Our Daughter's Wedding

A prototypical early-'80s synthesizer act, New York trio Our Daughter's Wedding are best remembered for the 1981 disco crossover hit "Lawnchairs." Motivated by the punk revolution, the band formed as a standard guitar/bass/drums rock unit in 1977. Taking their group's name from the section divider in a greeting-card display stand, members Layne Rico (synthesizers), Keith Silva (vocals/synthesizers), and Scott Simon (saxophone/synthesizers) kept the outfit running with its original instrumentation until 1978. In 1979, the three decided to re-form the band, using rhythm machines...