House of Freaks

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40 Years 00:00 Tools
Sun Gone Down 00:00 Tools
When the Hammer Came Down 00:00 Tools
Long Black Train 00:00 Tools
Black Cat Bone 00:00 Tools
I'll Treat You Right Someday 00:00 Tools
Rocking Chair 00:00 Tools
White Folk's Blood 00:00 Tools
Family Tree 00:00 Tools
Birds of Prey 00:00 Tools
Kill the Mockingbird 00:00 Tools
King of Kings 00:00 Tools
I Want Answers 00:00 Tools
Broken Bones 00:00 Tools
My Lucky Day 00:00 Tools
Reverberocket 00:00 Tools
Big Houses 00:00 Tools
The Righteous Will Fall 00:00 Tools
Cactusland 00:00 Tools
Remember Me Well 00:00 Tools
Lonely 00:00 Tools
It's A Fucked Up World 00:00 Tools
I Got Happy 00:00 Tools
I Confess 00:00 Tools
Lonesome Graveyard 00:00 Tools
Bottom of the Ocean 00:00 Tools
She Wore Red 00:00 Tools
A Whole Lot of Nothing Going On 00:00 Tools
Yellow Dog 00:00 Tools
Motorbike 00:00 Tools
Monkey's Paw 00:00 Tools
Dark and Light in New Mexico 00:00 Tools
My Backyard 00:00 Tools
Give Me a Sign 00:00 Tools
You Can Never Go Home 00:00 Tools
Stupid Things 00:00 Tools
Whipping Boy 00:00 Tools
The World of Tomorrow 00:00 Tools
A Good Man 00:00 Tools
This Is It 00:00 Tools
Fat Boy Tom 00:00 Tools
Never 00:00 Tools
Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey 00:00 Tools
Ants 00:00 Tools
Hymn 00:00 Tools
Cakewalk 00:00 Tools
My House 00:00 Tools
Sunday 00:00 Tools
Honor Among Lovers 00:00 Tools
Magpie Wing 00:00 Tools
Righteous Will Fall 00:00 Tools
Slumlord 00:00 Tools
Ten More Minutes to Live 00:00 Tools
Pass Me The Gun 00:00 Tools
Meet Your Heroes 00:00 Tools
World Of Tomorrow 00:00 Tools
You Can't Change The World Anymore 00:00 Tools
You'll Never See The Light Of Day 00:00 Tools
This Old Town 00:00 Tools
Corinna, Corinna 00:00 Tools
While You Sleep 00:00 Tools
Barn Burning 00:00 Tools
Pass Me The Gun (Live) 00:00 Tools
Yellow Dog (Live) 00:00 Tools
Monkey's Paw (Live) 00:00 Tools
Can't Change The World Anymore (Live) 00:00 Tools
Give Me A Sign (Early Version) 00:00 Tools
Big Houses (Live) 00:00 Tools
Crack In The Sidewalk (Early Version) 00:00 Tools
Anything In The World 00:00 Tools
Bottom Of The Ocean (Early Version) 00:00 Tools
Parchment Farm Blues (Live) 00:00 Tools
1914 00:00 Tools
War At Home 00:00 Tools
War At Home (Demo Version) 00:00 Tools
1914 (Demo Version) 00:00 Tools
Meet Your Heros 00:00 Tools
With These Hands 00:00 Tools
With These Hands (Demo Version) 00:00 Tools
Ten More Minutes To Live (Live) 00:00 Tools
This Old Man 00:00 Tools
The Righteous Will Fall [1989] 00:00 Tools
White Folks Blood 00:00 Tools
Sun Goes Down 00:00 Tools
Forty Years 00:00 Tools
Rockin' Chair 00:00 Tools
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House of Freaks was a two-man band formed in Richmond, Virginia in the mid 1980s. Bryan Harvey played guitar and sang, and Johnny Hott played percussion. The band managed to achieve a remarkably full sound, mostly because of Hott's inventive drumming and Harvey's confident vocals and knack of playing bass lines on his guitar (cribbed from his many years as a bass player) while simultaneously playing a melody. The Freaks' sound was a combination of folk and rock, and drew heavily from the blues and primitive Americana music. Their lyrics focused on race, religion, and life in the South, although Harvey was also adept at writing about more personal topics (the lack of success of independent bands, his sex life) using rich metaphors from these former topics, so that many of their songs could be interpreted in two entirely different ways. Bryan's obsession with southern gothic issues influenced his song writing. These sentiments can be heard in such songs as "White Folk's Blood", "Family Tree" and "Big Houses" from the album "Tantilla". Harvey and Hott moved to Los Angeles for the release of the band's first album, Monkey on a Chain Gang, which received considerable critical acclaim. However, unsatisfied with life in L.A., they moved back east, where they recorded their subsequent albums and faded from the public spotlight. Fans of the band universally consider Cakewalk and Tantilla to be the Freaks's best work. On March 13, 1988, House of Freaks performed at the legendary Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco, California with The 77s and The Alarm. Audience members included Neil Young. After the band's breakup, Harvey and Hott joined a Paisley Underground supergroup called Gutterball, headed by Steve Wynn, formerly of Dream Syndicate and also featuring Stephen McCarthy of The Long Ryders and Bob Rupe of The Silos. The group released two albums, Gutterball (1993) and Weasel (1995). Harvey co-wrote many songs on each. Hott later joined the band Cracker. Harvey has guested on a number of other artists' albums, including September 67's Lucky Shoe, two albums by Shannon Worrell (formerly of September 67), and Magnet's Shark Bait. Both Harvey and Hott assisted Mark Linkous on the debut Sparklehorse record. Bryan Harvey played in a funk band, NRG Krysys, in Richmond, Virginia with Coby Batty of The Fugs. Johnny Hott has a jazz combo with Stephen McCarthy. On January 1st, 2006, Bryan Harvey, his wife Kathryn, and their daughters Stella and Ruby were found murdered in the basement of their Richmond home. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.