RGG March 2016 - p.23
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since
1995
Hey! Hello! is a British-
American power pop
band, formed by the
In November 2012, the band released "How I
Survived The Punk Wars", which was
championed by Duff McKagan who commented
in his Seattle weekly blog that
"It's perhaps the
best and most real punk rock song in a long,
long time. It actually stunned me,"
They toured the UK supporting The Wildhearts
in 2014. In January 2015, the band announced
several shows including a set at Download
Festival. Liedtke will be replaced with Love
Zombies singer Hollis Mahady for these events.
According to Ginger, the band's name was
chosen by his son, who had misheard the
Ramones lyric "Hey Ho, Let's Go"
Hey! Hello! are an ultra-catchy noise pop group,
comprised of
Hollis Mahady
(Love Zombies),
Ginger Wildheart
(The Wildhearts),
The Rev
(Towers of London / The Howling),
Toshi
(Antiproduct) and
Ai Sugiyama
(Trip to Miami).
The band's initial incarnation for the debut
album consisted of Ginger Wildheart and New
York-based singer Victoria Liedtke.
The self-titled debut album was recorded
throughout 2012, with Ginger playing drums,
bass and guitars as well as contributing vocals.
His parts were recorded by Russ Russell before
being sent to New York, for Liedtke to add her
vocals with engineering assistance from Bryan
Scary.
APRIL
15
THE
SLADE
ROOMS
We have a pair of tickets to giveaway for this gig.
ail with ‘Hello’ in subject title to:
to be in with a chance of winning
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