The Prime Movers were a rock band from the Sierra Madre, California area known for its post-punk ethereal sound and lyrics evocative of the New West.

With titles like "On The Trail", "Last Cafe", and "Dark Western Night," The Prime Movers found themselves in the middle of a psychedelic revival in Los Angeles in the mid-1980s along with other bands such as Dream Syndicate, The Long Ryders, Rain Parade, Thin White Rope and Green On Red.

Produced by Wall Of Voodoo's Jim Hill, the album received glowing notices leading Cashbox Magazine to gush," “Gary Putman weaves an ethereal tapestry which blends technical wizardry with pure emotion to create one of the most stylistically unique guitar sounds ever (Did you hear that, Les Paul?).”.

The recording was produced by Englishman Chris Tsangarides, best known for his work with many heavy metal acts including Gary Moore, Thin Lizzy, Judas Priest and Black Sabbath.

With Big Country finishing up work on their album, The Seer, in the studio next door, The Prime Movers asked new friend Stuart Adamson to lay down a guitar part on "Dark Western Night."

"The Seer" Tour was buoyed by the strength of a number seven charting single, "Look Away," and all shows were sold out including two packed nights at London's fabled Hammersmith Odeon.

Severs Ramsey and longtime live engineer, Lee Manning, assembled many of the songwriting demos into an album that was distributed to college radio called, "Spooked."

He, Putman and Lichter, as Jah Paul Jo, Put-Mon and Cheese respectively, recruited some old friends and entered their own, self-induced Musical Witness Protection Program: Dread Zeppelin was born.

Bonus tracks on the CD release include The Prime Movers' first single, "Chances" plus live versions of "On The Trail" and ""In Touch With You" from The Big Country tour.