Hunger (band)

Hunger! (or Hunger)

Album cover for the album "Strictly From Hunger!" released in 1968.
Background information
Origin Portland, Oregon, United States
Genres Psychedelic rock, garage rock
Years active 1967 - 1969
Labels Public!
Website www.facebook.com/groups/1634579373458316
Past members Mike Lane
Bill Daffern
Steve Hansen
Tom Tanory
John Morton
Mike Parkinson
Ed King
Gene Gunnels

Hunger! (the name sometimes given as just Hunger) was a band in the psychedelic rock music scene that flourished on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles in the 1960s.

The band formed in Portland, Oregon, and later moved to Los Angeles, where they gained a following after opening for groups such as The Doors. They released one album, Strictly from Hunger!, in 1968 (reworked and reissued in 1969) and broke up soon after.

Career

Hunger!, originally from Portland, Oregon and known as the Outcasts, toured regionally and had acquired a following. Their local success culminated with the group winning a local battle of the bands contest, the first prize being a contract to record an album in Los Angeles.

The recording contract never materialized, but the band decided to try to make it in the Los Angeles music scene. Thy found a manager, changed their name to Hunger! and were soon playing in various Los Angeles venues including the Whisky a go-go (where they eventually became the house band), the Cheetah, and the Kaleidoscope, as well as lesser known venues such as the Blue Law, playing with and meeting other up and coming bands such as Hour Glass (which soon become the Allman Brothers Band), Steppenwolf, Procol Harum, all the while developing their sound and writing original material. As in Portland, Hunger! developed a following and were being favorably compared to bands such as The Doors in the Los Angeles music press.

They recorded their album Strictly From Hunger!, which was released in Europe in 1968[1] and gained radio play and sales. They were offered a national contract with Atlantic Records but the band, which had already been on the verge of breaking up, dissolved under the added pressures. A reworked version of the album, featuring Strawberry Alarm Clock and Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Ed King, was released in 1969.[2][3]

Today Hunger! and the album Strictly From Hunger maintain a cult status in psychedelic circles having been covered by bands such as The Treblemakers and The Glass Keys.

Founding member John Morton’s memoir Strictly From Hunger: A Rock and Roll Memoir is scheduled to be published in late 2017 or early 2018,[4] and a remastered Strictly From Hunger! is expected as well.

Discography

Albums

Both albums were reissued as The Lost Album, a 2-LP package (Akarma 045/2) in 1999

Singles

References

  1. ↑ Unterberger, Richie. Hunger at AllMusic. Retrieved February 2011.
  2. ↑ "Ed King (2)". Discogs. Retrieved February 2, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Hunger (60s)". Pandora. Retrieved February 2, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Strictly From Hunger Press Release". The Doors Examiner. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
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