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  • Genre: Big Beat / Experimental / Surf

    Location FLORISSANT, Missouri, US

    Profile Views: 24633

    Last Login: 6/14/2009

    Member Since 9/8/2006

    Website http://www.gollygeerecords.com/Bands/BandDetail.asp?BandID=16

    Record Label Golly Gee Records

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    ..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....... ........ .. ..PRESS:...... ..Riverfront Times.... More great reviews can be found ..here..!.... .. I edited my profile with ..Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.1.. ..
  • Members

    The 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.
  • Influences

    Classic 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 Like

    Instro-mental rock'n'roll!.. .. .. .. .. .. ....

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  • Hermanos Calavera

    Aloha te invitamos a que visites nuestra página de FACEBOOK y si te gusta nuestro S.U.R.F. nos regales un like


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    Aqui también te dejamos algunos videos


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    esperamos que nos hagas el honor de acompañarnos, para hechar el coto y bailar un rato con nuestro S.U.R.F.

    suerte en todo y wenas olas


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    1 year ago
  • Rene HEndrIcks



    Enjoy your week, Stay Strong.

    2 years ago
  • Corazon J. Foss

    Hey!i love you music


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  • Corazon J. Foss



    How are you? My New friend.Thanks a lot for adding

    2 years ago
  • Hermanos Calavera

    alohaaaaa

    pasando a saludar y aprovechamos para invitarte este 23 de octubre al Zombie Walk México 2010, La dinámica del evento es la de una marcha social como las que numerosas veces hemos visto en México, con la particularidad de que en esta, los participantes van caracterizados como Zombies, y se abandera una causa social, siendo este año la recolección de ayuda para un grupo vulnerable, esta marcha parte del Monumento a la Revolución y Finaliza en Zocalo Capitalino. Posteriormente habra un after en el que participaremos Los Hermanos Calavera y mas grupos.









    esperamos que nos hagas el honor de acompañarnos, para hechar el coto y bailar un rato con nuestro S.U.R.F.

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    2 years ago
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    Thank you very much for being friends :)
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