delivered scores of searing performances both at home and on the road, opening for everyone from the Damned to Stiff Little Fingers in large and small venues across the western US., already a veteran rocker at 20 (having served stints in bands like Thelonious Monster, Red Kross, Vagabond Soul, Stigmata, and Naughty Women), and driven by drummer , who had played with Dag Nasty, Reptile House, and Samhain, the band was rounded out by backing vocalist/bassist and guitarist (fomerly in Derf Scratch). When Novak left in 1988, T.S.O.L founding member stepped in to take over lead guitar duties.