HICKOIDS Loco Gringos '89 Texas Cannibal POSTER Malice

HICKOIDSLOCO GRINGOSBUICK MacKANE11" x 17"CONCERT POSTERCANNIBAL CLUB AUSTIN TEXAS1989?POSTER ARTIST: MALICECONDITION: EXCELLENT -8 OF 10 OR BETTERTOP CONDITIONORIGINALRARE!HickoidsAlternately categorized as "cow punk" and "hard corn," the Hickoids embodied a most extreme synthesis of punk and country during their mid-Eighties Austin reign. The quintet's beer-splashing, bale-thrashing, genital-brandishing performances bore all the confrontational hallmarks of punk, yet they actually won Best Country Band at the 1985 Austin Music Awards. Formed in 1983, the classic Hickoids lineup featured vocalist Jeff Smith, guitarists Davy Jones and Jukebox, bassist Richard Hays, and drummer Wade Driver. Several other musicians also did time in the Hickoids, but Smith was a constant presence. Their 1985 debut, We're in It for the Corn (Matako Mazuri), featured odes to animal husbandry and rodeos alongside thrashed-out TV theme covers. 1987's Hard Corn EP (Toxic Shock) followed up by retooling Carl Douglas' "Kung Fu Fighting" as "Corn Foo Fighting." The band hit its studio high-water mark with 1989's Waltz A-Cross Dressed Texas. Musically and sonically advanced from previous works, Waltz sported an Austin anthem for the ages in "Brand New Way." The Hickoids got into the yuletide spirit later that year with the single "We Got the Eggnog If You've Got the Whisky." The band unraveled in 1991, with Smith going on to front the Dum Dum Boys and the Gay Sportscasters. Just as the Hickoids were set to play a revival of the legendary Woodshock festival, bassist Hays died of a heart attack on March 28, 2001, at age 45. Paul Harpel assumed Hays' bass chair when the Hickoids reunited in 2005. Smith reissued the band's first two releases as Corn Demon on his Saustex label in 2006. – Greg Beets Styles * Pop/Rock * Alternative Pop/ Rock * Americana * Cowpunk * Roots Rock Moods * Sleazy * Raucous * Party/ Celebratory * Boisterous * Street-Smart * Brash Biographyby Richie UnterbergerDallas band Loco Gringos played punk rock with a somewhat sarcastic edge, though they weren't nearly as over the top in their mutations of the form as fellow Texans the Butthole Surfers or the Hickoids. While they were active, their only release was a 1987 7" single, "Nurture My Pig," later covered by the Reverend Horton Heat (who also paid tribute to the group in the song "Loco Gringos Like a Party"). The band came to a premature end, however, with the death of singer Tom Foote on June 16, 1990. Their sole album, a self-titled affair, was issued posthumously in 1992 and reissued on CD with live bonus tracks in 2006. Seth Spicker Maxwell, a.k.a. Malice, moved to Austin from Indiana in 1985 and spent time at Bee-Bop Printing. A couple years later he was booking bands into "The Loft" above the Cannibal Club and creating his own posters. Resplendent with hairy letters and steroid-crazed eyeballs, his posters were a common sight on "the drag" until he moved to San Francisco in 1989. This is an original single sheet printed paper poster advertisement (A.K.A. street art, handbill, flyer or print) for a concert performance gig by professional musicians at a music venue. Guaranteed original and authentic, printed prior to, and in conjunction with the promotion of the event. A Sound Deal does not sell poster re-prints, scans or duplications of any kind, so please don't ask. Add me to your favorites for red hot sales bulletins and sneak previews of upcoming products. Combine Items to Save $$$!!!Click here to check the store for more!©A Sound Deal