Hungry Ghost

Formed in the summer of 2003, Hungry Ghost is (or was) basically two different songwriters who joined up to rock. One was Jon, who had been honing his metallic guitar style for years with drummer Kevin, and the other was Ryan, who wrote minimalist punk tunes about libertarian philosophy and government corruption. Surprizingly the two styles blended well, with Ryan's three chord punk tunes providing variety amongst Jon's longer metal tunes. Things worked so well that the two guitar players started co-writing, mostly with Ryan providing words and Jon providing music, although there were exceptions. A twin lead guitar style emerged as well, with Ryan and Jon playing harmonies. Ryan's brother Brandon played the bass.
Within 6 months of forming the band started recording an album, which was completed in roughly 3 months. The band was constantly writing and developed a rather devoted following in a very short time, but by May 2005 Ryan decided to call it quits for various reasons and went off to do solo music while the rest of the band morphed into the relatively short lived Carrion Bomb .
In the autumn of 2007 the band played a one-off reunion show with all four original members. Most of the band had fun playing the old songs again and the remaining three members minus Jon are changing the name of the band and carrying on the music as the Tax $laves due to multiple competition for the old band name of Hungry Ghost. If you liked Hungry Ghost, be sure to check out the Tax $laves !

Reviews

Back2Front
Creative Loafing
Hussieskunk
Neufutur
Punktastic
Punk United
Rock Hell Radio

Hear Hungry Ghost on:

Alooga Sinzig Germany
Celtica Radio Bridgend Wales
CFBX Kamloops BC
City Park Radio Launceston Tasmania
CJSF Burnaby BC
Community Television Knoxville TN "Pirate News"
Cygnus Radio
Deadline Live Austin TX
Fevered Brain of Radio Mike Austin TX
Freak Magnet Netherlands
Hussieskunk Reynoldsburg OH
Is On Live Radio Newcastle, NSW Australia
KCFS Sioux Falls SD
KEXP Seattle WA "Sonic Reducer"
KKFI Kansas City KS "A Season Of Our Discontent"
KKUP Cupertino CA "No Pigeonholes"
KRRX Redding CA "Unfamous and Unspun"
LUVeR Berkeley CA
Mohawk Radio Santa Ana CA
Plaat Voor Je Kop Rotterdam, Netherlands
Radio Gets Wild Hunstanton, Norfolk UK
Radio Radio Harstad Norway
Rock Hell Radio Chapel Hill NC
Scrub Radio
Triple U Nowra, NSW Australia
WDNR Chester PA
WMPG Portland ME
WRAS Atlanta GA "I Don't Care"
WSVN Thornton IL
WXRK Cleveland OH "The Classic Metal Show"