As a quartet, Rain Parade recorded an EP, ' Explosions in the Glass Palace', that was issued in 1984, and the group became a five-piece again with the addition of guitarist John Thoman, who came aboard in time for a tour of Japan that produced the live album ' Beyond the Sunset', released in 1985. David Roback, however, quit the group before they could begin work on their next recording, and he soon re-emerged with the band Clay Allison, which gave way to Opal, featuring former Dream Syndicate bassist Kendra Smith. Zippo Records, distributed by the well-connected indie label Demon Records, issued the album in the U.K., and soon Rain Parade were becoming a critical favorite with a growing fan following on both sides of the Atlantic. In mid-1982, Rain Parade recorded and self-released their first single, ' Look What She's Done to Your Mind b/w Kaleidoscope', and as their local following grew, the following year they struck a deal with ambitious independent label Enigma Records, and released their debut album, ' Emergency Third Rail Power Trip'. When Rain Parade began playing out in the spring of 1982, they discovered they weren't the only band in town that had embraced sounds of the '60s, and along with The Dream Syndicate, The Long Ryders, Green on Red, True West, The Three O'Clock, and The Bangles, they became part of a scene that was dubbed "the Paisley Underground," though each band clearly had their own sound and influences. They formed a band called The Sidewalks to perform '60s-style garage rock, but soon they started exploring the more refined branches of psychedelic rock, and they evolved into Rain Parade, with Piucci and Roback joined by David's brother Steven Roback on bass, Will Glenn on keyboards, and Eddie Kalwa on drums. Both had a keen interest in music, and while their heads had been turned by the explosion of punk rock, both were fascinated by bands like Love and The Byrds, and as Roback told a reporter, " Rain Parade was very much a recasting of our punk interests in more musical terms, inspired by our fascination with music history." Piucci decided to leave school in April 1981 in order to move to California and make music, and Roback followed suit. Rain Parade was formed by guitarists David Roback and Matt Piucci, who met when they were roommates at a small college in Minnesota.
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