After Crash Kills Five broke up, and after Reid's brief tenure with Good Guys, Reid and former Good Guys' singer Ken Priestley hooked back up. According to Ken:
A few years later Reid and I started playing again and were eventually joined by Brian on guitar and Don thought he'd like to try the drums. After a few practices I left and they continued on without a singer and called themselves Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet.
From left to right in the picture …
- Brian Connelly - guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
- Reid Diamond - bass, lead vocals
- Don Pyle - drums, backing vocals
After Shadowy Men broke up, Reid and Don worked in Phono-Comb and Brian went on to form Heatseekers.
In 2012, Shadowy Men were asked to play a couple of shows to promote the reissue of Savvy Show Stoppers. They drafted in Dallas Good from The Sadies (and Phono-Comb) to fill in on bass and for shows and the recording of new music for the revival of The Kids In The Hall until Dallas' passing in 2022. See The Second Ten Years page for more info.
- Brian Connelly - guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
- Dallas Good - bass, lead vocals
- Don Pyle - drums, backing vocals
On his radio show Revolution Rock on CJAM-FM, Dave Konstantino did interviews with Don Pyle in 2017 and 2023. The 2017 interview is basically an audio biography of Shadowy Men's career. They talk about the band's formation, working on Kids In The Hall, and the band's rebirth in 2012. The 2023 interview focused on the 30th anniversary of Sport Fishin'. Dave's been kind enough to let me host the audio for both interviews here. Both are essential listening - you will NOT be disappointed.
2017 interview (Shadowy Men history):
2023 interview (30th anniversary of Sport Fishin'):