2009 is the year of ’90s rock band reunions.

So far, we know we’ve got No Doubt, Blink-182 and Limp Bizkit.

Who cares… until now.

There’s a few legendary Buffalo bands and then there’s Bobo.

from garbaz.com

Jimmer Phillips is the Queen City’s #1 candidate for greatest rock star that never was.

Like some kind of twisted cross between John Lennon and Johnny Thunders, Phillips’ skill to write unforgettable, hook-heavy garage pop nuggets was perhaps matched only by his knack for self-destruction and personal rock and roll immolation.

Signed to local imprint P22, Bobo managed a six-song EP and a killer split LP (with fellow beloved going scenesters Girlpope) before calling it quits early in the 2000s. The band’s revolving ranks – at one time or another – included favored local guitarist Frank Sterlace and former Goo Goo Dolls/Jackdaw drummer George Tutuska.

Full details about the Bobo reunion are slim but a recent post at wnymusic.com from longtime Bobo bassist Marc Hunt says that the band is reforming for a gig with pervasonic trio The Irving Klaws for a show on March 13 at a place where Phillips and company played many a famed local show: Mohawk Place.

In the midst of the excitement, all I can think to ask is:

“What would Ray Davies do?/He’s so cool.”