In 1976, Joe Grushecky, a high school special education teacher, started the Brick Alley Band. Grushecky's new band was a typical bar band. They signed to Cleveland International Records in 1977, who rechristened them the Iron City Houserockers. The band's first album was Love's So Tough, released in 1979, and was a fair success. Their next album, Have a Good Time but Get out Alive! (released in 1980), was a bigger success. Two more albums followed, Blood on the Bricks in 1981 and Cracking Under Pressure (1983 as The Houserockers).
These are photos from concerts where Joe Grushecky & The Houserockers played, so they may be of other bands that played the concert as well.
Joe Grushecky & The Houserockers Mar 9, 1996 Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany Uploaded by Nicktor
