So where the heck did these guys come from? Here's what I've been able to piece together so far. I remind everyone that this is based on some facts and a lot of conjecture. 

Back in 1957, Ronnie Linares started the The Treble Tones, a rock-n-roll band, in Patterson, New Jersey. They recorded and released a 45 single for B-Atlas Records featuring the songs "Treble Rock" and "The Crawl." 

The Treble Tones just weren't meant to be, so Ronnie defected to another band just getting started and along with Gary Jones on bass, Bobby Osborne on sax and drummer John Becker, The Dynamic Del-Aires were born. Ronnie took lead guitar and vocals and that's why the band is sometimes referred to as Ronnie and the Del-Aires. 

They sat up shop and banged out their songs in the basement of Archie Block's linoleum store. Block soon became their manager and started his own record label titled, obviously, Block Records. The Del-Aires first 45-single was pressed and hit the streets. The songs "So Far So Long" and "Someplace" went into circulation and the band started getting gigs.

By all accounts the band was pretty good and fairly popular, locally, and started performing for several venues -- including The Peppermint Lounge and Big Daddy's in Greenwood Lake (New York.) They also served a stint as the house band for the Atlantis Club at Coney Island around 1962. Around the same time they began playing gigs at The Angel Lounge in Lodi, New Jersey. (A decision that would have a profound effect on their future.) 

It was while performing here that they were discovered by an executive from Coral Records and signed them to a contract in late 1963. Their first Coral release was "Just Wigglin' and Wobblin'" and "Elaine."

The band's popularity grew and the buzz about their live shows brought them to the attention of Rich Hilliard. Hilliard was the musical director for Del Tenney's production of a sci-fi horror film called Invasion of the Zombies. He approached the band and they agreed to be in the film.

They traveled to Stamford, Connecticut, for the shoot. They used three of their own songs in the film and three others penned for the movie by Edward Earle and Wilfred Holcombe -- including the infamous "Zombie Stomp." After shooting was finished, the band allegedly recorded a soundtrack album but this can not be collaborated because no trace of the album can be found. (This has proven to be a macguffin according to Bobby Osborne.)

The title of the movie changed to The Horror of Party Beach and was unleashed on the public, eventually, in 1964. The low-budget tale of bratwurst monster zombies running amok, while The Del-Aires songs thundered and twanged along to the bloody action, is an absolute riot and well worth tracking down. 

After completing their obligation to the movie in 1963, the Del-Aires returned to Coral Studios and cut another 45 single, "My Funny Valentine" and "Drag." The second song was featured during the opening credits of Party Beach. Alas, the last 45 single the Del-Aires did for Coral Records was recorded and released shortly thereafter. "Arlene" and "I'm Your Baby" was the last record the Del-Aires put out for anybody.

Here's where things start to get a little twisted and murky. 

Before The Horror of Party Beach was even released, the Del-Aires continued with the usual roster of shows. The night of August 25, 1963, found them playing in their usual stomping grounds, the Angel Lounge. The story goes that it was a particularly rowdy show and the police had to be called in to restore order and put a cease and desist on the racket. 

The police stopped the show but, as the band shut it down for the night and vacated, two members of the audience, a Thomas "The Rabbi" Trantino and Frank Falco, assaulted the two police officers, forced them to strip naked and shot them both in the back of the head. Falco was shot dead while resisting arrest and Trantino was captured several days later. 

Trantino was convicted for the murder of Sergeant Peter Voto and Patrolman Gary Tedesco. He was sentenced to death but it was commuted to life after New Jersey abolished the death penalty. He is currently the center of a great controversy because, believe it or not, the man is now out on parole!

After the brutal incident, the Angel Lounge was closed. A lot of other clubs were shut down, too, following public outcry that they were a nuisance and the root cause of the tragedy. (Which is a load of bull.) Who knows for sure if the band actually witnessed the grisly murders but immediately after the incident, the Del-Aires seemed to fall apart and called it quits in early 1964.

According to Bobby Osborne, it was more of an amicable split over diverging musical interests. The band stuck it out to play some promotional gigs and sign autographs to promote the movie.

After the hoopla died down, though, they called it quits for good.

Life for the band members after the Del-Aires is still a little sketchy. Bobby and Ronnie both stayed in the music business, stayed in touch with each other and still play together, today, in Bonita Springs, Florida. We've managed to interview Bobby and are still working on an interview with Ronnie. Both have lost touch with John and Gary so there whereabouts are still unknown.

Well keep looking, though, and keep you posted.

Thanks and credit for most of the info here goes to Deacon Brimstone.