"The Dark Side” was a band from the 60’s that performed in East Dubuque Iowa and various area’s around Galena Illinois and Dubuque Iowa. They recorded many early recordings that may or may not still exist. The members of the band were always changing but they had one thing that kept them all together,  that was the powerhouse drummer Vaughn Kray.  Vaughn always made sure that the band would fulfill every Union contract that was signed. Either by Vaughn or David Chalmers who were both members of musicians local #42,  As time went on “The Dark Sides” became more and more popular.  They could not keep up with all the contracts that were offered them.  One night after hiring "Tony" on a Hammond B3 the group was Performing at Dubuque Senior High… Some how that night "The Dark Sides” brought in what was considered the first live fog machine in Rock and Roll History. It consisted of gun powder, which started out as an awesome spectacular show unfortunately the gun powder exploded and started to burn down the High School GYM… during the fire Vaughn Kray was hauled away on a stretcher by the local Fire Dept. after this episode David Chalmers and Vaughn Kray were hired by another Local Rock Group “The Butterscotch Grove”. See web Page for "The Butterscotch Grove".