Fourth Chapter was a garage rock band from the Dearborn Heights suburb of Detroit made up of Charlie Block, James Henterly, Pat Mezza, Bob Okonowski, and Gordie Roedding. These childhood friends started jamming together at the tender age of ten, and it wasn’t too much later that they solidified their status as local legends on stages throughout the Great Lakes State. The band released its one and only 7” as Fourth Chapter, “Whatcha Gonna Do ‘Bout It” b/w “In the Rain,” on Michigan’s Pennie Records in 1973. A few years later, under their new Mariner moniker, they’d go on to win a local Battle of the Bands and tour worldwide.

Listen to “In The Rain” on Anthology’s new playlist: That Was Now, This Is Then