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Sad news out of Richmond,VA, Byran Harvey of the late eighties band
House of Freaks and later Gutterball was murdered along with his
family in Richmond, VA New Year's Day.

For those who don't know House of Freaks, they put out five albums,
two on Rhino. Rhino put out their second album "Tantilla" again in
2004 on the Rhino Handmade label. Gutterball included Bryan Harvey,his
bandmate from House of Freaks Johnny Hott,Stephen McCarthy,Steve Wynn,
and Bob Rupe.

Here is link to the full story...

[www.timesdispatch.com]

That sucks! HoF were an excellent 2-piece punk blues combo long before The White Stripes, and, on albums like "Tantilla," at least as good, if not better.

punk blues combo? i always thought they were a pop band...

That's horrible.

I always liked House of Freaks - Monkey on a Chain Gang was one of my favorite albums of the late 80s. Very intelligent stuff - you don't hear many songs about Robert Oppenheimer or the Seven Cities of Gold. "40 Years" was a great song.

Well, they seemed rootsy to me, esp. live. Kinda like a wholesome Gun Club.

I read the news article - ghastly.

A real tragedy. Real, warm, creative kind people. Such an horrific violent event. My heart goes out to everyone close to them.



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