The Cretones
 The
Cretones were a Los Angeles-based new wave and power pop group
in the early 1980s.
Led by singer/guitarist Mark Goldenberg (who also wrote the
bulk of The Cretones' material), the group had a strong sense of
melody and a lyrical wit that placed them a cut above most of
their new wave peers.
Both their albums were released on Richard Perry's Planet
Records label.
They had one single that charted on the Billboard Hot
100: Real Love, in the spring of 1980, which was from
their first album, Thin Red Line.
The song Empty Heart, from their second album Snap
Snap, was their only other song to receive significant
airplay on album rock stations, but it did not chart as a
single.
They are perhaps best-known as the group that provided three
of the songs on Linda Ronstadt's platinum-selling 1980's new
wave album, Mad Love. Ronstadt's effort served to
introduce and highlight Mark Goldenberg's tuneful melodies.
After the band broke up, Mark Goldenberg went on to write the
song Automatic for The Pointer Sisters, which was a hit
in 1984.
He later toured with artists such as Peter Frampton and Chris
Isaak and had moderate success as a new age instrumental artist
in Japan.
Since 1994, he has been lead guitarist for Jackson Browne and
continues to write, play, and produce.
Cretones members Steve Beers and Peter Bernstein helped
produce and compose the score to the TV show 21 Jump Street.
Steve Beers has been producing television ever since, while
Peter Bernstein has gone on to write numerous film and TV
scores.
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