To celebrate the 30 year anniversary of the first single release from "The Source", "KEYPUNCH OPERATOR", has been re released as a Digital Single Download. And just who is The Source?? The Source was a power pop band from North Canton, Ohio that was together from 1980 through 1986. In that time they released one single, one LP, one dance single, and two EP's. Their EP's charted nationally on the CMJ college charts: (#17 and #12). They made some noise in the Cleveland / Kent / Akron area music scene that included Devo, Chrissie Hynde, and Tin Huey. The members of The Source were: Jim Bailis - drums Craig Schroeder - guitar Jeff Kerekes - guitar Jack Wyles - bass Those are the statistics. But there was much more to The Source than just statistics. Those were the days of Ronald Reagan, recessions, and severe rock n' roll reactionary-ism. (A little Source guy could find a bottle thrown at him while onstage if he dared to play anything but Bob Seger, Bruce Springsteen, or AC/DC.) But the little Source guys were pretty spunky. They not only didn't play songs by the above mentioned artists; they played all originals. ....And those originals were not about the favorite topics of many of the locals ...ie... sexual bravado, or kickin ass.... They were about love, spirit, and awareness; all done with a tongue-in-cheekness that only four small town Ohio guys could attempt to pull off. They were definitely on a mission....and a really fun one at that. They would hide out for months at a time...writing and recording songs. .... then playing the handful of clubs in the Cleveland / Kent / Akron area that would allow original music... all the while putting out product nationally on a shoestring budget. They were assisted in this "secularly humanistic" endeavor by "THE" definitive record anti-mogul from Washington, D.C., Bill Asp. No they didn't make it nationally, but they dared to think they could...and you can hear that desire and irreverence in their first release: KEYPUNCH OPERATOR. Enjoy!