The Honeymoon Killers: NYC's “four-track horror fidelity" merchants drop 1991 classic 'Hung Far Low' on Bandcamp

One of NYC's greatest rock 'n' roll unions The Honeymoon Killers, has re-released their 1991 'garage-skronk' opus 'Hung Far Low' on Bandcamp yesterday. The classic squeals, screams and beats roar around like a dissipated hog caller that didn't always engage with the hapless masses back in the early 80s, but it’s the perfect accompaniment for late-night movie viewing with the TV sound off. Turn this beast up to 11.

Guitarist Jerry Teel and bassist Lisa Wells founded The Honeymoon Killers in the summer of 1983. They were later accompanied by guitarist Michael O'Neill and former Ritual Tension bassist Claire Lawrence-Slater on their 1984 debut album 'The Honeymoon Killers from Mars', released on the band's own label Fur Records. 

Drummer Sally Edroso, who became the band's most consistent drummer, joined the band for the release of 'Love American Style' in 1985. Continuing as a trio the band released 1986's 'Let It Breed'', which was recorded with Steve McAllister and composer/producer Mark Kramer. The following year Cristina Martinez, of Pussy Galore and Boss Hog, joined the band as a second guitarist for the band's fourth album 'Turn Me On'. 

The EPs 'Take It Off!' and 'Til Death Do Us Part' followed in 1988 and 1990 respectively. 1991's 'Hung Far Low', the band's first studio album in four years, was recorded with drummer Russell Simins and guitarist Jon Spencer. The group disbanded in 1994, with its leader Jerry Teel joining The Chrome Cranks, founded by singer Peter Aaron and guitarist William Gilmore Weber in 1988, plus drummer Bob Bert. 

The double-disc retrospective anthology 'Sing Sing (1984-1994)' was released in 1997 by Sympathy for the Record Industry