Computer problems forced him to repeatedly restart the album that would become 2008's Islands of Ayle, which featured several collaborations with Brezel Göring of Stereo Total that were conducted via e-mail, as well as a guest spot by Jamie Stewart of experimental post-punk band Xiu Xiu. For his third album he planned something briefer and more accessible. The vinyl version of that album came with a book containing over 200 photos he'd taken while touring the previous album around the world. He followed it with the Community EP in 2005 and a double album in 2006, the self-produced Dollar and Deed. Other bands heard of them and were soon inviting them to play similarly impromptu support acts.Īfter moving from Mobile, AL, to Oakland, CA, and going solo, Cooler signed to the Retard Disco label for his 2003 debut album, Get Up Resolution: Love. Some college punks rent it out and host shows there. It’s an old 1920’s ballroom with a house built in the 70’s attached. It worked, and they repeated the stunt several times at other gigs. There’s a place called the ballroom in Bellingham. With songs written that day using a pirated version of the FruityLoops software, they performed a brief and chaotic set before the show's headlining act while standing near some vending machines. He took on the name in 2001 when he and a friend were too broke for entry to a show in Birmingham, AL, and they hit on the idea of sneaking in by pretending to be a band. Hawnay Troof has elements of punk but it's electro-punk, with added elements of sleazy lounge and gutter hip-hop influenced by the Beastie Boys. Computer problems forced him to repeatedly restart the album that would become 2008's Islands of Ayle, which featured several collaborations with Brezel Göring of Stereo Total that were conducted via e-mail, as well as a guest spot by Jamie Stewart of experimental post-punk band Xiu Xiu.Hawnay Troof is one of the musical projects of the man who calls himself Vice Cooler, the other being punk band XBXRX. The vinyl version of that album came with a book containing over 200 photos he'd taken while touring the previous album around the world. Hawnay Troof has elements of punk but it's electro-punk, with added elements of sleazy lounge and gutter hip-hop influenced by the Beastie Boys. It worked, and they repeated the stunt several times at other gigs. Hawnay Troof is one of the musical projects of the man who calls himself Vice Cooler, the other being punk band XBXRX.
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