Big important news: Genital Hercules’ farewell show at Quenchers on June 23rd 2010 has been mixed, mastered, and is available for download at the Genital Hercules’ Bandcamp. Entitled This Is What We Do, it was recorded by Mikel Pickett of Far Gone Productions and mixed/mastered by Max Crowe. The download is available on a name-your-price basis, so anywhere from $0 on up is A-OK.
I’m sorry to report to you that Genital Hercules will be doing two more shows–Iowa City on May 29th, and Quenchers on June 23rd–and then breaking up. I have had a (mostly) great time keeping this band going over the past eight years, but as our current bassist is moving away at the end of June, I feel like now is the time to end things on a high note. I would like to express my sincerest appreciation to the eleven (I think) other people who have been members of Genital Hercules over the years.
BUT don’t despair, because we’re not done just yet! We will be at Gabe’s in Iowa City this Saturday, returning to where it all started. We’re older and wiser, plus we have lots of great new songs. Doors open at 9:30 p.m., and we’re on first, so be there early! After that, we’ll be at Quencher’s in Chicago for our final show on June 23rd. Again, we’re going on first, so be there early or regret it forever!
AND if that wasn’t enough, we’ve still got one more album in the works, which I am tentatively calling Zero Gravitas. I hope to start recording it soon after finishing up our live work this summer. In my opinion, it’s got the potential to be our strongest effort yet, and I’ll be giving it away for free online once it’s done!
We’re excited to be playing our first Subterranean show on February 17th! Cover is a mere $6. We promised them an avalanche of fans, so get off your ass and come see us!
We are going to be playing Nietzsche’s in Buffalo, NY this Friday (the 11th) in support of Armcannon’s CD release show. Dave, our bassist, used to be in Armcannon, and thereby did we get hooked up with this cool show. If you’re in the area…go see it!
Two items of interest:
First of all, there is an UPCOMING GH SHOW at Reggie’s Music Joint on July 11th. Showtime is 10 p.m. and cover is $5. As an EXTRA SPECIAL treat, our once-and-future drummer Carson Hooley will be joining us! Don’t miss this…it’s not liable to happen again for quite some time.
ALSO the new Genital Hercules album, Spring Break ’86, is now available here: http://www.cdbaby.com/genital2
It’s bargain-priced at $8. Who else gives you 25 tracks totaling over an hour of music for such little money? Nobody is who!
The CD release show for Genital Hercules’ new album, Spring Break ’86, will take place on June 3rd at Quenchers Saloon at Fullerton & Western in Chicago. Opening the night will be The Bradley Report and 7th Kind.
The album will soon be available at our CD Baby store. Three cuts from it are up at our Myspace page.
We’ll be doing our second show with our new lineup this Friday the 24th at the Hotti Biscotti, 3545 W. Fullerton in Chicago. See us there!!!!
The first Genital Hercules show since early 2007 will be happening Friday, September 26th, at the Gallery Cabaret. That’s at 2020 N Oakley in Chicago. No cover charge for this show!
It’ll be a little different from the Genital Hercules anybody last saw, but I think it’ll be good. We’ll see…
Wow, it’s been forever since I posted anything here. I didn’t intend for it to be that long. I’m sure anybody who looks at this site would get the impression that Genital Hercules no longer exists, but that is only half true!
Let’s see, where to begin…well, first of all, as posted back in 2007, Les left Chicago and the band. We’ll never have another singer like him, I’m sure…however, our classically-trained friend Jason agreed to join in his stead! Jason is an imposing figure with the pipes to match, and so we figured we had it made. Soon we were proven wrong, however, when Eric, our bassist at the time, also decided to move away. All was not lost, though, because he was enterprising enough to find his own replacement, one Mr. David Bachowski, formerly of Buffalo, New York’s Armcannon. He turned out to be perfect for the band and a fine bassist. So again, we figured we had it made…when just a short time later, the one and only Carson McDonald’s decided he no longer had time to drum for us due to school.
And that, everybody, pretty much brings us to where we are today. We have worked briefly with a couple of drummers, but nothing has worked out so far. If you are reading this, and you are a drummer, and you would like to drum for us, please email max at genitalhercules.com. This band has not breathed its last, I promise!
Speaking of which, our long-awaited second album Spring Break ’86 is very nearly complete, and only needs to have the cover art finished to be considered ‘done’. This album is a slight departure for Genital Hercules in some ways, but I think it came out great, and I can’t wait to have it available to people who might want to buy it (come on, I know you’re out there).
Genital Hercules will be playing at Gojangle 1 Lounge (upstairs at 3407 N Clark) on Friday, February 9th. We’re the first of five bands and we go on at 8:30, so make sure to get there early. Cover is a measly $5.
In sadder news, I’m sorry to report that Les (aka The Unalester aka Zeus Ohlhauser) will be leaving Chicago at the beginning of April, and hence will no longer be able to be our singer (barring some special future appearances, perhaps). Les is a totally rad rock and roll dude and he will be missed. He’ll be missed by us, I mean. Sorry, I didn’t want to confuse anybody there.
But hey, buck up–there are some TOTALLY BRAND NEW Genital Hercules recordings up on our Myspace page. We are going to make sure to finish recording the album (well, the vocals, anyway) before Les skips town.