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About Me

HERE THEY ARE! NEW TRACKS! "Boskie" and "Sad Universe" are old songs, but they are also the new tracks. Enjoy them!HongKongathon was born in the bosom of the Wing household in Park Slope, Brooklyn, in the year 2001. Eli Wing, Sam Brodsky and Ian Olasov were and remain to be the original members of the group. In the summer of '01, the three gentlemen contacted a dear old friend of Eli's, Adam Bernstein, and asked him to play bass. He did. HonKongathon's first show was in a parking lot in Queens . . . about 30 people, most of which were their friends, were in attendance. Now, roughly 5 years later, HongKongathon has gone through many changes. They've changed bassists four times over (Adam Bernstein, Jon Koza, Matthew Namer and then Alex Wing) and have changed lead singers as well (Sam and Eli, Jenny Hartman, Matthew Namer, Laura O'Reily, back to Matt, and finally Kim Anderson). In addition, HongKongathon has gone on to play such places like the Knitting Factory, CBGB's, North Six, The Lucky Cat, Rare, L'amour and many others. Truly, HongKongathon is a good band . . . truly . . .

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Member Since: 1/22/2006
Band Website: not yet
Band Members: Kim Anderson: lead vocals/keys, Sam Broadsky: guitar/vocals, Ian Olasov: recorder/guitar/vocals, Alex Wing: bass/vocals, Eli Wing: drums/vocals,
Influences: Pixies, Lightning Bolt, Maracatu de Baque Virado, Talking Heads, Morbid Angel, Ace of Base, Art Blakey, Andre 3000, Yes, Ween, Tower of Power, Animal Collective, Bad Brains, Beck, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Led Zepplin, Bach, Portishead, Prince, Roy Haynes, The Residents, Macho Man Randy Savage. Sonic Youth, Ornette Coleman, Converge, Melt-Banana, Stereolab, Streetlight Shaman, Elvin Jones, Philly Jo Jones, Television, That Dog, They Might Be Giants, The Books, Brian Eno, David Byrne, Freedy Johnston, The Fugees, Cascabulho, Charles Mingus, Mozart, Charlie Parker, Chico Science, Chuck Berry, Frank Black, Cibo Matto, Bjork, Cindy Lauper, Daft Punk, Doobie Brothers, Dr. Octagon, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Elastica, Eminem, Freddie Hubbard, The Everly Brothers, Faith No More, Fat Lip, Fela Kuti, Foo Fighters, Gang of Four, Beethoven, Outkast, Geroge Gershwin, Guided by Voices, Gwar, Hella, Micheal Jackson, James Brown, Joe Henderson, Joni Mitchell, King Crimson, The Klezmatics, Kraftwerk, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Ministry, Morphine, Mr. Bungle, Native Black, Neil Young, Nirvana, ODB, Oliver Nelson, Os Mutantes, Pharoh Sanders, Milford Graves, Tony Williams, Tom Waits, Thelonious Monk . . . FEELINGS . . .
Sounds Like: Hobo-Rock
Type of Label: None