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Hypno-News
New Album
"THE LAST BAND ON EARTH" New album out
on Stomp Records.
Details and order here!
Next Shows
RnR Spookshow! (finaly!)
w/American Speedway, Bloody Seamen
@ Thunderbird, Pittsburg, PA
[fLyER]
Aug 8, 2010
Bio
The Hypnophonics have been shaking up Montreal's local music scene for
three years now and have managed to turn many a head with their high
energy live shows and stage antics.
A combination of Angus' psychotic howling vocals, David
Don't's twangy overdriven guitar, Charly's
hypnotic thumping upright bass lines and Starbuck's
primal drum beats truly give the Hypnophonics signature sound. Combining
elements of Garage, early '80's Psychobilly and '77 Punk rock reviewer
have had a hard time classifying the band under one particular genre,
having been compared to everything from the Seeds, T.S.O.L., the Cramps,
the Dwarves, the Kinks and the Dead Kennedys to name a few. But this
sits just fine with the band.
At first glance, many people would assume the Hypnophonics are a straight
forward Psychobilly band, with song titles such as Invasion,
Children of the Atom and Scream combined with a look
complete with greasy pompadours, upright bass and paper 3-D glasses
give some people the impression that this band should not be taken seriously.
But more often than not, these impressions changing after viewing a
live performance where most would say the band leanse a little heavier
on their Garage/Punk influences with such songs as Dead Meat,
Romance with a Rapist, Fucked Up, Maybe It's You
and It's Alright. It is often made clear by the band that they
have become very bored with what modern Psychobilly has become, plagued
by all the tongue in cheek horror cliches and devoid of anything truly
psychotic. They have vowed never to play any poppy, sugar coated songs
about "Zombies who ride around the graveyard all night in their
'57 Cadillacs looking for their undead girlfriends before they end up
in a switchblade rumble with a gang of Vampires..."
Since the Hypnophonics first live show in July of 2007, they have played
many shows in and around Quebec, Ontario, Connecticut, New York, Ohio
and they have even completed an all-Canada tour with the Creepshow and
the Dreadnoughts.
The Hypnophonics have also shared the stage with such bands as CJ Ramone,
Danko Jones, The Quakes, The Arkhams, Maximum RnR, the Gutter Demons,
the Brains, Electric Frankenstein, the Alley Dukes, L.E.S. Stitches,
the Castevets, the Planet Smashers, Koffin Katz, the Guana Batz and
the Treblemakers to name a few.
Five songs of their 1st EP have been released on an A2M video-game, "Wet" (available on Sony PS3 and the X-BOX), and they have released their 1st full-lenght CD, "The Last Band On Earth" on Stomp in the Fall of 2009. The Hypnophonics are currently looking forward to invading the South and the West of the United States and are working on their 2nd album...
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