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Thee Minks

About Me


Thee Minks are a garage punk trio out of Philadelphia consisting of band members Hope Diamond on guitar and vocals, Liz Lixx (ex-Durty Vicars, ex-Famous in Vegas, ex-Fuck Bomb) on bass and vocals and Plaything (ex-Dead Susan, ex-Stuntmen, ex-Full Blown Cherry, ex-Mondo Topless) on drums.
Formed in 2001, Thee Minks’ have been steaming up bar windows along the East Coast with their infectious Ronettes-meets-the-Ramones-by-way-of-Radio-Birdman stomp. Since bursting out of the garage and onto the stage, they have snapped up prime slots playing alongside Dick Dale , The Romantics , The Shadows of Knight , the dirtbombs , Shonen Knife , The Woggles , Nikki and the Corvettes , The Downbeat 5 , Muck and The Mires and Yeah Yeah Yeah's .
In November of 2003 Thee Minks unleashed their 4 song debut 7", Songs About Boys, on Steel Cage Records (now in it's third pressing!) on an unsuspecting world, resulting in some much deserved attention and adoration from garage rock radio and press, locally and globally. They then recorded their much anticipated "sophomore" record, Are You Ready Now? (also on Steel Cage ). They represented the U.S. with two previously unreleased raucous rockers on the Hellbound Honeys compilation on Australia’s Off The Hip Records , and two live raw bashers recorded at the Asbury Lanes bowling alley are featured on the Garage Mayhem compilation cd on Head Shop Records . Additional rock candy is found on the Gotham Garage compilation cd on Enoch Records and the Get Out Of Philly compilation cd.
"(I Wanna Do) A Woggle," off of the cd Are You Ready Now? is also getting regular play on Sirius Satellite Radio's Underground Garage--check it out!
Currently, Thee Minks recorded and mixed two new songs at 1935 studios and two new songs at Third Story Recording for their upcoming cd on Steel Cage Records. Check out pics from both studios on the pictures page!
They have also recorded two MORE songs at Dan McKinney's Dan's House Studio .
Stay tuned for future information!!!!!!!!
Drink, Rock, Feel Dizzy/ Drink, Rock, Fall Down/ Drink, Rock, Get Naked/ Drink, Rock, SPANK PLAYTHING/ Drink, Rock, Drink.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 06/02/2007
Band Website: www.theeminks.com
Band Members: Hope Diamond (guitar and vox); Liz Lixx (bass and vox); Plaything (beat drums)
Influences: HOPE DIAMOND:NY Dolls, MC5, Ramones, Stooges, Patti Smith, just about all things Australian from '77-'91, Aretha, Billy Holiday, Only Ones, 60's psych, garage, Motown, SF psychedelia, Hawkwind, Detriot Detriot Detriot!

LIZ LIXX: all things punk and snotty, The Sonics, Dead Boys, Ramones, Sex Pistols, early Pretty Things, The Troggs, anger and PBR.

PLAYTHING: Loundness, The Electric Mayhem,,Burl Ives, Rabbi Krustofski, Paul Anka, The North Mississippi Klezmer Allstars, The Gypsy Kings, and that guy who did the I Like Big Butts song.
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Record Label: Steel Cage Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New Minks website!!!!

The Fabulous Leslie G. has completely redesigned our website--check it out!!!! www.theeminks.com
Posted by on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 05:48:00 GMT

Thee Minks "First Time" featured on Assercize podcast

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At3-QwEHq-I
Posted by on Mon, 19 May 2008 09:07:00 GMT

The Plaything Mouths Off!!!!!

10 Things The Pt Thinks The Pt Thinks   (Hair Metal Edition  dedicated to Ms. Camille Escobedo)   1) Loudness will always be the best band there ever was.  The rest of us douche...
Posted by on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:09:00 GMT

Plaything has a birthday!!!!!!!!

H'yup, its that time of year, when the Plaything sadly turns one year older, loses more brain cells, gets saggy around the sideburns and loses his appetite (NOT his sexual appetite, ladies!).&nbs...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:26:00 GMT

Read This Dammit!

Thee Minks are busy sweatin and rawkin and drinkin for YOU, writing new songs for the next cd on Steel Cage Records.  Check us out with the Filthy 42's and  Labor Party (Phoenix, Arizon...
Posted by on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:16:00 GMT