Trym Killi - Guitar and voice
Martin Kantorzyk - Bass
Troy Cramer - Percussion "Do It Again"
Live @ Excuses "Hot Nights at the Boudoir"
Live @ Gooski's
Influences
Troy's a jazzcat, he'll be spinnin' Mingus records and stuff.
Trym has a deep love for the blues, and will be scouring the internet for pre-war recordings of William Harris, Skip James and Blind Lemon this-and-that..
Martin is the bands hipster-alibi, and likes all that new shit.
Sounds Like
The Faces, The Pistols, The Fall, The Replacements
Three drummers and three bassplayers in three years is too much!
So this fall, when psych-punk-blues-rockin' powerhouse The Last Time's bassplayer Jack migrated to North Carolina, and founding guitarist Ryan Moore decided to move to Atlanta to "straighten out his life and stop doing all the bad things he does in Pittsburgh", it was time for drummer extraordinaire Troy Cramer and guitarist Trym"Harpo"Killi to take a minute and figure out whether to keep sloggin on, or to just, well, pack it in. It only took a second for Trym and Troy to quit their other projects, commit fulltime to their band and recruit the magnificent Martin Kantorzyk III on bass guitar.
Renaming themselves The Hi-Speeds, the boys are back as a threepiece, and they're stronger, leaner and hungrier than ever. Having had the opportunity to check these guys out before their "official" debut, I can safely say they'r the loudest, rowdiest three-piece I've ever heard. Also, the new lineup seems to allow the songs to come across a little more focused than before, which they should, cuz they're fuckin' great!
Check 'em out for yo'self, they'll make the tip of your boots curl!!
Come and party with Squonk Opera on Friday May 22nd at 8:00 pm at the Pittsburgh Filmmakers’ Melwood Screening Room for the Galaxy Premiere of Astro-rama!
Astro-rama is a joyous large scale outdoor event that unifies an audience in creating humanity’s message for far-flung galaxies. The show features live music, dynamic video, 3 stories of scaffolding, a 40' radio telescope, cherry pickers, scissor lifts and a giant robot. Astro-rama was filmed over 2 chilly nights in October 2008 at Pittsburgh's Schenley Plaza.
Astro-rama premiere and party with the Squonkers. Friday, May 22, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. for $25 Pittsburgh Filmmakers’ Melwood Screening Room 477 Melwood Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
What people have been whispering about is TRUE! Strange sightings… Unexplained phenomena. . . scientific anomalies… Squonk Opera will be responding to the cover-ups with… ASTRO - RAMA!
With 3 stories of scaffolding and a 40 ft radio telescope, Squonk Opera will take you on a wild visual and musical celebration of the universe and our place in it.
Part symphony, part cacophony, Astro-Rama dares to go where no multi-media/theater/performance group has gone before.
Rising in scissor lift platforms and cherry pickers, Squonk will compose a proud message from our species, power up and transmit.
Stand with us, and the truth will be revealed.
Pittsburgh, PA at Schenley Plaza, Oakland October 15-18, 2008
Weather permitting, all broadcasts begin at 8:00 p.m., are outdoors and are FREE for all bipedal primates!
