On the Dark Side & Tender Years were both huge in airplay and some even say the band is what made the movie such a hit. The movie was a blockbuster, and the album went multi-platinum with 2 singles screaming up the charts. The Rhode Island band struck oil when Scotti Brothers/CBS signed them to do a soundtrack for a movie they were still working on. John was a house painter by day, and played with his band at night, just trying to get something happening.
Best known for the music behind the 80s Rock n Roll fable 'Eddie and the Cr… Read Full Bio ↴ Best known for the music behind the 80s Rock n Roll fable 'Eddie and the Cruisers' and the sequal years later, John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band were often stereotyped as the music of the film.
