Psycho Chicken & Other Foolish Tales by Mike Girard
In the late seventies, five boys from the tiny coastal coal mining town of Ipswich, Massachusetts (also
known as the original home of the fried clam) burst onto the electric Boston music scene with their
parody hit ‘Psycho Chicken.’ The Fools were soon after signed by EMI Records, went on to release
songs like ‘It’s A Night for Beautiful Girls,’ ‘Life Sucks Then You Die,’ and ‘World Dance Party,’
tour the world opening for such rock luminaries as Van Halen, Rush, The Doobie Brothers and
The J. Geils Band and receive heavy airplay in the early days of MTV (they were after all, the real
first band playing on the network…true story!). Known for their zany, madcap style of full frontal
rock n’ roll, The Fools have outlasted most of their peers to attain legendary status and continue
rocking on well into the twenty-first century releasing new music and playing to packed houses all
over New England.
Take a front row seat to their circus like high jinks as the band suffers the trials and tribulations of
being the opening act for an egotistical rocker who thinks they’re trying to copy his pep squad stage
moves, a business manager who doesn’t quite get their comedy shtick, drunken adventures with
English rock stars and maybe even an encounter with Bigfoot along the way…oh, and there were
monkeys, lots of dammed monkeys…and live adult penguins. Fans of The Fools and eighties rock
aficionados alike will love this tale of one of America’s most enduring bands as told by irreverent
front man Mike Girard.
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