horace pinker world industries

horace pinker began in tempe, arizona in 1991 after guitarist/vocalist scott eastman and drummer bill ramsey had foresworn academia in order to pursue playing punk rock. the two recruited local musicians Horace Pinker 1993

to play in the band and finally cemented the line-up with the addition of texan bryan jones on bass at the beginning of 1992. by that time (after a propitious start to the band--opening for the likes of all, the butthole surfers, fugazi, and oh yeah, green day) horace pinker was beginning to attract a loyal local following.

winter of 1991/92 saw the band leave their home state of arizona for the first time, playing in texas and even playing gilman street with rhythm collision, scherzo, and friends monsula. this was the first of many out-of town trips to come, with the band touring the nation in the summer of 1992 and embarking on the endless tour in 1993. in a jeep cherokee, the band did two huge meandering loops around the u.s. Horace Pinker 1995

and canada over an eight month period, with one member always stuck in the coffin (the small cramped space on top of the equipment in the back). playing close to one hundred shows in addition to finishing their first album, power tools, 1993 established the band as one of the hardest working in the underground scene.

hp made it to europe for the first time in the spring of 1994 with the release of power tools in addition to touring north america yet again (this time in a van), and released a seven inch as well as a split with face to face on rhetoric records. bill decided to leave the band at the end of the year, and was replaced by bassist miguel barron, with bryan switching to the drums. hp made it to the festival circuit in europe in '95, Horace Pinker 1998

playing the dynamo festival in holland prior to a three month european tour. after fat wreck released the "i hate horace pinker" 7" and offtime the hp/doc hopper split, the band worked on new material as they toured north america and europe.

in 1996, one foot records put out burn tempe to the ground, the follow-up to their debut, featuring the new line-up. on the strength of their new release, hp toured the u.s. with agent orange before hitting hawaii, new zealand, and australia. they then played pop komm in germany and co-headlined the innrock festival in austria with the melvins as a prelude to another massive european tour ending in Horace Pinker 1999

norway in november of '96. by then, it was time for a break.

in 1997, with the band headquartered in chicago, hp played...one show with face to face. finally getting their act together, the band set out on a tour of the u.s in 1998 playing with bands such as shyster, at the drive-in, spider virus, welt and dynamite boy and sporting a new two-guitar attack with the addition of matt arluck. taking their time recording new material at sonic iguana with master engineer and producer mass giorgini in the fall of that year, horace Horace Pinker 2000

pinker began to have label problems. pop culture failure found a home on chicago's jump up! records in the new millennium, released shortly after coldfront put out their brand new ep copper regret, with new bassist chris bauermeister (jawbreaker). with the two new releases under their belt, horace pinker embarked on a 10,000 mile tour of canada and the western u.s. with all systems go in the summer of 2000.

recent years have witnessed the rebirth of hp in their best line-up to date, with the addition of don meehleis and greg mytych of chicago’s stereo south. hp headed back to europe after a four year hiatus in 2001 and toured eight countries. the band spent the rest of the year working on material for the follow-up to the critically acclaimed pop culture failure. 2002 saw the band playing festivals such as the groez rock in belgium with bad religion and sick of it all. offtime records subsequently released the cdep red-eyed regular for an all-german tour in 2003. at the end of the year, hp filmed a video with director paul francis Horace Pinker 2005

in hollywood for the track ‘more at home,’ featured on their new full length album texas one ten, to be released in may 2005 on chicago’s thick records.

as the band tries to balance lives, jobs, academia, and punk rock after over ten years on the road, they will embark on their most ambitious tour yet in 2005 of south america, europe and the u.s.