The Roosters were a punkish British Invasion-inspired rock band founded by singer-guitarist Richard Brubaker and his friend Jimmie Conder at a house off of 5th Avenue, later joined by David Stuckey and Orrick Smith.
At one point, they almost signed with the same management team representing Foreigner, but the band ended up going through changes that left only Brubaker and Smith in the lineup. They split around 1995. Brubaker later relocated to Hotchkiss, Colorado.
Guitarist Ritchie Brubaker passed away in2022. "A great guy," remembers his bandmate Bart Mendoza, "he was an integral part of Manual Scan during the mid 1980s and a friend long before that. So many adventures in the studio and on the road, a Las Vegas road trip in particular stands out. Ritchie, thanks for everything, we miss you already."