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Skinny Tee 02:46
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released June 29, 2018

Hound Gawd! Records. All songs by Honcho & Aftermaths, except for "All this and more" from the Dead Boys. Some rights reserved. Recorded on April the 8th, 2017 at Ovni Studios Asturias. Produced by Mike Mariconda. Full artwork by "Ossobuko".
Band is: Augusto Martín (Hey Honcho) Vocals, Diego Martínez (Manfred) Guitar, Héctor Castañón (Doctor H) Bass, Daniel Bárcena (Thunder) Drums.

A couple of album reviews:

Written by Dom Daley (Über Röck) Monday, 16 July 2018.

Spanish garage punk rock and rollers kick up one hell of a shitstorm with this most welcome long player. Breathing the same oxygen as Handsome Dick Manitoba and having the same blood group as the likes of Scott Sorry, The Dictators, Pleasure Fuckers, Lovesores, Humpers and a whole bunch of other cool as fuck rock and rollers, Hey Honcho & The Aftermaths from the off lace up their shit kickers and start kicking some shit!.
Its loud, unhealthy, catchy as fuck and straight from the heart and those my friends are some of the vital ingredients to make fantastic rock n roll. The Spanish Garage scene is by all accounts in rude health and on this evidence I can see why. 'Sally Can't Wait' is tub-thumping swinging and dangerous rock ‘n roll. There is an infectious rhythm and catchy hook and this kinda stays throughout the album. I love those solos that you just know are coming and just set the tone with plenty of Chuck Berry in the delivery and gang vocals that have been on the sangria for the best part of a day.
There isn't any let up in the groove here folks 'Dull Boy' is anything but. 'Skinny Tee' is like a sloppy pretend were dead delivered by a bunch of heaving drunks looking for trouble and midway through they turn up the pace as it races off like Uncle Sam did on their 'Heaven Or Hollywood' masterpiece. Listening to songs like 'Can't Stand The Pain' make me feel like I can wrestle a bear and win then shotgun a six pack of Lynx lager.
I think its fair to say the Dictators loom large in the influence department with tracks like 'Bossman' and 'Blackburn Inn' whilst there is some fantastic and reckless drumming on 'Ejecter' as it revs the throttle. There are moments here that remind me of The Hip Priests in the low - fi in your face kick out the jams way and I'm always going to love me some of that.
After the 12 tracks race by and you get a moment to catch your breath the band pays its dues and knocks out a terrific cover of the Dead Boys classic 'All This And More' and the fact it says bonus in brackets is something of an understatement, this whole record is a bonus. One of the finest attitude bustin' adrenalin rushes of records I've heard all year. It’s got the lot - killer tunes, melody, rock n roll, danger, and a Kate Moss size zero cover artwork for those looking for some sex appeal.
Hey Honcho & The Aftermaths, this record is a fuckin' banger man and I love it! Oh, and you know this was obviously recorded in one single day! So, there all you studio dwellers, that's how you do it!

Written by The Barman (i94bar) on 27 June 2018.

It’s fashionable to label Spain as rock and roll’s last remaining outpost, and if you live there or you’ve visited for more than 10 minutes you’ll know why.
The Spaniards didn’t throw off the yoke of Fascist cultural oppression until 1975, so they came late to rock and roll. Partying hard, however, is in their genes and they’ve been making up for lost time.
So say “Hi!” to Hey Honcho and The Aftermaths, a band from Oveido in the country’s north who their label says have a sound that’s typical of Spain’s garage punk scene.
The Aftermaths are ex-members of Los Ass-Draggers, Amon Ra and Electric Children – bands whose profile will be negligible outside of Spain (but don't let that stop you.) They had an EP out before singer Von Gustopher (aka Hey Honcho) joined.
The Mike Mariconda production credit is a dead giveaway. You’ll find it on records by Cosmic Psychos and the New Bomb Turks. Nobody knows the garage punk sound better than New Jersey native Mariconda, who was a member of the Raunch Hands and The Devil Dogs.
Recorded live and in a day, “Chico Purito!” is loud ‘n’ a little loose, in-your-face rock and roll. Stun volume guitar and a raw vocal, each competing to out-do each other… a rumbling bottom end…glorious leakage all over the place. It’s muscly, not murky, with the live ambience you’d get if you were five paces back from the band on the floor of a rocking Asturian café.
Hey Honcho and The Aftermaths spew a dozen originals and a cover of the Dead Boys’ “All This And More” and the ring-in is the least of this Baker’s Dozen of songs.
Opening track “Sally Can’t Win” predicts much of what’s to come: Piecing feedback yields to clattering drums and splashy cymbals before a barrage of churning chords signals Hey Honcho’s Handsome Dick-style wail to charge in.
“Skinny Tee” briefly eases off the accelerator just three cuts in, but the firestorm has well and truly resumed by the time “Can I Stand The Pain?” and “Pick Up The Phone” come around.
Diego Manfredo’s ballsy guitar tone and liberal use of sustain is as integral to the band’s sound as Hey Honcho’s roar. Diego can solo, a la Ross The Boss, too, when it’s called for - as you can hear on the stonking “Bossman”. The righteous “Coup De Grace” recalls Manitoba’s Wild Kingdom at their best.
What the hell else do you need to know? Available on LP with a download card, that’s all.

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