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January 2nd, 2007 - Happy New Year!! We hope you had an awesome holiday season. 2006 was an amzing year for Honeycreeper, and 2007 will be even bigger. We just wanted to mention that the video for "The Man" won a contest over at Brickfish. Woo Hoo!
November 25th, 2006 - We're pleased to welcome Igor Stolarsky into the Honeycreeper family. Igor will be playing guitar and has already taken us to the next level, musically. Igor is stepping in after our previous guitarist decided that he couldn't be away from his girl friend he had been dating for three weeks and left us in the middle of our national tour back in August. After a near beating of the former guitarist at the hands of El Mustango and a visit from Iowa's finest ("the so-called men in blue" - thanks CrazyEyes for that quote) Honeycreeper decided to finish the tour as a guitar-less trio. We had an amazing time... Anywho, all's well that ends well, and we're very psyched to have such a talented guitarist as Igor on board. Plus, his name is Igor and that's just cool...
September 25th, 2006 - FINALLY!! Honeycreeper's debut video for "The Man" is finished and available for your visual stimulation and pleasure. Check it!!
August 22nd, 2006 - Honeycreeper is back from tour and ready to start writing new material. They are also looking for a new guitar player, so if you love them and you think you have the balls to play guitar with them please contact us!! Also, more positive feedback for Freakqualizer! DECOY MUSIC says: " It’s a lot of fun finding bands that are different than what you usually listen to and actually enjoying them. Honeycreeper is the type of band that doesn’t fit nicely into a small genre subset. Instead they run that gamut. There’s a wicked rhythm section base, consisting of some truly funky bass riffs and punchy, almost jazzy, drumming. Building on top of this foundation is the mixture of ska guitars, punk guitars, and hard rock guitars. Accentuating the already potent mix are well-used tenor and baritone saxophones. Topping it all off are the immediate sounding female vocals. In 11 tracks you get your fair share of jazz, funk, ska, rock, and punk. This shit is good!" ALL AGES ZINE says: " Honeycreeper has released what I consider one of the best albums of 2007 with "Freakqualizer." With a combination of up-tempo guitars that make you bounce, a horn section and the female vocals for the most part I found myself comparing this a lot to early No Doubt, ya know back when they were a good band. Every song is fun and energetic and will make you move and that's always a plus in my book. The vocals, provided by Mandy Beck are absolutely amazing. She has a wonderful voice that helps shape these songs and the album as a whole. This is destined to be a classic record so you may want to jump on this one right now. Great record and this would make a fine addition to anyone's collection of music."
July 25th, 2006 - Honeycreeper will be hitting the road! Although the band has built a strong and loyal following through its constant DIY touring of the Northeast (regularly playing anywhere from Portland, ME to Washington DC and everywhere in between) this will be the first national tour for the band. July
28, 2006 - Shepardstown Train Station- Shepardstown, WV Check
out "The Sound & The Fury" page for more details about
each show! June 4th, 2006 - Getting freaky with your eyeballs… On June 11th Honeycreeper will be spending the day in NYC filming a video for the song “The Man”. The video is being directed and produced by Kevin Custer of Toaster in the Tub. Kevin is a super-talented, super-creative director who has worked with a bunch of great hardcore, metal and indie bands, including Ligeia (Ferret Music), Antilove, Last Chance to Reason, Our Finest Hour, State Of Disgrace, Zombie Apocalypse, Of Blessings And Burdens, Forever I Burn, Red Cloud Revival, The Killing Gift, One Day Left, Banana Fish Zero, Stereostar, Locked in a Vacancy, Last Day Dying, and NYHC giants - Sub Zero. This video should be pretty sick. We’ll keep you posted and let you know when it’s available for your visual and audible consumption...
May 26th, 2006 - We are pleased to report that Honeycreeper will be playing The Big Orange Bonanza 2006. This is a huge, all-day music festival, taking place on Saturday June 3rd at the Circleville Town Park in Circleville, NY, will feature 50 of the Northeast’s best, ska, punk, hardcore and indie rock bands. Other bands playing include: World/Inferno Friendship Society, Westbound Train, Bomb the Music Industry, Public Access, The Know How, The Naked Citizens, High School Football Heroes, The Specs, We're All Broken, Razbari Sumthing, Hollywood Funeral, The Step Right Ups, High 5 Revival, Dalys Gone Wrong, The Flaming Tsunamis, Makeout Music, Buddha Heroes, Ideal Brain Tonic, Reserve, Plan 17, Armedalite Rifles, Life Like the Movies, The Menzingers, In The Face, Soul 4 Sale, Insult to Tradition, Troublebound, Captain, My Captain, The Penny University, 100% Used, Against The Wall, Bill Davis, Project: Citizen, Jaclyn Falk, 3 Card Monte, Nothing Ever Changes, Fourfit, Xoch, Still Reaching, Touchdown Sally, The Bonnie Situation, Stealing From Peter, Casket Architects, Severed Ties, Midnight Pass, Zen, Southcott and many, many more! This is an all-ages event and all of the proceeds of this show will benefit the Town of Walkill Boys and Girls Club. If you live anywhere in the NE and are into independent punk, ska, and/or hardcore this is a can’t miss show.
April 11th, 2006 - Oops! It's been awhile. But it's not because there hasn't been anything newsworthy to report. We've just been super busy-- I swears it!! Honeycreeper
is currently featured on the Insomnia
Radio Podcast (show 80). In case you're one of those few people
who love indie music but are unaware of Insomnia Radio here's a
description: "Leading the new revolution in internet radio,
Insomnia Radio consistently delivers indie rock's unsung heroes
straight to your mp3 player, in a tightly produced and passionate
package. What makes Insomnia Radio different than anything you'll
hear on your FM dial? Simple. We bring you new music that is new
to us as well! If we don't fall in love with it, you won't hear
it. "
December
27th, 2005 - Freakqualizer
has been nominated for "The Top Albums of 2005" on rkstar.com
!! Now, we have no expectations of winning the top album of
the year seeing as how we're up against albums like "Frances
the Mute" by The Mars Volta or Matisyahu's "Live at Stubbs"
but we DO want to at least make a decent showing, so please vote
for us here: http://www.rkstar.com/polls/2005albums In case you don't know, rkstar.com is a massive online music zine covering the capital district of New York and the national music scenes.
December 17th, 2005 - Honeycreeper is currently being featured in these two rad Indie Podcasts: Heavy Syrup (episode #5) and Craig's Music. You can check out these Podcasts by clicking their names. Look for Honeycreeper in other podcasts and please let us know what podcasts you're listening to! If you are a podcaster yourself, we would love to be on your show. Please let us know how we can become involved.
December 6th, 2005 - We are pleased to announce that Honeycreeper's very own El Mustango is now an official Precision Drum Co of New York endorser. El Mustango has been playing a custom Precision Drum kit for a bunch of months now (if you've been to a HC show this year you've seen it- the Green Glass Glitter beauty affectionately named "Baby") and he's totally psyched to be partnering with a company that is run by great people who take pride in hand building drums that sound amazing. Please check Precison Drum out on the interweb by clicking here. And if you want more info on El Mustango's kit (being a drum geek, he loves talking about drums) or if you'd like to inquire about getting your own Precision Drumkit or snare drum, please click here!
November 22nd, 2005 - Look out for Skratch Magazine's new CD sampler (vol 27) which will include two Honeycreeper tracks. Skratch is an authority (or at least that's what we were lead to believe) on punk/skate/emo/screamo/hardcore culture. If you can't get your hands on a physical copy of Skratch, click here to check it out on the interweb! On a personal note, El Mustango's birthday is today! He has a very extensive Amazon Wishlist from which you can choose the appropriate present for him...
October 26th, 2005 - Honeycreeper's "Freakqualizer" has received a Five Star Review on CTSka.com - Check it our by clicking here... Thanks to Todd Springer for the kind words. Honeycreeper is also a featured band on a brand-spanking new website- roamingbovine.com - a site that is about any and every Detroit punk rock band, as well as ska music, hardcore music, silly pictures, concert reviews, and all sorts of other relevant information and articles to Detroit, Michigan, the punk community, and everything in between. Check it our by clicking here... We're not from Detroit.
October 19th, 2005 - "Freakqualizer" is now available to download on
August
9th, 2005 - "Freakqualizer"
is now available not only online through Honeycreeper.net, cdbaby.com,
amazon.com,
and interpunk.com
but also at the following real world locations*
July 26th, 2005 - "Freakqualizer" is now receiving distribution through InterPunk ("The Ultimate Punk Music Store!") Click here to order a copy of "Freakqualizer" from Interpunk!
July 4th, 2005 - Happy Independence Day! Sorry for the lack of news, but things have been going well in the land of Honey. Hope all is well with you and yours!
May 5th, 2005 - Thanks to each and every one of you wh have called your local station to request some Honeycreeper. Your support means the world to us and it's been so cool getting feedback from stations saying that "Freakqualizer" has been getting some serious requests. It's all about getting the word out, and this definitely helps!
April 22nd, 2005 - Honeycreeper's campaign to infect the airwaves is still going strong; over 200 stations nationwide and in Canada are spinning "Freakqualizer". Please call your local station and request us. Let them know what you want to hear.
March 18th, 2005 - Honeycreeper's debut album "Freakqualizer" is being played on over 130 radio stations nationwide. If you'd like to help Honeycreeper further infect the airwaves, click this here link!
January
15th, 2005 - Albany,
NY-area Peeps: Make sure you tune to 103.1 FM (Albany’s New
Rock Alternative) on Sunday January 16th @ 8:00 pm and listen to
HC live on the radio. Jason Keller will interview the members of
HC and will spin some tracks off of “Freakqualizer”.
Also, DJ Jason Irwin of 102.7 WEQX has been spinning “The
Man” off of “Freakqualizer” on his show EQXposure
the last few weeks, and will continue to do so to help hype the
Freakqualizer Release Party Throwdown Spectacular. January
10th, 2005 - Honeycreeper
would like to introduce you to our new geetar player – Seth
Fisher. Seth has been playing geetar with us for a few weeks now,
so we decided it was time to finally introduce him (at least electronically)
to you. We would have introduced Seth to you sooner, but we’ve
been very busy with his conditioning. You see, in order to join
Honeycreeper, Seth not only needs to be the perfect geetar playing
specimen, but he also needs to demonstrate that he can withstand
the constant mental, physical and emotional abuse of riding in Buster
with Sean for long periods of time. So far he seems to be holding
up pretty well. Let’s see how he does on a longer road-trip,
say to Portland, ME. January 4th, 2005 - Planet A Records proudly presents "FREAKQUALIZER" the debut album from Honeycreeper. 11 tracks of pure Punkadelic Funk Rock Bliss. Buy it, strap on your ear-goggles, and get ready to have us get freaky with yo EarHoles. "Freakqualizer" can be purchased at all HC shows, on this very website, and at these fine retail outlets: www.amazon.com & www.cdbaby.com We'd also insist upon your presence at Honeycreeper's "Freakqualizer" Release Party ThrowDown Spectacular. Valentine's Music Hall in Albany, NY on Friday Jan 21st @ 9:00 pm.
January 1st, 2005 - Honeycreeper would like to wish each and every one of you a very happy New Year. We wish you and yours good health, good fortune and happiness in the New Year. We also want to thank you all, from the bottom of our collective heart, for all the love and support this past year. 2004 was an awesome year for us, and it would not have been possible without you. 2005 will be a huge year for Honeycreeper and we are thankful to know that we can depend on your continued support. Rock On!
November 18th, 2004 - The fall just keeps getting better and better! Honeycreeper is beside itself with joy, as we are wicked super excited to announce that we will be opening for perhaps our biggest influence- the amazing and one-of-a-kind FISHBONE!!! This show will be taking place at The Lion's Den in NYC on Thursday, December 9th. I'm sure you all know about Fishbone and you're aware of how sick this show will be. But, let me say that Mandy and Dan had the opportunity to see see them a little while ago in a club in upstate NY, that is roughly the size of The Lion's Den and they claim it was hands down the best show they've ever seen any band put on. So you do not want to miss this show. Even if you couldn't give a rat's ass about HC you should still go just to see the legendary Fishbone. We have specially reduced priced tickets on sale for this show, so please buy your tickets from us!
November 8th, 2004 - Honeycreeper is honored to announce that this Friday they will be joined on stage with Peter Prince who will be playing guitar for the evening. Peter is the singer / songwriter / guitar player / charismatic leader of Moon Boot Lover. The evening will be a highlight for Honeycreeper, as we have all been huge fans of Peter for years, and are extremely excited to be creating an evening's worth of music with him. The show will take place at The Ale House in Portland, ME and the setlist will include songs from Honeycreeper's soon to be released first album "Freakqualizer", as well as songs from the Moon Boot Lover catalog.
October 11th, 2004 - Honeycreeper will be playing its first show at Revolution Hall in Troy, NY on Nov 4th . Revolution Hall is one of Upstate NY's premier music venues- by that we mean that it has a great stage, a slammin' sound system, and brews some mighty tastey beers. It's definitely a great place to see live music. We're honored to be playing at Revolution Hall. But, wait- it gets better! We will opening for the greatest fucking Irish Rock Band - Black 47. If you don't know who Black 47 is, you should be ashamed of yerself! Here's just a few reasons why Black 47 is the best fucking Irish Rock Band in the World: they've been doing their thing for over fourteen years, played well over 2000 gigs all over the USA, Europe and South America, did all the major TV shows, closed down the town of Hoboken, appeared in movies and had their songs on soundtracks, rocked Shea Stadium three times, been shot at, crawled from van wrecks, blacklisted, banned, fired and rehired, sold a ton of CDs, been written about by every paper and magazine that matters and yet they've never even considered watering down the political and social ideals, the determination to be original and the black sense of humor that inspired them ever since the first fateful evening when they rocked the Bronx. And of course- the write amazing songs and put on an awesome show! We in Honeycreeper are huge fans of Black 47 (can you tell?) and we are extremely honored to be opening for them. Please come out and support us and Black 47. We can honestly and sincerely swear that you will have a great time. Please check out the "sound and the fury" page for more info regarding this show and others.
102.7 WEQX continues to spin "Insight of Blind" on its show "EQX-Posure". Please continue to request HC on EQX. Your help is greatly appreciated!
September 27th, 2004 - "Insight of Blind" from Honeycreeper's "Three Song E.P." (what an incredible unique and cryptic title!) was played last night on 102.7 WEQX by DJ Jason Irwin. Please call & email WEQX and let them know you want to hear more Honeycreeper! We're am indie band and the only way bands like us get spins on commercial radio is if listeners call and request us.
Email Jason Irwin and tell him you appreciate him playing HC: eqx@capital.net EQX Request Line: (802) 362-1027 Make and "e-quest" here: http://www.weqx.com/equest.asp (just make sure you choose "no" on the section of the form that asks "Use this information to join Club EQX?" because if you choose "yes" you will get an error.)
Planet A Records will be undertaking a full college/community radio promotion campaign for "Freakqualizer" in the upcoming months. We will be listing all radio stations that spin tracks from "Freakqualizer" and hope that you will contact stations in your area and request HC. Only with your help will we be able to make an impact on the radio. More info is coming soon.
September 1st, 2004 - "Freakqualizer", Honeycreeper's first, full length album is back from Sterling Sound- full mastered and ready to rock. "Freakqualizer" is now traveling to the West Coast to Portland, OR to be manufactured by our friends Black Spider. Although Planet A Records has not yet established an official release date, we will be dropping it sometime this fall/winter.
August 15th, 2004 - Honeycreeper's newest member - its workhouse Ford F350 Bus - has officially been named. Make sure you stop by and meet Buster after a show!
August 10th, 2004 - We are psyched to be playing our first shows up north: at the Stone Church in Newmarket, NH and The Ale House in Portland, ME. Please check out "the sound and the fury" for additional info.
August 1st, 2004 - Honeycreeper will be heading down south for its first shows in Washington DC (The Velvet Lounge) and Baltimore (The Mojo). Please check out "the sound and the fury" for the straight dope on these shows.
July 29th, 2004 - Honeycreeper is now the proud owner of a Ford F350 Bus. No name has yet been given to said bus, but we are sure that after our first few road trips, its name will become obvious.
July 20th, 2004 - Honeycreeper has just finished mixing its first, full-length album. It now off to NYC to have it mastered at the world-renowned Sterling Sound.
July 9th, 2004 - Honeycreeper has just emerged from the world-class recording facilty The Clubhouse with its first, full-length album. We are proud to announce that it will be released on Planet A Records. 11 tracks. Release date not yet set, stay tuned.
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