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Hired Goons

About Me

From the shores of Springfield, past the Grand Chasm and like a Canyonero zipping through Route 401, we are HIRED GOONS.
Gabba Gabba D'OH!
Meet Monty, Homer, Otto, and Kodos - joined together to celebrate their favorite band, while writing new songs about what goes on in their little town. Currently these fantastic foursome are playing shows around the Chicagoland area.

EVERYTHING'S COMING UP MILHOUSE

Our debut album is available NOW! You can pick it up at these fine locations:
G-Mart Comics in Logan Square, Chicago
Laurie's Planet Of Sound in Lincoln Square, Chicago
Chicago Comics in Lakeview, Chicago
Reckless Records (Lakeview & Wicker Park locations, Chicago)
Too Many Comics in Glendale Heights
OR buy it directly from us for $12 with shipping & handling!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 27/08/2006
Band Website: www.gabbagabbadoh.com
Band Members: Monty - singing
Otto - guitar
Homer - bass
Kodos - drums
Dr. Hillbilly - roadie

Influences: The Ramones
Sounds Like: The Ramones
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

New Goons demo EP/single

We're going to be posting some MP3s for you to download and share pretty soon. That's right, I want you to download these songs and give them to your friends. Not from our album, of course; your frien...
Posted by on Fri, 22 May 2009 22:04:00 GMT

Hired Goons - FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!

3/4ths of Hired Goons will be at G-Mart Comics in Chicago on Saturday, May 2nd, performing a free show for the Free Comic Book Day celebration!G-Mart Comics is at2641 N. KedzieChicago, IL, 60640(right...
Posted by on Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:13:00 GMT

For those who missed our radio appearance this week.

Hired Goons on WLUW - Cooper St. James showThanks to Cooper St. James for the awesome interview opportunity!-Homer
Posted by on Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:40:00 GMT

Hired Goons on WLUW on Monday, April 13th

Tune in to the Cooper St. James show on WLUW, 88.7FM, on Monday, April 13th at 10am to hear an interview with us, HIRED GOONS! More info about Cooper St. James on his website, cooperstjames.com. DO IT...
Posted by on Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:19:00 GMT

Show recaps. More shows in March...will announce soon.

I don't have any video yet but maybe in the next couple of weeks we'll have some up of our two recent shows. First up, thanks to everyone who packed the house at Murphy's Bleachers. That was a great t...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:15:00 GMT

Some video...now. New songs!

Please check them out! IRON MAN (the movie, not the Sabbath song) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGne8zoexJE THE TRUTH ABOUT CARL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkRG33TmDJY BYOBB http://www....
Posted by on Sat, 10 Jan 2009 07:23:00 GMT

Next shows...12/31 and 1/30

Here's the Hired Goons schedule:12/31/08 - Hired Goons at Silvie's on Irving Park just east of Damen. Right by the Irving Park brown line stop. It'll be our TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY, aside from of course ...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:17:00 GMT

Some video soon.

We taped Saturday's show and I'll be going through that soon so as to add (or never show!) some of the BRAND NEW SONGS we rocked out at Fantasy Lounge. And THEN hopefully soon we'll be getting a dvd o...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:48:00 GMT

Hired Goons on PANDORA

For all you Pandora users out there, get on your station(s) and add Hired Goons. Our album "Everything's Coming Up Milhouse" is now part of their streamed catalog, so add us and rock out at work or wh...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:11:00 GMT

The next show - December 13th

What up, our Hired Goonies?Our next show is Saturday, December 13th. We'll be opening for Four Letter Words at Fantasy Lounge in the NW side of Chicago, 4400 N. Elston to be exact.For those of you tak...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:36:00 GMT