The Music Explosion was an American garage rock band from Mansfield, Ohio, discovered and signed by record producers Jerry Kasenetz and Jeffry Katz.

[1] The band's chart success paved the way for tours with contemporaries like The Left Banke and The Easybeats.

On the band's sole album, Kasenetz and Katz wrote several of the tracks, which were blatant rewrites of existing songs.

Lyons died of heart failure at his home in Little River, South Carolina on September 25, 2006, at age 57.

In addition to playing many gigs over the years, he worked for Downtown Mansfield Inc. leading community revitalization projects.