Horace Pinker

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This article is about the American punk rock band; for the fictional character see Shocker (film).

Horace Pinker is an American punk rock band formed in 1991 in Tempe, Arizona and currently based in Chicago, Illinois. They play an energetic, melodic form of pop-punk, filled with catchy hooks and political lyrics, and are staunch supporters of independent music. According to the band's official website[1], they have played over 700 shows in 18 countries, having performed with Fugazi, Butthole Surfers, Green Day, Agent Orange, The Melvins, Face to Face, Bad Religion, and Sick Of It All.

Currently, the band plans to release a "best of" record, preliminarily titled Forty Seven Vol.II, in Spring 2007 on Brazil's Enemy One Records, with a tour to follow[2].

1 Line up
2 Discography
3 Television
4 External links

[edit] Line up

Current Members
- Greg Mytych - bass, vocals
- Bryan Jones - drums (founding member)
- Scott Eastman - guitar, vocals (founding member)
- Don Meehleis - guitar, vocals
Former Members
- Bill Ramsey - drums (founding member)
- Miguel Barron - bass
- Matt Arluck - guitar
- Chris Bauermeister - bass (ex-Jawbreaker)
- Jesse Everhart - guitar
- Jonathan Richardson - guitar/bass (Early Day Miners)
- Gregg Dessen - bass

[edit] Discography

Full-lengths & EPs
- Powertools (1994, Earwax)
- Burn Tempe to the Ground (1996, Onefoot)
- Copper Regret (2000, Coldfront)
- Pop Culture Failure (2000, Jump Up!)
- Red-Eyed Regular (2003, Offtime)
- Texas One Ten (2005, Thick)
Seven-inches
- Big Ugly (1991, Earwax)
- Forty-Seven (1992, Earwax)
- Knives, Guns, & Ammo (1993, Rhetoric)
- Disposable comp (1994, Social Retard)
- Face to Face / Horace Pinker split (1994, Rhetoric)
- DIY Polemic Machine (1995, Blurr)
- Selling Out the Scene (1995, Evade)
- Horace Pinker / Doc Hopper split (1995, Offtime)
- I Hate Horace Pinker (1995, Fat Wreck Chords)
- 80's Punk comp (1995, Suburban Zine)
- Live in New Zealand (1996, only 7 pressed)
- Horace Pinker Live (1997, V.M.L.)
Numerous Compilations

[edit] Television

Horace Pinker songs were used in the following television programs[3]:

Orleans, CBS, 1997, song Switch from Powertools
Party Of Five, FOX, 1997, song 67 Cents from Powertools
Homicide: Life on the Street, NBC, 1998, song First Everything from Powertools