HISTORY

Delayed Reaction was a heavy metal band which played in the San Francisco bay area during the period of 1990-1992. The band went through several lineup changes during its existence. The original lineup was Jim Neathery on guitar, Eric Byrne on guitar, Rel Hanzy on bass, and Paul Manno on drums. Before the band started gigging, the lineup changed, with Rico Macalma replacing Eric on guitars, the addition of Tom Anderson on vocals, and the bass player changing his name to Rel Minucciani. The debut show was at Pony Express Pizza in Redwood City, known today as Spanky's. The next lineup change saw Summerlynn Ashly take the position of vocalist. With this lineup, a 3 song demo tape was made of the band's original material, which will hopefully be salvageable, and which I am currently attempting to restore. After the departure of Summerlynn, the band continued to gig under the moniker of Vas Deferens, playing cover songs, with Rel and Rico taking turns at lead vocal duties. The last gig was at the Bahay Kubo in South San Francisco. Since then the band members have gone on to pursue different endeavors. If I can find out any more recent information, it'll show up here. Be warned.