Pezband was an American power pop band, formed in 1971 in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park, Illinois, United States.

The ensemble began in the fall of 1971 when four Oak Park musicians teamed up to jam on covers of songs by The Yardbirds, Kinks and Peter Green-era Fleetwood Mac.

Mr. Ruane, known by the nickname Mick Rain, died Aug. 14 at Tampa General Hospital of complications from COVID-19, according to his daughter Nicoletta Montaner.

With the new lineup, Pezband started touring the American Midwest and East Coast, incorporating original songs into their sets.

Pezband's eponymously titled first album was recorded in early 1977,[4] at The House of Music in New Jersey, with E-Street sax player Clarence Clemons, synthesist Larry Fast, and jazz trumpeter Randy Brecker making guest appearances.

Soon after featured on national TV, they appeared on The Today Show with Jane Pauley, who commented that "this is the sound (Power Pop) everybody will be talking about.

"[1] In 1978, the group opened major stadium shows for Fleetwood Mac and Supertramp and played in New York at Max's Kansas City and CBGB's.

[6] Unexpectedly, in the spring of 2012, producer (and now President of Music at Warner Bros. Pictures) Paul Broucek sent the Pezband trio a mastered version of Women & Politics, the EP they had recorded in Los Angeles in 1982.

Broucek, by this time an executive and well established music producer for New Line Cinema and Warner Brothers motion pictures (including Austin Powers and Lord of the Rings) had started a boutique label, Common Market.

According to the Pezband Facebook page: As alluded to here the last few days-We are headed to Japan in October for shows in Tokyo, Kyoto and Sapporo.