PART-TIME PLAYERS
Big Philly Rob, 2B, drums; Big Bro Ken, C, drums and all-around general radness; Nate Dog, SS, bass beef; Mike Casio Keyboard, CF, backup juicer vocals
Influences
The Replacements, Big Star, Husker Du, Cheap Trick, T. Rex, The Clash, The Beatles, Superdrag, The Undertones, Devo, Teenage Fanclub, Bruce Springsteen, Pavement, Rick Springfield, Guided By Voices, Dio, The Lemonheads, Built To Spill, Van Halen, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Midnight Oil, Oasis, David Bowie, Big Country, The Ramones, New Order, Iggy Pop, The Stooges, Wire, Descendents, Bryan Adams, The Misfits, Wham!, Archers of Loaf, Steve Albini, The Damned, KISS, Rod Stewart, Love, Duran Duran, Nick Drake, Rolling Stones, Simple Minds, AC/DC, Hall & Oates, The Sex Pistols, Rod Stewart, Superchunk, The Kinks, The Pixies, The Who, Traveling Wilburys, Cathy Dennis, Slade, Adam and The Ants, The Minutemen, Dinosaur Jr., R.E.M., Robert Hazard, The Smiths, Skid Row, Tom Petty, Robert Pollard, Elvis Costello, Tobin Sprout, Uncle Tupelo, Bob Dylan, Def Leppard, The Jayhawks, Big Black, The Only Ones, Aerosmith, The Boys, Journey, The Wipers, Nirvana, Meat Puppets, The Feelies, Culture Club, Billy Bragg, Silkworm, Timbaland, Quiet Riot, ABC, The Grifters, John Mellencamp.
Sounds Like
Super American.
"Beast Legs," live outside The Khyber. Courtesy of Gizmo.
New EP out now: "Quartered Lots For The Umbrella Solder."
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What some creeps are saying about it:
"Our lo-fi brethren have done it again. This time they have released an album that provides more bang for your buck than a condom ... This is the Von Hayes at their most melodic and memorable, which is hard to do in only nine minutes." - Craig Wettner, Blogs N Roses
“It takes about as long to say the name of the EP as it does to play the EP.” - Evan "Funk" Davies, WFMU Princeton
Go old-school with last year's jam, "Evident Eyelid," the 20-song debut featuring the hits "You Should Call Clyde" and "Legacy Luggage." Click on the record:
"Evident Eyelid" is also available at Rainbow Records, 54 E. Main St., Newark, Del., AKA Records, 27 N 2nd St., Philadelphia, PA, Bert's Music & Videos, 2501 Concord Pike, Wilmington, Del., and Tunes New & Used Compact Discs, 225 Washington St, Hoboken, NJ.
What they're saying about "Evident Eyelid":
"I'd recommend this as one of the more compelling debuts I've heard this year." - Jim Testa of Jersey Beat
"I’ve been listening to it more or less nonstop in my car, on the rare occasions in the last two weeks that I’ve actually had a car." - Mix Tapes For Hookers
"This is the great lost Guided By Voices album, and Bob Pollard has absolutely nothing to do with it." - Foxy Digitalis
"They can convey their message clearly and wrap it in a tight package of distortion, power hooks, and lyrics you will find yourself singing days later." - Blogs N Roses
"Band That Should Be On The Cover Of Magnet ... They've got this catchy/scratchy thing going on, like a thousand bees zipping down alien lanes. Gold star for these robot boys." - Patrick Rapa of The Philadelphia City Paper
"If you ever wished that Guided by Voices stopped making records after Under the Bushes, Under the Stars, the downright charming Evident Eyelid will push the right buttons." - Tiny Mix Tapes
Ever wondered what to do in the event of a nuclear threat?
A while ago I found stuff that inspired me to make this film:
Living Under the Shadow of the Nuclear Umbrella
Both artistic (ensure you get the background music!) and educational, it primarily comprises official British government civil defence advice.
Though source materials are quite aged, much remains relevant today.
I encourage all to visit the YouTube page to learn more (Show support! Rate! Comment!) and responsibly circulate as widely as possible, here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaIim3Rj7L4
hey i have a record out called i hid because i was ashamed. it's about sad stuff and i hope you like it because i really do. if you find any time to listen to it, please let me know what you think. thank you from michael
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Been wanting to stop by and say hello for awhile now. Been a very busy summer and now it's the last day of summer!! Stop by and holler at me. Take care -Spady
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