Original members: John Mulkerin, Jay Joseph, Rob Reynolds.
Many other musicians have passed through the band, including: Dan Barrett, Luther Thomas, Dave Kyle, Bill Bickford, Spaceman Patterson, Tomas Doncker, Zack Alford, Antonio Grippi, Alex Lodico, Paul Sokolow, Rob Aries, Warren Benbow, Frank Bambara, Kenny Martin, Kim Clarke, Ronny Drayton, Gerry Tyler, Angus Clark, Jeff McErlain, Kip Reed, JD DeServio, etc!
Influences
INFLUENCES: Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, Black Sabbath, Captain Beefheart, Sly Stone, Bad Brains, Bob Dylan, P-Funk, James Joyce, William Burroughs, Eric Dolphy, John Coltrane, James Brown, Sun Ra, Jimi Hendrix, Albert Ayler, Grateful Dead, Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, Arnold Schoenberg, Charles Mingus, Art Tatum, Henry Miller, Glenn Miller, Fletcher Henderson, Florence Henderson, Jack Kerouac, jackhammers, screeching metal, breaking glass, the clatter of the machines in the lousy factory job I held after high school, every sound ever heard by anyone who ever played in the band, got it?
Liquid Hips was born in August of 1981 as a cooperative post-post punk earbleeding electric jazz hardcore freebop unit. The first show was that month at the legendary A7 in the East Village. The founding members were John Mulkerin, Jay Joseph, and Rob Reynolds. By the mid '80's, the band had become a songwriting vehicle for frontman John Mulkerin, who was also a member of Joseph Bowie's Defunkt. By then, the sound of Liquid Hips had become more funk/groove oriented, and the lyrics became more pointedly political. The first track (Surveillance) of the band's 1993 debut album "Fool Injection" had been performed live since 1988. Not many recordings survive from the '80's, but the band performed at such NYC nightspots as: Danceteria, CBGB, Cat Club, Pyramid, Knitting Factory, B.A.D. Museum, SNAFU, Visiones, etc. Liquid Hips was part of the first wave of bands to successfully meld deep funk with a hardcore/rap/metal edge.
The main 1990's touring lineup was: John Mulkerin, (trumpet, vocals), Jeff McErlain and Bill Bickford (guitars) Kip Reed (bass) Kenny Martin (drums).
Liquid Hips toured Europe 5 times in the nineties, and opened shows for P-Funk, Public Enemy, The Freaky Fukin' Weirdoz, Blurt, and Ice-T.
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Oppression
Si c'est trop loin de chez vous, si vous avez mieux a faire, si sortir vous fait peur... Découvrez la vidéo de Jack Dupon presque en live lors d'un concert privé filmé sur Clermont-1ère en octobre 2008...
Hey hey!! Thanks for the add!!!! This was an unexpected pleasure!Liquid Hips was one the great concert experiences in the early 90's.(Aalborg, Denmark 1994 I think) Heard by accident actually...but made an eternal impact!!! Still enjoy listening to the album "Static" LOVE the killer riff on the b-part of "between the lies" ..kick ass!
