[2] They soon dropped the '5' and became popular enough to release their first single, "My Party" for DynoVoice Records, composed and produced by label mate Mitch Ryder.
[3] With their reputation growing beyond the local scene, they were offered a contract by hit songwriter and producer Jeff Barry, who had started his own label, Steed Records.
[citation needed] After their third album If It's So, drummer Mike Ricciardella left the group after a disagreement over the band's future musical direction.
[12] After their demise, Ricciardella, Maniscalco (as Mike Coxton) and Cerniglia (as Richie C.) formed Network, with Howie Blume, George Bitzer and Illusion vocalist John Vinci.
[13] In 1986, Cerniglia and Ricciardella (under their real names again) joined Ernie White and Steve Vitale as Aviator, releasing one self-titled album on RCA Records, later reissued on CD by Escape.