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Houston McCoy

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About Me


Its not just in your head anymore. Someone has finally tapped into the often-silent wail that fills the hearts of wistful rockers shredding on air guitars and pounding out the syncopations of their daydreams in messy bedrooms around the globe.
Skidding along the jagged ledge between King Crimson, Trans Am and AC/DC, Houston McCoy navigates through a world where guitar solos are sanctified and the future of music is loud and combative. This instrumental quartet shirks the stigma attached to music without vocals. They balance heavy grooves with technical dissonance. They communicate the untellable with rock and roll thats both pure and complex.
And they do it with a smile.
HM came together in the summer of 2001, with members hailing from NY, NJ, and PA. Theyve since shared the stage with The Locust, Rye Coalition, Against Me!, Don Caballero, Vietnam, The National and 90 Day Men and many more.
In 2003, they retreated to Chumbuckets Recording Studio to lay down nine tracks of instrumental madness with engineer Brian Buccellato (Risk Relay). The result is their self-titled 2004 release, a record marked by hyperactive changes, anthemic guitar solos and the pretension-free rock you used to dream about before you got so jaded. In 2006 they once again appeared with the epic 7" The Pegasus.
Now is the time for Houston McCoy to blindside the masses with their upbeat brand of instrumental noise pop. Feel free to let it be the soundtrack to all your latest triumphs.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/24/2004
Band Website: houstonmccoy.com
Band Members: Pete D'Angelo, Mike McGovern, ?????????
Influences: Trans Am, AC/DC, Neil Young, King Crimson, Noise, Quiet
Sounds Like:

The Pegasus
7" EJRC025
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S/T
CD EJRC012
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Record Label: Ernest Jenning Record Co.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

OOF!

so...um...does anybody know how to play the drums?
Posted by Houston McCoy on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 10:45:00 PST

New Holiday Song Posted!!!

as promised, we wrote a scary tune of holiday glee last night and it is now up for your listening pleasure.christmas time is cominglead vocals by the nerd.
Posted by Houston McCoy on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:30:00 PST

slow and steady leaves you waiting

so when we said we wrote a new album we were getting a little ahead of ourselves...turns out we wrote about half of an album and some other songs that we have forgotten / have gotten a few rewrites an...
Posted by Houston McCoy on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 01:43:00 PST

taste the magic

hey folkswere playing our first nyc show this year tomorrow night at Lit Lounge.in our months of hibernation we've slimmed to a trio, written an entire new album, and will be playing almost all new ma...
Posted by Houston McCoy on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 08:44:00 PST

noise lasers

check em. new song. this is a recording of it being written and played for the first time.
Posted by Houston McCoy on Mon, 21 May 2007 11:04:00 PST

Mayday (5.16.07 HM Quarterly Update)

someone told us recently that they didn't know we were still a band... hibernation has its downsides I suppose, but it's all for the greater good my friends. album #2 is moving along at mccoy speed. f...
Posted by Houston McCoy on Wed, 16 May 2007 08:49:00 PST

updates for the end of the 06

been a little while since the McCoy has taken it to the streets.we've slimmed to a trio, married off another one, moved to a new practice compound, and upped the level of freakout an easy 60%.2007 sho...
Posted by Houston McCoy on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 10:53:00 PST

Some More Stuff

Here is what's coming up   6/22- Houston McCoy shares the stage at Maxwells with No Pasaran!. These guys will be throwing down for the release of their first full length album. We will also be ce...
Posted by Houston McCoy on Tue, 06 Jun 2006 09:23:00 PST

Some Stuff

Here is what happened over the past month or so.   Houston McCoy went into the studio with Mike Moebius at his Moonlight Mile Studio in Hoboken, NJ. They recorded three songs. All jems. Those thr...
Posted by Houston McCoy on Tue, 16 May 2006 11:02:00 PST

Rockin' The 58

This past weekend found the brothers McCoy playing their home turf for the first time in a while. The 58 Gallery is an art space in downtown Jersey City. While it has been open for a while, it wasn't ...
Posted by Houston McCoy on Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:31:00 PST