This is the group for legendary Garage rockers: Richard and the Young Lions - who had a regional hit (.. 1 in Cleveland (the week of 4 Nov 66) and .. 2 in Detroit, Seattle, and Vancouver) in the 1960s with "Open Up Your Door". They are currently one of Little Steven Van Zandt's favorite groups -- And are played regularly on his Underground Garage channel on Sirius radio.

The website for RYL is: RichardandtheYoungLions.com

There is a documentary from the band called "Out of Our Dens - The Richard & the Young Lions Story" available on DVD at Amazon & Lantern-Media.com, but if you're here, you probably already knew that ;) If you feel like being nice, feel free to review the documentary on the Internet Movie Database or on Amazon

Band members past & present are Howard "Richard" Tepp, Louie Vlahakes, Twig, Fred Randall, Bob Freedman, Mark Lees, Norm Cohen, Ricky Rackin, Mike Fornatale, Rick Robinson, Shelly Riff, Eric Rackin, and Larry Smith

Richard and the Young Lions' discography:

A "Open Up Your Door" / B "Once Upon Your Smile"……….Philips 40381 (picture sleeve)

A "Nasty" / B "Lost And Found"…………………………………Philips 40414

A "You Can Make It" / B "To Have And To Hold"………….....Philips 40438

There will be new CDs coming out (hopefully) soon!

One will have the original 6 songs on it, and the other will be brand new stuff written by Richard and the Young Lions!!!