Crimes Against Nature - Album Info
Crimes Against Nature, Frank Rogala's first solo album, was done during a hiatus in the production of the documentary "Won't Anybody Listen." Using nearly everyone in NC-17 as well as a few local musicians like Nick Pyzow, Rogala recorded this critically acclaimed album in his garage studio. The concept of the album was to take songs that had a decidedly and culturally out of step, female point of view - and to sing them straight without changing any lyrics. The idea came to Rogala about 15 years earlier as he watched Dinah Shore singing I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo on the Merv Griffin show without changing the gender. Knowing that no male artist would do the same thing, Rogala was intrigued, but sat on the idea. At the urging of his brother Vince, Frank began the album selecting such "girl group" songs as My Boyfriend's Back.
The album landed Frank Rogala on the cover of the Los Angeles times calendar section with a flattering profile where he also came out as a "bisexual."
Crimes Against Nature - Album Credits (partial)
Crimes Against Nature
Recorded in the NC-17 garage studio
Produced by Frank Rogala
Frank Rogala: lead vocals
Vince Rogala: sax, keyboards, backing vocals
Robert Anthony Aviles: electric violin
Nick Pyzow: dobro, mandolin, guitar, slide guitar
Robin Canada: keyboards, backing vocals, drum programming
Chuck Hohn: drums
Ron Perron: bass