Long Underwear Bands

After beginning this blog a few years back, I was surprised to keep running across singers and band members who enjoyed performing in their long union suit underwear. And not long after, I discovered bands who actually named themselves after Long Underwear. So today, I kick off my new series, Long Underwear Bands. 

I thought it might be of interest to you first to go back and review performers in their union suits. I've featured them since the inception of Unionsuit Fans in the Limelight, beginning with the Barberi Quartet back on May 4, 2018, clad only in their long red underwear:

And, a month later on June 4, 2018, along came Spike Jones and His City Slickers with all band members marching down San Francisco's Market Street in their union suits:

Soon, other Union Suit Performers were posted in this blog, such as Panic at the Disco, also on June 4th in 2018:

Thee Long Johns appeared
on July 3, 2018

Union Suit Dads took their turn
Walkin' in Their Winter Underwear
December 16, 2018

Ler LaLonde
February 5, 2019

Les Claypool
February 5, 2019

Jake and The Possum Posse
August 17, 2019

Rufus Wainwright sang
Rules and Regulations
October 24, 2019

Big Red & The Boys in their Christmas Show
on December 24, 2019 in Chicago

The Poontang Wranglers
without their jeans on
July 22, 2020

As you can see, only one of the above ensembles used "Union Suit", "Long Johns" or "Long Underwear" in their group name. But some have. And today, I'm proud to introduce, Long Underwear Bands....

          Long Underwear Bands

The first band I had ever heard of named after Long Underwear, was the short-lived Unionsuit. This New England group from Boston, Mass consisted of four performers: Matt Firestone (vocals), Aaron Turner (guitar), Michael Poorman (drums), and Josh English (bass). The metalcore band existed for a scant two years before disbanding. They performed from the winter of 1996 to late spring,1998. Except for a demo consisting of five songs, the boys made just one known album, Accidents Happened. It was released in the U.S. in 1997 with three songs under the label, by Second Nature Recordings.

Unionsuit played live, mostly in Boston but occasionally 

were found performing in Providence, RI and Montreal, Canada. After only 18 months, Unionsuit disbanded, 

never developing much of a fan base. 

Reportedly, their final show was at a music festival in Northhampton.

There is no evidence they ever performed in their namesake, wearing only their union suits or any other type of long underwear. But what a name for a Long Underwear Band.