Ad Frank

Before starting his solo career, singer/songwriter Ad Frank spent a decade in the Boston-based power pop band Miles Dethmuffen. Although bassist Linda Bean-Pardee was that band's primary singer, most of their songs were written or co-written by Frank, whose occasional, dryly ironic lead vocals complemented Bean-Pardee's nicely. Miles Dethmuffen recorded three well-received albums -- Nine-Volt Grape (1990), Clutter (1994), and Miles Dethmuffen (1995) (as well as 1992's outstanding Mouth of Hell 7") -- before changing their name to the less-goofy (and more forgettable) Permafros...