Genuine Hick

Genuine Hick is an Oklahoma City based art rock band whose music has been described by Dallas based mastering engineer George Geurin as a “harrowing, kaleidoscopic brew of exquisite insanity.” Analogies to Genuine Hick’s sound are difficult to pinpoint, but clear influences from acts as disparate as The Ramones, Lou Reed, The Pixies and Leonard Cohen can be detected.

Formed by frontman John Noerdlinger in 2006, Genuine Hick has produced 5 albums and 4 EPs.  Brad Benge also produced a separate album called "Amalgam" which interprets some of John's tunes.  The most recent Genuine Hick project was the raucous "Chemical Birthday" EP released in the winter of 2015.  Please see Victor Rook's outrageous video for the EP's opening track, "Mrs. Brown." In the Fall of 2014 the band released the haunting "Lost Children in the Darkening Woods" EP.  In 2013, Genuine Hick released the subdued, Gregg Standridge produced "Rock Harbor" EP and the mood-disordered, Scott Keeton produced "Quarterly Report of the American Meat Institute" EP.  

Scott's work has been a constant throughout Genuine Hick's evolution and he has produced 4 of the projects.  In recent years, Gregg has been a key collaborator conceiving new songs.  Other musicians who have been essential to Genuine Hick are James Keys, Victor Rook, Mike Myers, Rick Toops, Chuck Baker, Paige Harwell and Ryan Jones.

Also, please take a gander at Ben Lindesmith's cool 2015 video for the song "Please" from the "Rock Harbor" EP.