Originally formed in Beantown in 1980, the feisty alternative music band took four years before they had garnered enough press and radio hype to land a national deal on Slash Records. Spearheaded by Dan Zanes and brother Warren on guitars, the Del Fuegos built up a considerable following of celeb fans, including The Replacements and Tom Petty.
The buzz surrounding the band was building and they were hired to appear and write a jingle for a national beer company's TV commercial. From that point on, they seemed to lose some of their hip rating, since several journalists wrote that the band had sold out commercially.
The records that followed sold less with each release, to the point where Warren Zanes and Tom Lloyd departed in 1989. The band regrouped and released one more album before disbanding in 1990. Dan and Warren Zanes are both solo artists who continue to tour and record. Highlights include "Longest Day", "Mary Don't Change," "Slipped, Tripped, Fell In Love," "Don't Run Wild" and "It's All Right."