Or 8 [Import]

Hoggboy | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 14, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Setant
• ASIN: B00006JS5D
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,464,442 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Left & Right

2. Upside Down

3. Don't Get Lost

4. Urgh!!!

5. Call Me Suck

6. Gonna Take Me a While

7. Death of a Friend?

8. So Young

9. Shouldn't Let the Side Down

10. 1:10

11. Mile High Club

Editorial Reviews

NME

"Sleaze, swagger, tunes-they are going to be big stars. Gloriously cocky and casually brilliant, Hoggboy will steal your heart." --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Product Description

This 11-track debut was recorded in Hoggboy’s native Sheffield with legendary producer Chris Thomas (Sex Pistols, Pulp, Beatles) and fellow Sheffield dweller Richard Hawley. Formed just over 18 months ago after a chance meeting on the top deck of the 53 bus in Sheffield, Hoggboy put out their debut Richard Hawley-produced single, So Young, to critical acclaim in January of 2002. The cover photo was taken during their last trip to New York, when the band played the legendary Mercury Lounge with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and The Liars. Or 8? is packed full of songs made with excitement by a band fuelled on lager and Embassy number 1’s. As if the New York Dolls and Sex Pistols never existed, Hoggboy are the antidote to careerist rock. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3.0 out of 5 stars Sheffield Steel, October 23, 2004

By 

Graham (Yorkshire, England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Or 8 (Audio CD)

Eleven tracks of raw rock with enough intensity to melt iron.
More complex than North American punk bands like Sum 41 or Blink 182, Hoggboy have delivered a very British sounding CD. The track, don't get lost has a hook like Feeder's Buck Rogers single whilst, call me suck, is based on a blues riff which is reminiscent of Led Zeppelin in their youth but remains an instrumental only. Hoggboy have not fully developed a theme as at times they can also sound a little like the Pixies and Green Day. No bad thing.
If you like US Punk and British Rock then this CD should be a rewarding cocktail.