BOX OF 7"s: Episode 6

Hey, you guys like Hickey?





HICKEY - Us v. Them ep
Truth About Fonzie Communications, 1994

Is this the first Hickey 7"? Yes, but my copy is a repress from a year or so later. Needless to say, this is awesome. Not only does it come with a bunch of shit for you to read, it contains one of my favorite Hickey songs: "Everyone's A Whore". This record is ideal for drinking your first beer on a night when you just know you're going to drink more than 10. Interesting fact about my copy: it has a phone number inscribed on the inner sleeve that was there when I got it in 2002, which is the same year Matty Luv died. It's a 214 number. If you want I'll e-mail it to you and you can call it.




HICKEY & ALL YOU CAN EAT - Banana Split ep
Monitor Recs., 1994 (It's yellow see-thru!)

OK. On the cover of this piece of gold, AYCE is actually listed first. I file it under Hickey because I listen to that side more and Hickey are great. If you only have "Various States of Disrepair", their compendium, this 7" has 'Make Sure There Aren't Any Squares At My Funeral' and 'El Farolito'. These are two awesome songs and will surely take your mind back to an awesome party somewhere in your history. Especially if you love burritos. All You Can Eat acquit themselves quite well on their side of the split, but I'm here to talk about Hickey.
I'm thinking this is a repress, but I'm not sure. It has a cute drawing of a guy in a dinosaur costume handing out flyers for kung fu lessons on the back.



HICKEY - Art, Messianism, & Crime ep
Last Resort Recs., 1995

Then again, maybe this is their best 7". Not only do all the songs shine like crusty diamonds (especially "Everything I Know About Sex I Learned from KISS"), but the unfoldable newspaper cover reveals the awesome "Hickey vs. Austin, Tx" article inside. The tale involves arrests and Peter Criss, but not necessarily together. I never got to see Hickey. I wasn't hip to them when they played here. :( It must also be mentioned that this a good party record.





HICKEY / VOODOO GLOWSKULLS
Probe Recs./"Epitaph Recs.", 1996

I'm just going to reprint the stuff from Wikipedia:

Probe records released a 7" which was made to look as if it were a split between Hickey and the Voodoo Glow Skulls. On one side of the 7" was the Hickey song "Food Stamps and Drink Tickets" and the other side members of Hickey played the trumpet that was stolen from Voodoo Glow Skulls over the answering machine messages left by Voodoo Glow Skulls members and Epitaph Records employees demanding the return of the instrument. The 7" also falsely had the Epitaph Records logo on the back as Epitaph had no official part in the release.

According to the zine included with the 7" the two bands played together at the now closed Nile Theater in Mesa, Arizona. Matty Luv, singer of Hickey, made disparaging remarks about Epitaph Records and the commercialization of punk. After members of both bands had a confrontation, the Voodoo Glow Skulls convinced the venue owner to eject Hickey without pay. In response, Hickey stole the trumpet in question out of the Voodoo Glow Skulls van.

After receiving threatening messages on their answering machine, Hickey filled the trumpet with pudding and returned it.

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Sorry to end on a down note, but I'm just not crazy about the song on here. It's called "Food Stamps and Drink Tickets". The zine that comes with this is pretty entertaining, though. The back and forth between the bands and their peoples makes for a good read.