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By Hook or Crook[is playing a show in Austin]

recording new and old material starting next week.

About Me

I'm not sure who came up with that whole "three chords and the truth" thing, but I feel it's pretty fitting for By Hook or Crook. Everything is fairly simple. If you like simple, honest, country tinged songs that can make your heart hurt or your foot tap, this is a band you'll probably like. There's no bullshit involved. We don't do it for money, but money's nice. We really don't want to play for three hours at some dive bar. We like playing to rooms full of no one but our friends as much as rooms full of new people. We've been doing this band since Fall of '06 and we still like it. when we don't, we wont do it anymore. Come have a beer with us and shoot the shit.
We've had the extreme pleasure to share the stage with many fantastic people, including: Cory Branan (TN), Two Cow Garage (OH), Harvey Knuckles (CO), Harley Poe (IN), John Brown and the Cougars, Telephone & Telegraph (CA), Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, The Allens (TX), Lucero (TN), Sounding the Silence, American Princes (AR), Chase Pagan (AR), Suicide Doors, The Springs, Las Cruces, Ben miller band, Horsemen, The Itch, Brutally Frank, Matthew Long, Beyond Gods & Empires (TX), The Modern Primitives, Guerilla Wrench, The Joplin Synod Blues Revival, The Ripcord Envy, Lafayette (CA), Nathaniel Mehrens (TN), The Wilcot, Chords for Wallkill, Hotbox, Zombie Bazooka Patrol (TN), Lynnwood and many more.
Right now we're booking shows so book a show with us!
booking info : [email protected]
our purevolume site is here
The Artwork of Jessica LeMaster is on some of our stuff.---click here
What people are saying about BHOC:
"It didn't suck that bad." -John Boling
"Your music's good but your souls in trouble." -Nathan Chambers
"Your mouth's a lot more clean when you're sober."-Mrs. Marley Pugh
"...Really good songwriting..." Two Cow Garage
"Is it supposed to make me wanna kill myself?" Chris from Beyond Gods & Empires

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/2/2006
Band Website: yer lookin at it.
Band Members:
Keatoncrook - vocals/guitar/sexy
Nathancrook - vocals/guitar/mandolin/banjo/squeezebox/harmonica
Gregcrook - Steel Guitar
Bradycrook - Keys
Melvincrook - percussion
Timmycrook - Bass

former members/ honorary members:
shovelcrook
chubacrook - original drummer
annapauschercrook - viola
rayberrycrook - original bass player
ZFAcrook
alexiscrook
jasoncrook - low-end specialist
englishcrook
Derrickcrook - talking/bass

Friends and people we proudly stand behind:
Super Rat Machine Shop, KC
Blackthorn Pizza & Pub

more to come....
Influences: alchohol, girls, smoke, John R. Cash, William Elliot Whitmore, Cory Branan, Lucero, Osker, The Get Up Kids, Fugazi, this bike is a pipe bomb, Against Me!, Chris Thile, the Long Winters, Rocky Votolato, Nickel Creek, Uncle Tupelo, Old 97's, The Itch, Hot water music, velocity girl, the promise ring, murder by death.
Sounds Like:
Type of Label: None

My Blog

BHOC invades Texas (the homeland)

we kind of tried to keep it quiet but here's the skinny, we're playing in austin aug 7th at 930 with our friends Beyond Gods & Empires and Ellice Christina. It'll be a nathan and keaton solo show and ...
Posted by By Hook or Crook[is playing a show in Austin] on Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:46:00 PST

July/August BHOC bloggity

ok so July's halfway gone and summer's in full effect... translation? its hot as fuck outside! anyhow. so last blog I mentioned a birthday show for myself, nickmack, and a few others all hitting the q...
Posted by By Hook or Crook[is playing a show in Austin] on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:48:00 PST

news to you... or maybe not.... the BHOC update for june/july

hola internet land.so as you can probably surmise we still haven't recorded yet. schedules are hectic. mel's working a real job, brady's a corporate man and nathan and keaton have addictions to feed. ...
Posted by By Hook or Crook[is playing a show in Austin] on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:26:00 PST

recording, lineup changes and future endeavors.

Here we go, it’s 2008 and were still kickin. A lot of things have changed for us in the last month let alone the last year and a half. Here is what everyone needs to know, and wants to know for ...
Posted by By Hook or Crook[is playing a show in Austin] on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:52:00 PST

our friend dusty used our song...

in a rad video ...
Posted by By Hook or Crook[is playing a show in Austin] on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 07:12:00 PST

thanks.

i’m starting a blog for people we need to thank for helping us out as we go.ray berry and anna pauscher for being two parts of this band that got it going. anna might still turn up on a recordin...
Posted by By Hook or Crook[is playing a show in Austin] on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 12:29:00 PST