Hawnay Troof

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Hawnay Troof
Origin	Oakland, California, U.S.
Genre(s)	Electronic, pop
Years active	1998–present
Label(s)	Retard Disco, Southern Records
Website	www.hawnaytroof.com
Members
Vice Cooler

Hawnay Troof is the electronic pop solo project of Vice Cooler. Since forming in the late nineties the band has built a long list of collaborators including Soft Pink Truth, BARR, Mika Miko, Allison Wolfe, Gravy Train!!!!, and Stereo Total. The debut full length Get Up: Resolution: Love! (Retard Disco, 2003) put the band on a successful worldwide tour including its first shows in Iceland, Australia, and New Zealand.

In 2005 Hawnay Troof released the critically acclaimed Community followed by the Double LP and photobook Dollar and Deed (Retard Disco/ Southern, June 2006). The album was followed by a twenty month world tour playing such places as Egypt, United States, China, and the festival circuit in Europe. The tour ended in November 2007 with a month's worth of dates in Europe with Stereo Total.

He recently finished his new lp which is set for a August/September 2008 release.

[edit] Trivia

Hawnay Troof has been invited to play such countries as Iceland, Egypt, New Zealand and Australia.

Vice Cooler was a guest speaker at the Peaches and John Waters 2005 Christmas show at UCLA.

His 2006- 2007 Rhinestone Suit was made by the L.A. design team Boho.

In 2007 Henry Rollins said on his radio show, Harmony In My Head, that "I have always admired people who are all the way into their work to the point where the separation between the art and the artist disappears. Most never even get close..." when talking about Vice Cooler and Hawnay Troof.