MILAN – Brief Overview
Morris Levy and Roulette Records also figure in the story of Milan (also known as the Leather Boy), one of the most mysterious figures in 1960’s garage rock. The Wikipedia article that I wrote about him some years back – now listed under the name Milan the Leather Boy – is the one that I am proudest of. His sister (who lives in Boca Raton) contacted me later, and she helped fill in a lot of the blanks. However, even before that, I managed to put together a pretty coherent story from literally dozens of bits and pieces that I found on the Internet. A retrospective album of Milan’s work finally came out in 2009 – called Hell Bent for Leather – and when I saw that the album liner notes referenced my Wikipedia article, I could not have been more surprised. An expanded article that I wrote on Milan is scheduled to appear in the Fall/Winter 2012 issue of Ugly Things magazine.
(March 2012)
