Hank William III’s latest creative project, ASSJACK is dropping their first album of “authorized” music on August 4, 2009, out on Curb Records. The death-metal self-titled will feature the songs “Redneck Ride,” “Wasting Away,” and “No Regrets,” among others. Hank III performed, wrote, and produced everything on the album and hopes the audience will include “cowboys, punks, metalheads, jocks, grandmas, and the average everyday person under the same roof.” Read more…
Hank Williams III’s follow-up to 2006’s masterful Straight to Hell has clocked in his highest chart debut to date. Titled Damn Right, Rebel Proud, the album arrived on October 21 and has sold close to 20,000 units which yielded a #2 position on the Billboard Country Music chart and a spot at #18 on Billboard’s Top 200 Albums chart.
This is the 6th ablum from the third generation straight-talkin’ rebel and it features the single “Long Hauls and Close Calls” which can be previewed below.
Following his most stunning album to date (2006’s double-disc Straight to Hell) Hank Williams III delivers another raucous tribute to the outlaw tradition, Damn Right, Rebel Proud. Minus excellent experiments like those found on the second disc of Straight to Hell, Damn Right, Rebel Proud is otherwise loaded with concise tunes that astonishingly feel familiar well beyond their years, like timeless classics on a favorite jukebox. Read more…
Following the highly ambitious and acclaimed Straight to Hell, Hank III will release Damn Right and Rebel Proud on October 21. The first single will be “Long Hauls and Close Calls,” for which a video has also been produced.
The tracklisting is as follows:
The Grand Ole Opry Ain’t So Grand Wild & Free Me and My Friends 6 Pack of Beer I Wish I Knew If You Can’t Help Your Own Candidate for Suicide H8 Line Long Hauls and Close Calls Stoned and Alone P.F.F. 3 Shades of Black Workin Man Read more…
Hank Williams III gave San Diego’s Fiesta del Sol more than promoters bargained for after “spewing profanities,” “encouraging slam dancing,” and playing punk songs. Concert-goers were expecting Hank III to stick to the more conservative country music that made his grandfather famous. Considering the unexpected turn of the show, it was cut short only fifteen minutes as organizers feared a riot were it stopped any sooner. Although no specific action has yet been taken against Hank III, festival organizers plan to keep tighter control over future performances and artist selection. Read more…
Hank III and Pantera’s Phil Anselmo have teamed up to form Arson Anthem with Eyehategod vocalist Mike Williams. In a recent interview with Live-Metal.net, Hank III said that the band has been in the studio and have already recorded eight songs for an upcoming album. Read more…
A spirited voice of dissent, when made audible at just the right time, can be a powerful agent of change. Hank III (grandson of the legendary Hank Williams, son of Hank Williams Jr.) might be just such a voice. Straight to Hell, Hank’s third “official” full-length release is a scalding-hot reconstruction of modern country music. Songs such as “Smoke & Wine” and the title track “Straight to Hell” sizzle with a flurry of frantic banjos, full-tilt pickin’-and-grinnin’ guitars and just the right amount of pedal steel. Read more…
Straight to Hell, the next release from Hank III, will be hitting shelves on February 28. The double-disc release is the follow-up to 2002’s Lovesick, Broke & Driftin. Hank III will next be performing at this year’s South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas. Read more…
In need of a fresh take on a well-established genre? Do you harbor a secret love of outlaw country music? Well look no further than the rasp and crossover grit that is Assjack. Assjack is one of two bands fronted by Hank Williams III, grandson of the legendary Hank Williams. A typical Hank III show consists of a large set from Hank with his country outfit The Damn Band, a brief interlude of hellbilly stomp and then a blistering finale from Assjack. Such contrast is hard to ponder coming from a third generation country veteran, but the extreme variance between the two is a jaw-dropping diversified experience. There are no official Assjack releases as of yet, however on tour Hank sells his own handmade copies of Assjack’s Bootleg #3. Read more…
Phil Anselmo might just be the heaviest person on earth; that is, in regards to heavy metal music. Spanning a career that began in the 80’s with heavy metal pioneers Pantera, Anselmo has led a lifestyle vindictive of the “heavy-metal” stereotype – including excessive binge drinking and several heroin overdoses. But most notably, Anselmo has been known as a man with an uncompromising, brutal outlook on life in general, something that easily seeps through in his music. So what’s Anselmo to do after creating over a decade of brutal heavy metal music? Create a band that’s even heavier; with a small dose of musical legend notoriety with Hank Williams III pounding it out on bass. Enter Superjoint Ritual, whose album A Lethal Dose of American Hatred attempts to tip the scales even further. Read more…
