Under duress from the USM (Unified Society of Milkmen), Joseph Daley, Blair Douglass, Paul Foreman and Nicholas Rocchio shut down their independent milk delivery service in 1929. A smattering of unsuccessful business endeavors followed, until they discovered an undeniable chemistry blending fuzz guitars with lutes and clarinets. Although initially less lucrative than the milk business, the band, who settled on the name Sanftsprecher (trans.

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