Scott Kempner, the erstwhile guitarist for the New York-based proto-punk outfit
the Dictators and former frontman of
the Del Lords (
Kempner's primary band for pretty much all of the '80s), continued making music well into the '90s and 2000s as a member of bands like
the Little Kings and
the Paradise Brothers, and as a solo artist.
Kempner's first solo album,
Tenement Angels, was released in 1992 on Razor & Tie (which at that point, incidentally, was practically in its infancy, having formed only two years previously); he was joined by Springfield, MO-based roots rockers
the Skeletons for that release.
Kempner essentially dedicated the next 15 years to working with
the Little Kings and, later,
the Paradise Brothers, but he didn't give up his solo work. His second solo album, a rollicking roots rock affair entitled
Saving Grace, was released in 2008. ~ Margaret Reges, All Music Guide