Tin Huey

Tin Huey is an experimental rock and New Wave band from Akron, Ohio, USA that formed in the mid/late 1970s.

Before they came to be known by that name, the band were originally known as the Rags and started out consisting of three members: Mark Price, Michael Aylward, and Stuart Austin. Later, the band decided to rename themselves after Michael's younger brother instead and settled on that. When the trio were the Rags, Mark (who was known as Wesley the Stash) played guitar, Michael played bass, and Stuart (then known as Napoleon Lemens) played drums. Harvey Gold became the fourth member to join on organ.

When Mark departs for a time, the remaining members switch to acoustic music before hiring electric guitarist Arthur Baranoff and bassist Wayne Swickley.

When they left, Mark becomes the bassist, Micheal takes on guitar, Harvey switches to keyboard, and saxophonist Lochi MacIntosh is added before being replaced by Ralph Carney. Chris Butler (who was the bassist for the Numbers Band (15-60-75)), was the last to join, also on guitar. Tin Huey were just one of the bands emerging from the Midwestern United States' Akron sound scene, others including Devo, Pere Ubu, the Bizarros, Chi-Pig, the Electric Eels and the Rubber City Rebels.

Inspired by Captain Beefheart, Frank Zappa, the Stooges and the Soft Machine, Tin Huey signed with Warner Bros. Records, recorded, and then released their cult classic debut album "Contents Dislodged During Shipment" in 1979 (later issued for the first time on CD by Collector's Choice Music in 2003). It wasn't a commercial success, due to most of the songs being too out there and far from the norm for the mainstream. Ralph Legnini (a.k.a. Ralph E.) played with the band for several early '80s shows before they went their separate ways. It would be two decades before they released anymore new material.

Their follow-up second album, "Disinformation", was released in 1999 by Butler's Future Fossil Records. After the new millennium began, they have been playing at a lot of shows, both in Ohio and in a few places in the Northeast, and currently they have been putting together songs from 1978 and '79 for their third album, '. 50% will be studio recordings, 50% will be live, some extras from 1973 might be included also. They've also been gathering new material for their fourth, ', with 70% of the tracks being studio-based and 30% live-based.They have also been promoting their EP called . No word on the official release date of either upcoming album. Tin Huey are now a septet, after adding newcomer "Bongo" Bob Ethington, formerly of Unit 5.

Current line-up of Tin Huey

*Michael Aylward (Guitar, Vocals)
*Stuart Austin (Drums, Percussion)
*Chris Butler (musician) (Guitar, Vocals)
*Ralph Carney (Horns)
*Harvey Gold (Keyboards, Bass, Guitar, Vocals)
*Mark Price (Tin Huey member) (Bass, Vocals)
*"Bongo" Bob Ethington (???)

Former members of the Rags/Tin Huey

*Arthur Baranoff (Electric Guitar)
*Wayne Swickley (Bass)
*Lochi MacIntosh (Horns)
*Ralph Legnini (Guitar)

Discography

*"Contents Dislodged During Shipment" (1979) (Warner Bros. Records)
*"Disinformation" (1999) (Future Fossil Records)
*" (TBC)
*"" (TBC)
*"" (TBC)

External links

* [http://www.tinhuey.com Tin Huey's Official Website]
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll Tin Huey Bio]
* [http://www.scamcity.com/index.php?story_id=108 Tin Huey Article]
* [http://www.myspace.com/tinhuey79 Tin Huey's Official Myspace Music Page]

ee also

*List of experimental rock bands and artists
*List of New Wave bands and artists