There are several musicians by this name, but most notably: * Guitarist for industrial rockers KMFDM and Pig, as well as live guitarist for 16Volt. * Drummer of the British white soul boys The Style Council (and occasional fill in drummer for Oasis when the regular drummer, his brother Alan, was unavailable) *An antifolk singer/songwriter from London, England.
What follows is a year by year outline of the history of the band - it goes on a bit, but quite a lot went on! There are many more tales to tell over and above this summary of events, and many people who really deserve a mention - there were five of us in the band but we could never have achieved half of what we did without so many fantastic friends and associates, and corny though it is, without all the thousands of fans who, let's face it, were the reason we were able to avoid getting grown up jobs for so long :) We intend to add some links and more content to this section in future...
Heavy Trash is an American band based in New York City formed by Jon Spencer of The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and Matt Verta-Ray, formerly of New York bands Madder Rose and Speedball Baby. The band's music draws from an eclectic mix of genres, including Americana, blues, alternative rock, rockabilly, and punk.
They are currently signed to YepRoc records, having released three albums. Their 2005's Heavy Trash.
Martin Harley is a contemporary singer/songwriter, extraordinary guitarist, and front man for the Martin Harley Band. Formed in 2003 after the release of Martin’s first solo album, the MHB have gone from strength to strength over the last five years, and almost all of it on their own. Martin Harley is one of those people who were born for life on the road, and in his early twenties, disenchanted with suburban life in the UK, Martin went looking for adventure and music armed with a little money and an acoustic guitar.
"One-man band Konrad Wert grew up in a Mennonite family, raised by preacher father and a piano player mother, which accounts for both the baptized-in-fire-soul and musical versatility heard in his gritty Old World music. Wert's mix of blues and vintage folk howls with a sense of explosive freedom and latent rage-not unlike an Amish kid emerging from the wilderness to discover America -that instills his simple guitar/fiddle/stomp-box arrangements with unusual passion.
The son of Palestinian and Filipino immigrants (and the first American in his family), Hanni El Khatib grew up in San Francisco and was obsessed with classic Americana and pop culture of the 1950s and 60s. Influenced by pioneers of early Rock and R&B, the multi-instrumentalist serves as singer, songwriter & producer for his one-man band (live he is joined by drummer Nicky Fleming-Yaryan) mixing a unique sound of ‘50/’60s blues, soul, garage rock & doo whop. Or in Hanni’s words “these songs were written for anyone who’s ever been shot or hit by a train.
