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The Government

"Viva El Governmente! Whiskey For All!" -unknown

About Me

If you want to hear tracks from the new Government hip hop project, go to the Corrupt Officials myspace below. They are our first friend, because they are the rebellious child of ours. Without the formation of the Corrupt Officials, the new album would surely have destroyed The Government as it is known. Check out songs from the new Government presentation - The Corrupt Officials, New Blues: Da Cooling Stage.

Please have a listen above and then when your legs are tingling, pick up a copy of "Girth Hammer" - new from The Government! Full length rock goodness to make you walk funny for days!

Features the outstanding talents of Brian Luginbill of Lincoln's Dirtfedd, Junebug Klosterboer of Lincoln's Papers, Dale Brink of Omaha's Jackboot Suicide, and Nomeec Nomendez of The Whisker Biscuit Opera in Austin, TX...

-- -- -- CDBABY LINK for THE GOVERNMENT: Girth Hammer --

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Member Since: 5/12/2005
Band Website: defunct. who needs it?
Band Members: Shaun the Loud - Vocals, Guitars, Triangle

Liam The Diabolical - Guitars

Lightnin' Boy - Bass, Vocals

Matthew (Mello) Ihrig - Drums/Percussion, Vocals

Junebug Klosterboer - Saxophone, Percussion, Acoustic Guitar

Influences: yer mama
Sounds Like: Cannibal Corpse, Blue Oyster Cult, Faith No More, Ween, Shooter Jennings, ZZ Top, Charlie Burton and The Hiccups, Golden Earring, Ozzy Osbourne, Johnny Cash, Peter Gabriel, Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band, Queen, Buddy Guy, Junior Brown, Cradle of Filth, Buddy Holly, Tomahawk, Albert King, Aerosmith, Weezer, etc. - each striking us as a reach. We prefer to say we sound like The Gov't from Nebraska.
Record Label: Compound Recordings
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New Government Album Soon!

Very soon, Mello will begin pre production for drum tracks for a new Govt rock album. Song selection is nearly complete and almost everybody in the band knows about it now... The plan is to depart fro...
Posted by The Government on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 07:14:00 PST

The New Album is in, and here is the first take on it!

-Nebraska CityIt began as a Govt album and spiraled into months of drug abuse and inner band turmoil, emerging as arguably the finest hip hop/drug rock album in the area. The Government presents The C...
Posted by The Government on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 08:50:00 PST

The New Freakin-ass Album

Album name: Girth Hammer Recorded and Produced by The Gov't Mastered by Doug Van Sloun Featuring a lot of sexy fuckers like Brian Luginbill, Junebug Klosterboer, Dale Brink, Josh Anderson, Nomeec Nome...
Posted by The Government on Thu, 16 Feb 2006 02:46:00 PST

Jail Time, Hard Time

Liam the Diabolical is coming within the grasp of the police forces of the bad Gov't, incarceration is now a big issue. His booze-fueled violence feasts are getting him in more trouble than they used ...
Posted by The Government on Sun, 18 Dec 2005 06:31:00 PST

Gub returned

OK we're back playing shows again and getting some real headway on the album. Before we know it we will be calling in our special guests. We have secured an enormous old vacant farmhouse outside of Li...
Posted by The Government on Sat, 01 Oct 2005 04:26:00 PST