It may not be the last gig, but it’s one that reunites the original lineup of the Original Sins in concert for the first time in about two decades.

Muihlenberg College radio station, WMUH, 91.7-FM, wmuh.org, presents the Original Sins with St. John’s Alliance, 8 p.m. April 13, Event Center, Seegers Union. Muhlenberg College, 2400 Chew St., Allentown.

The Sins’ original band members, John Terlesky, vocals, guitar, songwriter; Ken Bussiere, bass; Dan McKinney, keyboards, and Dave Ferrara, drums, are getting back together for the concert.

The Sins will switch it up on drums. Seth Baer, with the band from 1992 - 1996, is sitting in. Ferrara drummed with the Sins 1986 - 1992 and 1997 - 1998.

Also reuniting for the Muhlenberg concert is St. John’s Alliance, a Beatles-influenced band led by Ron Vail, lead vocals, rhythm guitar; Jon McNamara, lead guitar; Bussiere, bass, and Ferrara, drums.

The Muhlenberg concert is non-alcoholic and not BYOB. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. St. John’s performs at 8 p.m. The Sins go on at about 9:15 p.m. The concert may continue until about 11 p.m.

About 200 tickets have been sold in advance. The Event Center capacity is about 400. Tickets: wmuh.org, and at the door.

There’s also a concert by the Sins and St. John’s, April 12, Johnny Brenda’s, Philadelphia. Doors open at 8 p.m. St. John’s goes on at 9 p.m., St. James and the Apostles, 10 p.m., and the Sins, 11 p.m.

While some in the Lehigh Valley music scene have indicated that the concerts are The Sins’ last gigs with the original lineup, Terlesky isn’t so certain.

“No one said that to me, ‘Never again.’ I would surprised if it is. If it is, I would be OK with that. But I would never say never,” says Terlesky.

Terlesky credits Rich Gensiak, an area sound engineer, with suggesting the idea for the concert, and Paul Krempasky, general manager, WMUH, with making it happen.

“The reason that this happened is due to two people, Rich Gensiak, who’s been kind of bugging me for years to do this,” says Terlesky.

“My answer has been that Kenny [Bussiere] lives in Florida and Dave [Ferrera] lives in California, and they’d have to get compensated for their costs.

“Really, until now we weren’t given an offer that would make that possible. But due to the efforts of Paul Krempasky, who’s in charge of ‘MUH, everyone was satisfied.”

Krempasky succeeded WMUH general manager Joe Swanson, who retired in June 2017.

The concert celebrates WMUH, which went on the air in 1948.

“I wanted to do do something special for the anniversary. Having grown up here when the Sins were popular, I thought it made sense to celebrate the area,” says Krempasky.

The Muhlenberg concert takes place during the WMUH membership drive. “That’s part of the reason we’re doing it this week. It becomes a celebration of radio on campus and also of the people who listen to us and support us,” Krempasky says.

Ferrera suggested St. John’s also perform.

“Even though it’s been 20 years since the Sins have played together in this configuration, the music that the Sins make, that St. John’s makes, is music that you can hear in music being made today. So, I think it’s a nice tie between generations,” says Krempasky.

In addition to fronting the Sins, Terlesky has performed as Brother JT. His latest project is RunHideFight. “I’m still writing songs,” Terlesky says.

According to an online listing:

“The Original Sins were a garage rock band that formed in 1987 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The group were known for combining the musical stylings of punk rock, psychedelic rock, and even pop music with their songs. The band released a total of nine full-length studio albums across their entire career before they band broke up in early 1998.

“The band emerged in 1987 from the edgy punk scene of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The city was going through a major decline at the time due to the closing of the industrial powerhouse Bethlehem Steel.”

The Sins’ output includes:

Studio albums: “Big Soul” (1987, Bar-None), “The Hardest Way” (1989, Psonik), “Self Destruct” (1990, Psonik), “Move” (1992, Psonik), “Out There” (1992, Psonik), “Acidbubblepunk” (1994, Psonik), “Turn You On” (1995, Bedlam) “Bethlehem” (1996, Bar-None), “Suburban Primitive” (1997, Blood Red Vinyl & Discs)

EPs: “Party’s Over” (1990, Dog Meat), “Eat This E.P.” (1992, Psonik), “Sally Kirkland”-”Get Into It” (1992, Psonik), “Afternoon Jam Session” (1993, Radiation), “American Cheese Product 4 Slice” (1996, Bedlam)

Singles: ”Cross My Heart,” “Just 14,” “Coca-Cola,” “Nowhere To Go (From Here But Down),” “Watch You Dance”-”Goin’ Down,” “Alice D.,” “Get You There,” ”Come On Up”

Compilations: “Skeletons In The Garage” (1997, Spare Me)

While the Sins coalesced in 1986, the first gigs were in 1987. Terlesky recalls those days, and nights, the latter often at The Funhouse on Bethlehem’s south side.

“When I started, it was a lot more active participation with the audience. People would dance, etcetera.

“But at some point, I think, as people got older and stopped coming to the shows, you had a new generation and they didn’t seem to know what to do with garage music.

“Nowadays, there’s a lot of competition for people’s attention. To a lesser degree, you have an active interaction with the audience.

“When we started, I don’t think there could be as many bands. With the explosion of the internet, everybody said, ‘I could do that.’ A lot of the mystery is gone. You have the internet. You can see anything you want. It was a lot simpler before.”

At Muhlenberg, expect the Sins to perform about 25 songs, Terlesky says, with the first five almost aways, “Turn You On,” “Now’s the Time,” “Watch You Dance,” “Tearing Me in Two” and “She’s On My Side.”

“What we usually finish with is ‘Not Gonna Be Alright’ from ‘Big Soul.’ I wrote that when I was 24 and, by the title, you can tell it’s not an optiimistic.

“And now that I’m 56 and been through what I’ve been through, I can honestly say I feel the same way.

“Haven’t you found peace with the world?,” Terlesky asks rhetorically. “And I can say, ‘No, I’m still not too happy about it.’”

Will the Sins’ vinyl or CDs be available at the gigs?

There was an Italian reissue CD of “Hardest Way” with 10 extra bonus demo tracks from 1998. Terlesky has 25 copies. “That’s really all I have. I might have a couple of sealed versions of ‘Big Soul.’ I think I have two.

“There’s probably a lot of product somewhere because the people who put it out went under. It’s just sititng in a warehouse somewhere.

“I’m looking forward to playing with the guys again and seeing all the friendly faces from our youth. And I hope everybody has a good time,” says Terlesky.

Also on the bill with the Sins is St. John’s, which formed in 1982, with its first gig in 1983 af the former Second Avenue club, Bethlehem.

The first lineup included Dennis Eisenhart, drums.

Vail recalls the scene:

“We would go out and see the Sins. The Creatures would come out and see us. We would come out and see them. Everyone was really supportive. Even bands that were more established, like Daddy Licks, they would come out and see us play. It was a real special time.”

St. John’s disbanded in 1985. Says Vail:

“We were hoping to get someone to manage us to take that next step. We had a wonderful local following. But we didn’t have the knowledge to get our band out of Allentown and Bethlehem.”

St. John’s released one 45 rpm vinyl record in 1984, “Mark My Word” b/w “No One Sees.”

“We continued to record throughout the years,” says Vail. “Jon [McNamara] and I would get together. We would get with Ken [Bussiere] and Dave {Ferrara] and go into our friends’ studios and record.”

A 2006 collection, “St. John’s Alliance Sketchbook, Vol. 1,” has a dozen St. John’s songs from 1990s.

“Just about two weeks ago, I came across some more songs and added them to an MP3 album, ‘St. John’s Alliance Recollection.’ We put that together for this event,” says Vail. It’s available online. including a version of The Left Banke’s “Let Go Of You Girl,” recorded in 1984 by St. John’s.

Vail has resided in Los Angeles for 15 years. He lived in Orlando, Fla., 1993 - 2002. He attended a two-year film school and worked in TV and commercials.

Vail, Bussiere, Ferrara and Rick Levy were on tour 2000-2002 with Herman’s Hermits’ lead singer Peter Noone.

Vail works iat The Burbank Studios in the art department for the Nickelodeon TV show, “Henry Danger” (2014 - ). Vail and his wife, Denise, have three sons, James, 14; George, 11, and William, 5.

“This event coming up is really close to my heart,” says Vail. “I’m going to be really happy to see my friends and play with my friends, who have such talent. And also to see old music fans and, hopefully, turn on some new young music fans.”

This column is dedicated to Len Righi, and “Night On The Town” contributors past, present and future.

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