The Hand to Man Band

The Hand to Man Band
GenresExperimental music[1]
Years active2010–present
LabelsPost-Consumer Records
MembersThollem McDonas
Mike Watt
John Dieterich
Tim Barnes

The Hand to Man Band is an American independent experimental music group formed in 2010.[2] Their music has been described as spanning "psychotropic jazz to konked-out funk to skronked-out dirges to alien transmissions to plaintive nocturnal pleas."[3]

History

Nicholas Taplin, owner of Post-Consumer Records, invited Thollem McDonas to Austin, Texas to record for him.[2] McDonas invited John Dieterich to join and Dieterich himself invited Tim Barnes.[2] McDonas then asked Mike Watt and the group began improvising.[2] The initial plan was to perform some gigs after recording but Watt's commitments to The Stooges prevented his joining them on the road.[2]

The album, You Are Always On Our Minds, wouldn't be released until 2012.[3][4] The title came from a fortune cookie Watt once received.[5]

Discography

  • You Are Always On Our Minds (2012)

References

  1. ^ "The Hand To Man Band – You Are Always On Our Minds". Discogs. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e Manchester, Guy (May 14, 2012). "Louder Than War Interview: The Hand To Man Band – supergroup featuring Mike Watt and John Dieterich amongst others". Louder Than War. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  3. ^ a b Adams, Gregory (April 5, 2012). "Mike Watt and Deerhoof's John Dietrich Team Up as the Hand to Man Band". Exclaim!. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  4. ^ "The Hand to Man Band – You Are Always on Our Minds". AllMusic. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  5. ^ "The Hand To Man Band". Post-Consumer Records. Retrieved June 18, 2019.