Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives

Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives

Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives is a rock-and-roll band based in Boston, Massachusetts.

The band is known for its lyrical wit and quirky subject matter, including such topics as Noam Chomsky's linguistics theories ("The Benefits of Language"), the Time Cube ("Time Cube"), the Heaven's Gate cult ("Hale-Bopp"), and the "Star Wars" movies ("Tatooine"), as well as songs about female musicians such as Liz Phair, Laurie Anderson or Kim Deal written in the respective musician's style. Also, the song "Without You" is written in the style of and references early Beatles songs, including "I Saw Her Standing There" and "I Want to Hold Your Hand."

The band's song "Hey" is featured in the video game "Guitar Hero", while another track, "Soy Bomb", is featured in "Guitar Hero II". Their song "I Get By" is featured in the game "Rock Band".In addition, their song "Red Integra" was featured on the NPR program "Car Talk".

For their second album, "Second and Eighteen", the band recorded a cover of the popular Nine Inch Nails song "Head Like a Hole".

Members

* Bill Foster - drums, vocals
* Greg Huang - vocals, bass
* Chris Rigopulos - lead guitar, vocals
* Dan Schmidt - vocals, guitar

Past members

* Doug Church - lead guitar, vocals
* John Buck - bass

Discography

* " [http://cdbaby.com/cd/hbatfi1 It's Not as Bad as I'm Making It Sound] "
* " [http://cdbaby.com/cd/hbatfi2 Second and Eighteen] "
* " [http://cdbaby.com/cd/hbatfi3 Soy Bomb (single)] "

External links

* [http://www.honestbob.net/ Official site]
* [http://www-tech.mit.edu/V120/N26/Honest_Bob.26a.html Review at MIT's The Tech]
*
* [http://web.mit.edu/41w/www/old/1994/img/Honest_Bob.gifBand photo, circa 1994]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Complete list of downloadable songs for the Rock Band series — For Rock Band Track Packs, see List of Rock Band track packs. For Rock Band Network songs, see List of Rock Band Network songs. The Rock Band series of music video games supports downloadable songs for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii… …   Wikipedia

  • List of rock instrumentals — The following is a list of rock instrumentals, including live performances and drum solos, organized by artist name. 0 9 =3= *Bramfatura =311= * Blizza * Cali Soca * Color ( Transistor ) * Dreamland ( Enlarged to Show Detail 2 ) * Old Funk *… …   Wikipedia

  • Guitar Hero 2 — Logo Guitar Hero (Deutsch: Gitarrenheld) ist eine Videospielserie aus dem Bereich der Musikspiele. Bei dem Spiel soll der Nutzer versuchen, Original Musikstücke, die während des Spiels zu hören sind, auf einem speziellen Gitarren Controller… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Guitar Hero II — Logo Guitar Hero (Deutsch: Gitarrenheld) ist eine Videospielserie aus dem Bereich der Musikspiele. Bei dem Spiel soll der Nutzer versuchen, Original Musikstücke, die während des Spiels zu hören sind, auf einem speziellen Gitarren Controller… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Guitar Hero — 1 5 Logo Guitar Hero (engl. „Gitarrenheld“) ist eine Videospielserie aus dem Bereich der Musikspiele. Bei dem Spiel soll der Nutzer versuchen, Original Musikstücke, die während des Spiels zu hören sind, auf einem speziellen Gitarren Controller… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Guitar Hero (серия) — Эта статья  о серии. О первой игре см. Guitar Hero. Серия «Guitar Hero» …   Википедия

  • List of guitarists — This list of guitarists includes guitarists for whom there is an article in Wikipedia. Only add names here if the person has their own article on Wikipedia, please. Anything else will be removed. (Please note that those that are known mainly as… …   Wikipedia

  • Guitar Hero — Разработчик Harmonix Music Systems Издатель RedOctane …   Википедия

  • Music of Massachusetts — Massachusetts is a U.S. state in New England. The music of Massachusetts has developed actively since it was first colonized by Britain. The city of Boston is an especially large part of the state s present music scene, which includes several… …   Wikipedia

  • Harmonix Music Systems — Infobox Company company name = Harmonix Music Systems company company type = Subsidiary foundation = 1995 founder = Alex Rigopulos, Eran Egozy location = flagicon|USACambridge, Massachusetts, USA key people = industry = Software Programming… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”