Hickey (band) - History

History

Hickey recorded their first 7" EP, Us vs. Them within a month of forming, and released it soon afterwards. The band quickly became a part of the Probe Records/zine scene. Probe included them on a few compilations. Later, Hickey made 7" records with bands such as All You Can Eat, Fuckface and V.B.F.

Bass player Chubby left Hickey in 1997, and was replaced by Dwight Trash. The band went on to record another LP, as well as the Hickey/Voodoo Glow Skulls split 7", both for Probe Records. Hickey called it quits in 1998, refusing to contribute any new material for a proposed split with Screeching Weasel, and handing their last recording, "Robots Never Cry," over to trend is dead! records for the Worse Than Alternative It's Another Punk Comp CD.

The original Hickey line-up of Matty, Chubby and Aesop re-united and soon began recording a plethora of new material as Yogurt, almost all of which remains unreleased. Yogurt was essentially an experimental recording outlet for the band, and dissolved after Matty Luv's death on October 5, 2002. 9 Yogurt songs appear on the All Seeing Monotony split CD (Nothing Enterprises).

Matty Luv died of a heroin overdose on October 5, 2002.

Aesop currently plays drums with Ludicra and Agalloch.

Before Matty's death he played guitar in the bands Miami and Unit Breed.

1-2-3-4 Go! Records is re-releasing the two out-of-print full length the band released; the S/T full length (originally on Probe Records) and Various States of Disrepair (singles and comp track compilation, re-released once before in 2002 on defunct independent S.P.A.M. Records). Various States of Disrepair will be issued as a 2xLP with 9 songs that were not on the original. Including the previously unreleased "Lady Naugahyde" and an unheard alternate version of "The Naked Cult". All songs have been remastered and taken from as many of the original tapes as were available. The album is set for release March 20th, 2012