Biography
For over 25 years, Dash Rip Rock, has conjured up countrified country punk music along with wickedly twisted versions of popular tunes.
Dash Rip Rock formed in 1984 when drummer Clark Martty brought together guitartist Bill Davis and bassist Ned Hoaky Hickel Jr.
The hillbilly trinity flavored their music with the stylings of The Stray Cats, Jason and the Scorchers, and Rank and File.
Dash and the gang started hanging out in New Orleans with the likes Johnny J and the Hitmen and the Mistreaters. During that time they met Fred LeBlanc, a self taught rockabilly devotee. Fred and Bill had the same vision of developing music with deep south rock art bred with wild roots punkabilly. To bring this dream to fruition Bill replaced drummer Clark with Fred and Dash Rip Rock started touring all over the South.
The band has gone through numerous production, management and musician changes over the years.
Through it all Dash has managed to put its honky tonk spell over fans from Austin to Boston, with 25+ US tours, 7 European tours and 14 CD's.
Dash Rip Rock has become the quintessential college rock band of the South, touring with The Cramps, Los Lobos, Beat Famers, Rev. Horton Heat, and the Circle Jerks. They have played in festivals with No Doubt, 311, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
The 2005 release, Re-Cylcone, a "best of" collection of beer-guzzlin' party music, serves up a healthy serving of Dashology to anyone with the misfortune of never hearing Dash.
The band brings the musical mojo with a raucous high energy stage show accented by Bill's twang, Eric's frenetic drumming, and Patrick's cool but whacky approach.
Bill Davis, the 'old boy' genious who pens Dash's songs, attacked highfalutin subject matter in Hee Haw Hell, their 2007 rendition of Dante's Inferno, Hee Haw Hell. Bill turns the otherwise daunting read into a hoe down with a host of colorful characters.
Hot of the flames of the release of Hee Haw Hell, Dash released its 2008 offering, Country Girlfriend. At first glance, Country Girlfriend seems simple, but one listen to the hit "Google This" and you'll be amused by the clever commentary on the "coffee house generation". Country Girlfriend also celebrates the simple, sudsy fun of living in the bayous, back alleys, and countryside of USA.
Instrumentation
Bill Davis - Lead Vocals, guitar
Eric Padua - Backing Vocals, drums
Patrick Johnson - Backing Vocals, bass guitar
Discography
Dash Rip Rock (688 Records, Mammoth) George Pappas, producer 1987
Ace of Clubs (Mammoth Records) George Pappas, producer 1988
Not of this World (Mammoth) Jim dickinson, producer 1989
Boiled Alive (Mammoth) Keith Keller, producer 1991
tiger Town (Dr. Dream) Michael Hutchinson, producer 1993
Get You Some of Me (Sector II, re-released by Ichiban 1995
Testosterone (Exile Records) Australian only release, 1996
Gold Record (Ichiban Records) 1997
Pay Dirt (PC Music) 1999
Hits and Giggles (Rip Rock Records) 2000
Sonic Boom (Write On Records) 2002
Re-Cyclone, (Alternative Tentacles) 2005
Hee Haw Hell, (Alternative Tentacles) March 2007
Country Girlfriend, (Abitian Records) Oct 2008
Links
| http://www.dashriprock.net |