- After the failure of his punk rock band in 1978, Doug began writing songs in 1979 for his new project
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- After scouring the Village Voice personal adds he found Joey Kelly who joined on vocals. Scott Nevin "Killer" Schiller on bass and Rich "Starr" Stirrat on drums.
- Their debut single got considerable airplay on New York's WNEW-FM by eccentric DJ Vince Scelsa, who played it everyday for a month in the summer of 1980!
- Special guest musicians on the Sheila recording session were Ronnie Guy on Elka Organ and the one and only Michael Brecker on Saxaphone!
