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About Me

With its member's cultural roots anchored in the rustbelt traditions of cold gray skies, unemployment, and a collective sense of loss, PARSLEY FLAKES' dance-able sound may come off as a stark contrast to their surroundings. Peel back their songs, however, and they reveal heartfelt lyrics reflective of their deadened cultural environment.

PARSLEY FLAKES is a three-piece synth punk band based in Chicago, whose music has been likened to bands such as DEVO, CRASS, and the B-52s. Formed in 2005, PARSLEY FLAKES has spent time doing things as DIY as you can get: touring basements across the US in small automobiles, changing thrift-store shirts into merchandise, and self-recording any and every song they've ever played. Fun yet subversive, this band is like going to a party with the pissed off kids next door.

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Member Since: 23/09/2005
Band Website: hewhocorruptsinc.com
Band Members: Papa Parsley (jeff), Foo Foo Flake (maria), and the Other Guy (josh)
Influences: People trying to make life better
Sounds Like: "Chicago's answer to Brooklyn, Hollywood, Rio, London, Paris and Tokyo."
-Brent Hastings, International Geographic
"This band is so happening right now, right fucking now"
-Kent Sabre, Metromicks
"A really great influence on our children"
-Lynn Goodwin, Family Times
"A complex infusion of flavors and styles. Really well knit, made of compact and firm fiber."
-Lady McJonestein, Ladies Homes' Homes
"Covered in cat hair"
-Muffins, Cat Fancy

THE HEWHOCORRUPTS INC.ROSTER
7000 Dying Rats - 97-shiki - Harpoon
Hewhocorrupts - Locrian - (Lone) Wolf & Cub - Parsley Flakes
Plague Bringer - Rager - Tusk

Record Label: Hewhocorrupts Inc.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Chicago Reader review of Dead Living

Chicago ReaderSeptember 11, 2008By Miles RaymerPARSLEY FLAKES"Dead Living" b/w "Spittin' Blood"(Hewhocorrupts, Inc.)The new Parsley Flakes single is going for five bucks on the Hewhocorrupts site, whi...
Posted by on Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:33:00 GMT

Papa Parsleys Tour Journal Part 5: The West Coast and Back Home

Papa Parsley's Tour Journal - We Need Friends Tour 2007Los Angeles, CA September 28th 2007After a solid rest in Phoenix we haul it west through the desert and finally arrive on the west coast, after...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:26:00 GMT

Papa Parsleys Tour Journal Part 4: The Southwest

Papa Parsley's Tour Journal - We Need Friends Tour 2007Houston, TX September 23rd 2007After picking up a new amp for Josh to blast his beats through, we head off, slightly late, on our way to Housto...
Posted by on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:30:00 GMT

Papa Parsleys Tour Journal Part 3: The South

Parsley Flakes We Need Friends Tour 2007 Papa Parsley's Journal Greenville, NC - September 17th & 18th 2007After our show in Brooklyn, we pack up the wagon and head straight away on our super l...
Posted by on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:38:00 GMT

Papa Parsleys Tour Journal: Part 2 The East Coast

Parsley Flakes We Need Friends Tour 2007 Papa Parsley's JournalMorgantown, WV September 12th 2007We have the night off so we decide to make up some miles between Athens, OH and Philly by headi...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:58:00 GMT

Papa Parsleys Tour Journal: Part 1 Chicago through Ohio

Parsley Flakes We Need Friends Tour 2007 Papa Parsley's JournalThis journal is the personal undertaking of Papa Parsley a.k.a. Jeff T. All thoughts and views expressed in this tour journal do no...
Posted by on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:30:00 GMT