Likir - May 20, 198x

It's a funny practice of coming up with a band name by simply misspelling a term that in some way hints at some sense of your music. In this case, I'm not certain if the "likir" here substitutes for liquor or licker? Nor is there a band member named Likir in the same way that Bon Jovi, or Van Halen are. Whatever it was, I am certain that they were tickled by the ambiguity. I can't find much about this apparently short lived band other than they were big in Stockton, had a reunion gig in 2012, and the original lead has died of natural causes. Best guess is that this show was in 1987.

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  1. I worked for Likir for about 3 years doing PR/Promo/fanclub stuff. Not only did Mark B. the singer pass away, the 2nd drummer Mike Q. Did as well, about a year after Mark. Likir was in reference according to them, in reference to performing oral on a woman. But put much nicer lol.
    They were together for about 6 years, and actually did play for some label reps, opened for some national acts, and put out a local release. But it turned out Mark had a disease that would be lifelong and debilitating and would eventually take his life.
    Still it was a fun ride, and they were good guys. Bassist is still one of my best friends.

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    1. Thanks for that contribution - just seeing it today.

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