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THE HONKEYS
Surf / Big Beat / Experimental

The Original Hodads of Rock



FLORISSANT, Missouri
United States

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Member Since9/8/2006
Band Websitehttp://www.gollygeerecords.com/Bands/BandDetail.asp?BandID=16
Band MembersThe Honkeys are: Jefferey Positive, Cullen "Stab" McGrane, Jason "Jovian" Edge, and Micah Edge. This was the lineup that broke the surface on the STL scene and recorded "Tequila Mockingbird" for Golly Gee Records. They have returned to the scene with several triumphant shows and appear to be heading back into the studio for a second release. Stay Tuned............................................................................................ ........................................................................................................ The Honkeys were: Jefferey Positive, six-string reverb, hand-held drink mixer specialist, and walker of the spinning yo-yo dog; Cullen "Stab" McGrane, 4-string reverb, wookie stoicism; Jovian Kind, drums, percussion, laughter; and Micah Edge, Organs and Synthesizer. Later, Dave Devine (of The Cripplers) replaced Jovian on drums. Former members included Aaron Thomas, John Pitts, Josh "Jello" Pitts, Bill Wittkoetter, and Chris Lawrence. The band was managed by Kopper and Becky McGrane. The Saltines (our go-go dancers) were Sarah Rutherford, Audra, Catherine Browne and Jessi Cerutti.
InfluencesClassic instrumental artists such as The Ventures, Davie Allan & The Arrows, The Trashmen, Link Wray, Dick Dale, The New Dimensions, The Pyramids, The Lively Ones, The Astronauts, as well as such modern surf/instrumental acts as Satan's Pilgrims, Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, The Bomboras, The Tiki Tones, Los Straitjackets, The Untamed Youth, The Phantom Surfers, and, of course, Man or Astro-Man?!

Sounds LikeInstro-mental rock'n'roll!

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Record LabelGolly Gee Records
Type of LabelIndie


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   About THE HONKEYS
The Honkeys date back to sometime in 1996, the year a group of bored high school musician friends bumped heads in a suburban St. Louis basement and, after rubbing the feeling back into their skulls, decided to form a rock'n'roll band. With respect to what William Tecumsah Sherman did to the state of Georgia and what Marcel Duchamp did to modern art, The Honkeys decided to do to rock'n'roll, and bagan to pick at its crusty scab, hoping to both cause further infection and leave a very noticeable, permanent scar. The Honkeys experimented for a while as an instrumental noise band, but soon realized that if they were really going to make it work, they had better tighten up their sound. They did this by downsizing their lineup from nine people to four. And, inspired by their love of '60s go-go movies, reverb, chili, yo-yos, and the occasional professional wrestling match, they molded their noise into a groovy modern interpretation of instrumental surf music that is both unmistakable and unforgettable. And while they remain overwhelmingly uninterested in the banal predictability of the jam band resurgence or in the generic mind-numbing malaise of modern rock or alternative music, The Honkeys don't find rock'n'roll's original language to be exhausted. They are faithful to their instruments' traditional vocabularies as they strive to create the instrumental sound of NOW; contemporary in attitude, fresh and exciting in execution.

The Honkeys disbanded shortly after their Tequila Mockingbird CD was released by Golly Gee Records. There is, however, a distinct possibility they may play a reunion show at some point in the future...



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Oct 31 2008 7:26 PM

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Oct 31 2008 2:03 PM

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