Billy Thermal were a new wave power pop band who had a brief fling with success in the early '80s, though fate had bigger things in store for several members of the group after they broke up. The Billy Thermal story began in 1978, when songwriter and musician Billy Steinberg was eager to record demos of a handful of new tunes he'd written. Steinberg's friend Mark Safan, a fellow singer and songwriter, put Billy in touch with guitarist Craig Hull, and Hull in turn brought in bassist Bob Carlisle and drummer Efren Espinosa for the sessions. The foursome cut several tracks at a f...