BIO:
After playing in a wide variety of bands from
the mid-60's through the late-70's, John Hovorka had gathered
up enough original songs to start The 2x4's, "a hard driving blue
collar new wave band", who still get airplay on college stations,
to this day. After that there was Noise Pencil, whose lofty ambitions
led them to entertain at many all night loft parties. Then finally
the Turbines went nationwide, casting a rock and roll form of
"Hovorka-ism" all over the place. But John thinks that New York
City really has it all. For one thing, Hovorka, his most prolific
band, was a result of that. So were a lot of solo shows, mostly
in the New York City area.
PRESS:
"Hovorka's songs are raw, grinding affairs that stick to the basics
and aren't afraid to say what's on their mind.
- Polly Campbell, The Boston Phoenix
"John's work spans nearly four decades now, but still manages
to sound as fresh and contemporary as anything out there. He's
a pioneer of lyrical comment on the industrial age, and a kick-ass
writer of songs about the sometimes-scary, often hairy lives of
denizens of dangerous places along the highway."
- Joe Harvard, Boston Rock Story Book www.rockinboston.com and
author of "The Velvet Underground And Nico", Continuum Books.
" John Hovorka is above all, a fan of the industrial age.
Through sepia toned glasses he looks back to the days of behemoth
ironworks manned by working stiff salts of the earth. Musically
Noise Pencil were more arty/experimental, 2x4's were simpler,
Turbines were ballsy wall-of-guitar rock. Lyrically all bore John's
own Americana-before-Americana-was-called-Americana stamp… Hovorka's
new CD [The Dawn Of Mechanized Farming], it's very good."
- Carmelita, WAAF-FM
MUSIC
Here are some MP3s of John singing and playing
his songs:
Dirt
Road
Bridgeport
Lathe
Eyes
Shut Tight
For more general information on John Hovorka's
music go to the Metal
Snowball Records Homepage.
For
a hard copy of this press kit with the above music on a CD, contact
John Hovorka at hovorka1@netzero.com
