Well, we started out a couple of years ago underneath the great wall the geographical oddity they call the "Hogback". Thus the band Hogback was born. The music is well, kinda' like country punk. If that means anything, all we can say is that it's loud, rockin', and freakin' rollin. We'd like to thank our friends, family, and Centennial townspeople for their unfettered support. Rock n' roll is here to stay Rocky Mountain Style.

Saturday, February 14, 2009

The Band

These guys just live for the music.

They’ve rocked biker bars, cowboy bars, dive bars, open mics, dozens of garages, living rooms and stumps in the woods.

No coffee shops, though. They’re just too loud. Just the way we like it.

And, they sing about life and love, death and drinking whiskey and getting your heart broke and all that shit, just the way we like it.

Hey, is that country on my rock n’ roll? No, you got rock n’ roll on my country!

Hogback is:

Aaron Maier of Hogback

That lead guitar that’s starting to invade your grey matter would be Aaron Maier. He just shreds the blues all over the top of everything, like an Italian cook with the parmesan. But, take a listen. Searing guitar runs in all the right places.




Nathan Robertson and his guitar found their way from Georgia to the middle of the Centennial Valley surrounded by the Hogback ridge of way-out Wyoming mountain country. He never looked back and he never lost the southern accent. His voice and words run the ol’ emotional gamut from resigned to inspiring, to heartbroken to totally hopeless and leaves you grinning about the irony of it all. Check him out if you love lyrics.


Bill Brizuela of Hogback

Bill Brizuela is from a planet far, far away. He never answers any question directly, but we think he wants to be a musician when he grows up. Problem is, he already is one. Oh, yeah, he plays bass. And writes and sings unexpected songs, at times.


Brian Hoopes of Hogback
Brian Hoopes holds the madness of this band’s varied personas together somehow with his magic drumsticks. Overheard while they were recording, "Man, just get him started and he gets in the groove and hangs with it like a metronome!"


We'd love to share more with you, and we will, but at this point in the earth's revolution, we are a little, well more than a little, consumed with this new recording and this Poker Run show up in Centennial and then, of course, there's women and liquor and stuff like that. But, sobriety will dawn, women will dump us, and we'll be back soon with juicy news and stompin' tunes.
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