Robert St. Mary created with private donations and a matching grant from the Knight Foundation. The limited-edition (1,000 copies) set features 29 tracks, 13 previously unreleased, by stalwarts such as the Ramrods, the Sillies, the Mutants, Cinecyde, the Seatbelts and the 3-D Invisibles and Service. It also features early career recordings by Don Was (with the Traitors) and Figures on a Beach (as The Blind), along with tracks the MC5’s Wayne Kramer produced for Cadillac Kidz and the Cubes.

 

The album was pressed at Detroit’s Third Man Pressing and will be distributed internationally by Light in the Attic Records.

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Service reformed in 2017 featuring all original members except keyboardist Dan Gostomski, who had passed away. Service has been sharing the stage around Detroit with friendly bands from the Bookie’s era such as Cinecyde at venues such as the Outer Limits Lounge, PJ’s Lager House, and The Old Miami.

More information about Service is available 

Service can be found at facebook.com/service1980/