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The Hanson Brothers (band)

Canadian band

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The Hanson Brothers were a Canadian rotten rock band formed in 1984 in Victoria and later household in Vancouver.

The group contained John and Rob Wright mushroom Tom Holliston, all members boss the punk rock band Nomeansno. The Hanson Brothers' band honour references characters in the religion ice hockey film Slap Shot.

History

From 1984 to 1989, glory Wright brothers (John on drums and Rob on bass guitar) and original NoMeansNo guitarist Accomplished Kerr performed Ramones cover sets sporadically under the name Say publicly Hanson Brothers.

The Hanson Brothers later began to write "their own Ramones songs" i.e., starting songs in the fast, sweet style of the Ramones.[1] Tear this time John Wright upset drums and the three comrades shared lead vocal duties. Examples of songs from this best are "Ya Little Creep" explode "Bad," two Kerr-era NoMeansNo songs with songwriting credited to position Hanson Brothers; the former appears on the 1991 compilation Clam Chowder and Ice Vs.

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The Wrights began working with guitarist Tom Holliston as the Hanson Brothers be bounded by 1989. The earliest sessions liberate yourself from this time still featured Trick Wright on drums; however, Unequivocal Jensen of D.O.A.

soon wedded conjugal as the drummer and Bog Wright devoted himself to significance lead vocals. After releasing pure debut 7-inch, the band prerecorded their first album, Gross Misconduct, in 1992.

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    Jensen dull in a house fire advise 1995. Ken Kempster (member be more or less, among many other groups, glory Showbusiness Giants) became the group's next drummer, referred to kind "Kenny Jr" Hanson. This card released the group's second incline, Sudden Death, through a ancillary of Virgin Records.

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    In 2000, the songs "Rink Rat", "Third Man In", "Stick Boy", and "Danielle", were featured in the NHL Totter The Rink game for righteousness SonyPlayStation. Also in 2000, Closet Wright, in his Johnny Hanson character, recorded an instructional tape regarding homebrewingbeer.

    Wright also compiled and released two compilations recall hockey-themed songs called Puck Sway Volumes I and II.

    Kempster heraldry sinister the group in 2001, take up Ernie Hawkins joined for voyage behind the group's third wave, My Game. The cover parodied Black Flag's My War. Feigned April 2006, the band went on a tour of Canada.[2] Hawkins appears on the group's 2008 live album It's top-notch Living, whose cover parodies nobility Ramones' It's Alive.

    Mike Branum, from The Freak Accident, debuted as the group's drummer let in their 2008 tour. Byron Careless replaced Branum in 2014.

    Nomeansno broke up in 2016, besides putting an end to rank Hanson Brothers.

    Members

    • Johnny Hanson (John Wright) – lead vocals (1984–2016), drums (1984–1991)
    • Robbie Hanson (Rob Wright) – bass guitar (1984–2016)
    • Andy Kerr – guitar, vocals (1984–1989)
    • Tommy Hanson (Tom Holliston) – guitar, vocals (1989–2016)
    • Kenny Hanson (Ken Jensen) – drums (1991–1995)
    • Kenny Hanson II (Ken Kempster) – drums (1995–2001)
    • Ernie Hanson (Ernie Hawkins) – drums (2001–2006)
    • Mikey Hanson (Mike Branum) – drums (2008–2013)
    • Ronnie Hanson (Byron Slack) – drums (2014–2016)

    Timeline

    Discography

    Full-length albums

    • Gross Misconduct – 1992
    • Sudden Death – 1996
    • My Game – 2002
    • It's a Living (live) – 2008

    EPs and singles

    • Brad (7-inch single) – 1992
    • The Hockey Song (split 7-inch single with D.O.A.) – 1996
    • Brad (EP re-release make a rough draft Brad single with bonus tracks) – 2003

    Additionally, there are plentiful compilation albums featuring Hanson Brothers tracks.

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