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About Me

Yep, that's right peeples, for those of y'all who don't know, I'll soon be embarking on a national tour....
....by BICYCLE. I AM NOT KIDDING.
It's just gonna be me, a bicycle, a bike trailer, a tent, a couple days changes of clothing, a guitar, a teeny little amp, and as many CD's and t-shirts as I can stuff in the trailer.
And, um, lots of water, peanut-butter sandwiches, and bananas.
Contrary to what my profile picture my imply, my bicycle is NOT a hobby-horse....though that'd be pretty cool if it was....
As many have pointed out to me, going on a national rock'n'roll tour by bicycle is a very insane thing to do.
But it's not NEARLY as insane as going on a national tour by car or van, and expecting to be able to afford to pay for gas, especially if you just happen to be one of those unlucky musicians who makes less money than Justin Timberlake.
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Alright, let's get some blatant crass commercialism out of the way....
BUY MY FRIGGIN' ALBUM!!!! RIGHT NOW!!!!!!
at....
CDBaby!!!!
or....
CDStreet!!!!
Whew....alright, now that that's out of the way....
My AIM is Boikybaby. I will talk to anybody, even total psychos. ESPECIALLY total psychos.
I am madly in love and madly in hate with the whole damn world, from the bottom of my heart.
I play mostly solo shows, with just me and my guitar, but it ain't exactly the kinda music you'd expect to hear a solo singer-songwriter-guitarist dude play. It's pretty hard-rockin' stuff, actually....I've heard some people say that I'm one guy with the power of an army of rock'n'roll bands. And, I don't mean to be conceited, but who am I to argue with a nice compliment like that?
Basically my act combines punk, old-time rock n' roll, folk, soul, and cock-rock....with some performance art, spoken-word, standup comedy and pornography thrown in just for the hell of it. Um, I guess you kinda have to hear it to understand what I'm talking about....
For more info, check out the full-length (soon to be updated) bio on http://www.burkerocks.com. But I gotta warn ya: it ain't a pretty story.
You can also hear more songs at:
http://www.burkerocks.com
For booking contact Burke at this profile, or at [email protected], or at AIM Boikybaby, or at 415-377-1860.
"Witchcraft" live at Zen Sushi, Los Angeles, 03-25-07
"Toadstool", live at Zen Sushi, Los Angeles, 03-25-07
This drawing is by Taylor.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/18/2004
Band Website: burkerocks.com
Band Members:
Burke Hilburn, vocals and guitar
With, on the recordings:
Bret Hagen, guitar
Brooke Michael, bass
Wild Billy, drums
Eric Mendelson, drums
Kent Brown, guitar, bass, drums
Influences: Bob Dylan, Napalm Death, Nirvana, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Elvis Presley, Captain Beefheart, Guns 'N' Roses, Sex Pistols, Husker Du, Avril Lavigne, Parliament, Funkadelic, Buddy Holly, U2, Minor Threat, Black Flag, Outkast, Tori Amos, Aerosmith, Mos Def, Wu-Tang Clan, Hole, Jimi Hendrix, the Replacements, Prince, the Velvet Underground, Andrew WK, Rainer Maria, Drive By Truckers, PJ Harvey, Carina Round, Bruce Springsteen, The Mars Volta, At the Drive-In, Butthole Surfers, Beatles, Rolling Stones, Jeff Buckley, Ramones, Patti Smith, Televison, New York Dolls, Sonic Youth, Al Green, Led Zeppelin, James Brown, Beavis and Butthead, Jerry Seinfeld, Cosmo Kramer, George Costanza, Elaine Benes, Charles Bukowski, Phillip K. Dick, Jim Thompson, Henry Miller, Stephen King, Hunter S. Thompson, William S. Burroughs, John Constantine, Jesse Custer, Spider Jerusalem, Spider-Man, Philip Marlowe, Indiana Jones, Dave Chappelle, Snoop Dogg, 2Pac, Dr. Dre, Eric B and Rakim, Ani DiFranco, Robert Johnson, Martin Scorcese, Robert DeNiro, Jack Nicholson, Your Butt, Your Mom
Sounds Like: "A cross between Prince, Elvis Presley, and Nirvana"---Wild Billy, singer-guitarist for the Wussies. "A death-match between AC-DC and Belle and Sebastian"---Jennifer Kelly, music writer for splendidezine.com. "Jack Black meets Lenny Bruce meets Fuck You"---Remy DeLamora, singer-guitarist for the Remy DeLamora Band.
Record Label: Debut on Uncle Thrills; seeking new label for next
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

I love you too much....

Um, I don't really have anything interesting to say right now....just wanted to say hi....cuz it's been forever since I've posted a blog....not only that, it's been forever since I've even replied to ...
Posted by Burke on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:15:00 PST

Damn near got my ass killed yesterday....

&.not that almost getting killed is anything, um, particularly new and exciting for me&.but, the way that it happened kinda was. Around 5pm, I was riding my bicycle in Hollywood, down M...
Posted by Burke on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:25:00 PST

Freudian brain-farts

1 So, my homeboy------oh, sweet! "Homeboy" is now a real word, according to Microsoft Word's automatic spellcheck!--- ---but, ironically, according to Microsoft Word's automat...
Posted by Burke on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:04:00 PST

Greetings from Limbo

So, the bicycle tour is over, at least until the winter's over&. &.and I'm now in Los Angeles. But oddly enough, even though the bicycle tour is almost over, I've still got a couple of far...
Posted by Burke on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 11:36:00 PST

torches are burning outside

Torches are burning outside. They have come to burn someone, but I don't think it's me. I stand next to the window, I look outside and I see that every single torch has one eye peeki...
Posted by Burke on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 11:32:00 PST

Greatly Stupid Expectations, Part 2 of 2

HOPES THAT I HAD SIX MONTHS AGO FOR THIS BLOG, VERSUS REALITY:HOPE: I would update this blog EVERY SINGLE DAY, telling a continuous, riveting, chronological story of my crazy adventures on a bicycle....
Posted by Burke on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:47:00 PST

Great (and Stupid) Expectations

(My current location: my aunt's house in Gig Harbor, Washington, which is about ten miles from Tacoma and about 45 miles from Seattle.)Like I said, I started this bicycle tour thingamabobber about si...
Posted by Burke on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:44:00 PST

Just when you thought it was safe to go to the bathroom....

A couple weeks ago I was taking a crap in the bathroom at a bar in Sandpoint, Idaho.I saw this graffiti on the stall wall that said:"911 IS AN INSIDE JOKE."I thought, oh, damn, that's kinda clever, it...
Posted by Burke on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 04:21:00 PST

Let the midnight special drop its big-ass two-hundred pound light on me....

Sorry it took me forever to follow up on my rather ominous last blog. I sure do appreciate all of y'all who wrote comments and messaged me to make sure that I was doing okay and to offer help if need...
Posted by Burke on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:59:00 PST

Uh oh....

....I think I may have finally shot myself in the foot on this tour....shot myself real good. Which is kinda weird, because I can't aim a gun worth shit. I SUCK at marksmanship. When I was in Army ...
Posted by Burke on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 06:14:00 PST