The Handsome Beasts (1981 - Bestiality) | fr
The Handsome Family est un groupe américain de country alternative, formé en 1993 à Chicago dans l'Illinois, par Brett Sparks, Rennie Sparks et Mike Werner, et actuellement basé à Albuquerque, au Nouveau-Mexique. .
Touring used to be about supporting a record. The Handsome Charlies see the writing on the wall: perform a spectacular show or drown in the sea of MP3 madness. Touting accents, finespun looks, and high-powered stage presence the Charlies have blitzed their way into the collective heart of Austin, TX with an infectious blend of uber-pop sensibility (Pulp), shrewd songwriting (Ween), and post-millenium sound (Radiohead).
The Handsome Charlies hail from Sydney, Australia, where live rock typically ends with dance-floor mayhem, sweat, and fist fights. They recently relocated to fertile Austin, TX
Within 8 weeks they sold out of 500 copies...
Playing in and around their home town Birmingham, the beasts, fronted by singer Garry Dalloway (nick-named "the original fat bastard" by the Kerrang! direktory of heavy metal), quickly became local heroes. consequently Paul Birch, who rated the band very highly, tried to get them a record deal asking numerous major labels if they would be interested. They weren't, so he founded his own label to put out the first handsome beasts single "all riot now" / "the mark of the beast" in early 1980. Later in the same year heavy metal issued the "breaker" ep which used the digital spiral...
www.handsometrain.com .
this band are up and coming and have catchy instantly loveable songs.
watch out for them in the future!
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