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The roots of Angeles can be traced to 1975 when Dale Lytle and Dave Raudman started the band “Avante-Gard”, the band's name was changed to “English” in 1976, before finally settling with “Angeles” in mid-1977.<ref name="Lost Music of Hollywood">{{cite web | url=http://www.tunedloud.com/2019/02/28/the-lost-music-of-1970s-hollywood/ | title=THE LOST MUSIC OF 1970'S HOLLYWOOD | work=TunedLoud Magazine| accessdate=4 March 2019}}</ref> The initial line-up of Angeles was a five-piece: Dale Lytle on guitar, Dave Raudman on vocals, Terrell Hill on drums, Frank Galante on Bass, and Jen Nicia Alcivar on keyboard. On May 31st, 1978, Angeles recorded a setlist of seven songs intended for their first-album; this cassette was cosidered lost for more than 40 years until it was discovered in 2019, and then released on vinyl in 2020.<ref name="The Lost 1978 Album">{{cite web | url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tuned_Loud_Magazine_-_Page_19_-_March_2020.jpg | title=ANGELES AND THE LOST ALBUM OF 1978 | work=TunedLoud Magazine| accessdate=9 September 2021}}</ref> On October 4, 1980, Angeles headlined the Fall Rock Festival at [[Devonshire Downs]]; Ron Bushy, the original drummer of Iron Butterfly, joined the band onstage. <ref name="The band Angeles headlines Devonshire Downs and is joined onstage by Iron Butterfly drummer Ron Bushy.">{{cite web | url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fall_Rock_Festival_1980_Flyer.jpg| title=The band Angeles headlines Devonshire Downs and is joined onstage by Iron Butterfly drummer Ron Bushy. | work=Concert Flyer| accessdate=9 September 2021}}</ref> On August 1, 1981, Angeles and [[Mötley Crüe]] co-headlined two concerts at [[Troubadour (West Hollywood, California)|The Troubadour]].