Lyres

One of New England's underground rock institutions, Lyres were hot-wiring the sound of '60s garage rock long before it was fashionable, and their lean but energetic formula stayed very much the same through numerous lineup changes for over more than four decades. Lyres were the creation of vocalist, keyboard player, songwriter, and uncontested leader Jeff Conolly, also known as Monoman, who devised their organ-led sound and fronted countless sweat-soaked shows, making a glorious ruckus as he pounded his keyboard, sang like a soulful lunatic, and shook his tambourine when thing...