Oh, come on! Everyone has some pretencious band from highschool that they took too seriously at the time. So what if ours was one that had lyrics suggesting a 1930's mobster lifestyle. At least we did the Munsters song!
Seriously though, our friends owe a lot to the Tommy Guns. It has been argued that some of us would never have found eachother. Personally, I think it was the common ground interest in underage drinking and crappy music.
I have a hard time mocking the Tommy Guns because it was a hell of a learning experience for me. Actually, I could barely play bar chords at the start of this band. More importantly, the freindships formed and drama endured were amazingly formative in my own development as a person and a musician.