The Megatons (3)

In the 1960's, the Megatons were a Motown/Soul style group from New Jersey, USA who were made up of 4 musicians and 1 lead singer. The instrumentation included; bass, drums, guitar, and organ. The group performed in various nite-clubs throughout Jersey and had a large following of fans. In 1967, three of the group members, Bob Ligatino, bass, Eddie Dill, aka Eddie Charles, guitar, and Eugene Thomas, lead singer, decided to make some personnel changes, and Mike Paladino, drums, and Joe DeJohn, organ, joined the Megatons. An offer was made by an upstart label out of Long Island, NY called "Sandbag Records". Their proposition from the two owners of Sandbag Records met our criteria for releasing it on a 45 within a specified timeframe, and for promoting the group by means of Record Hops and TV and Radio performances. Sandbag Records did not particularly like the name, The Megatons, so they asked us to come up with a new name. Bob Ligatino and his wife came of with a new name for the group, and "Epitome Of Sound" was it. The group broke up and then reformed as The Megatons.