Selected Reviews From 1978 to 1973

Toronto Star
1978 review of first Canadian live performance
...Their rock is pushed to the point of brilliant chaos...

Cleveland Magazine
1978 review of The Numbers Band live performane
The music of the Numbers Band is both rocking and strangely hypnotic...that pounding,
danceable backbeat is always thee, the brew is so rich that there's no comparison
to the average derivative rockband... The Numbers Band
must be heard to be believed; be prepared to be shaken up.

The Prairie Sun
1978 review of "Jimmy Bell Is Still In Town"
On this Live recording, their vinyl debut, they borrow freely from a number of
styles but emerge as an almost totally distinct musical entity.
 They run through different moods and rhythms with precision. It
will introduce you to a whole new spectrum of music.

The Village Voice
1977 New York
By Robert Criskow
Review of live performance
This is the only bar band I've heard that sounds unique. Blues guitar and harp
and jazz horns ovr R&B
and freeform drumming, all identified by Bob Kidney's tacturn, surreally
Dylanesque, vocals and songpoems.

Variety
1977 New York
Review of live performance
From Akron, Ohio comes 15 60 75, a first rate combo who excel in a mixed bag
with emphasis on blues, rock and jazz...This group is
highly developed, a good prospect.

Scene Magazine
1976 review of live performance
They play with an intensity and power that rivets the audience...

Scene Magazine
1976 "Jimmy Bell Is Still In Town"
(First review of first album)
The Numbers Band debut is impressive. It's rock and roll, that's for sure,
but with a demonic, simplistic drive obviously derived from the band's 
several years playing blues and early rock. The band is as strong
here as I've ever seen them. 15 60 75 has something to be proud of
in their recording debut.

Zeppelin Magazine
By Peter Laughner
1974 review of live performance 
15 60 75 draws on the incredible vein of mystery
and sex that predominated the best rock and blues
of the sixties. Their rhythm section is as obsessive as a jukebox.

Cleveland Magazine
1973 first live performance review
It's coming out of a classic Chicago blues bag, but also has some fine 
re-arrangements of non-standard material...a notably rockified version
of Bob Dylan's Black Crow Blues. Robert Kidney
is an intense young man who is serious about music.