[2] Diving For Pearls originated in Boston, Massachusetts and was formed by Danny Malone (lead vocals, guitar) and Jack Moran (keyboards), both former members of local act The Trademarks.
After slugging it out on the Boston scene for a couple of years, Malone and Moran moved to New York City where they were eventually joined by Yul Vazquez (guitar, vocals), formerly with Urgent, and Peter Clemente (drums), who had played with the Michael Monroe fronted New York act, Secret Chiefs,[3] and appeared on Monroe's 1987 debut solo album, Nights Are So Long.
[5] Not fully convinced yet, Epic head of A&R, Don Grierson, allotted some extra money to record another half dozen songs under the guidance of Prater.
Diving For Pearls eponymous debut was recorded from April 14 to June 10, 1989, at the Eleven-Eleven Sound Studios in Nashville, Tennessee with Prater at the helm.
Danny Malone moved on to join Band Of Angels,[1] led by Elliot Easton of The Cars, whose Roy Thomas Baker produced album for Atlantic Records was shelved and remains unreleased.
[11] Peter Clemente later became vice president and director of online entertainment practice at Internet customer relationship management firm Cyber Dialogue.
[13] Former bassist David Weeks made the headlines in 2002, as a lawyer representing Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee, in their infamous sex video lawsuit against Seattle-based Internet Entertainment Group.