Tuesday, October 9, 2007
HONKEYFiNGER!
Oh sure I could try and write something about Honkeyfinger but what would be the point? He's an utterly diabolical genius and has already done it vastly better than I ever could. Honkeyfinger puts out 45s that weigh like 180 grams...or close to it. Fatass 7" slabs with the heft of a damned 78! The music is burly, howling, thick, and hairy enough to match too. If Cobain had grown up to be a logger like he should've instead of a fancylad rock star he'd have lived in the woods outside Aberdeen in a cabin he built with his own little hands and the help of fellow lumberjacks Tad and Buzz and drank Schmidt animal beer under a harvest moon with HONKEYFiNGER cranked on his Victrola while he danced with Sasquatch instead of..well...you know. But like I said what's the point of my digital scribbles when the bodacious beastial bellowing sexy-back vibe all summed up nicely right below here in this spiel I blatently stole off his MySpace page:
About HONKEYFINGER
It's all about a making one hell of a pounding, primal, amped-up & skronked out blues racket. Honkeyfinger is the one man band from the bowels of the earth, erupting molten fuzz lapsteel, screaming harmonica riffs and desperate bestial howling in a scorching hot cocktail of heavy raw blues power. The Honkeyfinger sound hotwires the electric freak rock of vintage Beefheart, Blue Cheer, ZZTop, and Black Sabbath into a jumping, lurching monster. Boiling up the ghosts of Bukka White, Leadbelly and John Lee Hooker with the bones of the country blues, laced with the acid fried heaviosity of the Buttholes Surfers - this is the thick stinking soup that Mr.Honkeyfinger serves hot....like Hasil Adkins just discovered Black Sabbath. . .
HONKEYFiNGER also makes an appearence in this doc on one man bands:
Want dirty knees? Listen to Honkeyfinger LOUD!
TROUBLE MP3
BURNiNG SKULL BLUES MP3
TRUE BELiEVERS MP3
GOT THiS RAGE MP3
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Hey, yeah I love your site and the quote above... I listened to honkeyfinger's album today for the first time and I was blown away. Looking for more information, so thanks for the post! x jmd
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Hiya Rick,
ReplyDeleteENjoyed your review! just to let you know - Honkeyfinger is playing The Lexington on 20th July...
hope you can make it!
Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, N1 9JB
Tuesday, July 20 Honkeyfinger, Henry's Funeral Shoe, Toehammer
8pm £7, adv £5
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk
Honkeyfinger: Primal, amped-up and skronked out blues racket from one man band honkeyfinger. Erupting molten fuzz lapsteel, screaming harmonica riffs and desperate bestial howling into a scorching hot cocktail of heavy raw blues power from the bowels of the earth. The Honkeyfinger sound hotwires the electric freak rock of vintage Beefheart, Blue Cheer, ZZ Top and Black Sabbath into a jumping, lurching monster. Boiling up the ghosts of Bukka White, Leadbelly and John Lee Hooker with the bones of the country blues, laced with the acid fried heaviosity of the Butthole Surfers. This is the thick stinking soup that Honkeyfinger serves hot. Henry's Funeral Shoe: The rootsy Welsh duo play a mix of heavy rock and psychedelic blues. "Is Henry’s Funeral Shoe the Welsh answer to the White Stripes? Or to the Black Keys? How about both at once? Aled Clifford is a manly but versatile vocalist whose hero seems to be Steve Marriott, rather than Robert Plant, and he’s a fine slide/boogie guitarist. His brother Brenning keeps the cans a-rockin’ and a-groovin’. With a pronounced bent towards the John Lee Hooker side of the blues fence, the Shoe have an entirely different feel than their more famous brethren" Sleazegrinder Toe Hammer: Time Out says "Terrific, riff-laden, dirtily groovy nu blues and frantic, scuzzy swamp-country from the Stoke Newington headliners - now a trio, but still bass-free - who demonstrate an equal fondness for John Lee Hooker and The Gun Club."