8-minute opening film The Metromen Take The Ritz which set the stage for their entrance to the Ritz stage as well as New York club scene. They continued building their reputation over the next year and a half as a tight band with a quirky take on pop and rock songwriting and powerful arrangements. The group built a strong following playing Mudd Club, Great Gildersleeves, Snafu and their mainstay, Trax, which is where they played their final show in December 1981. The Metromen reunited for a single performance in November 2007 at Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ and were joined onstage by old friends Marshall Crenshaw, Glen Burtnik, and others. Aftermath As the band entered 1982, the interest and fanbase grew, but internal dissent and other musical ventures outside the band caused the band to dissolve by mid 1982. Ironically, The Metromen quickly found themselves working together on the Broadway stage in the summer of 1982 portraying various rock icons in Dick Clark's Rock and Roll, The first 5000 Years In the years that followed the breakup the Metromen members went on to various successes. Bill Teeley went on to collaborate with Marshall Crenshaw on the hit Whenever You're On My Mind Tom Teeley released a solo album produced by Neil Kernon and was released on A&M Records Tales Of Glamour and Distress and went on to play alongside other artist such as Joe Jackson. Mr. Velazquez went on to become a successful session singer in New York, writing and singing the themes to many commercials and TV series such as Pokémon. Robert Miller has gone on to success as an orchestral composer for film and television. References Rock music groups from New York (state) Musical groups established in 1979 Musical groups from New York City