Recently John C. was commissioned to do a version of Freebird by artist Guy Overfelt's Trans Am project. Covering this old chestnut without sounding totally cheesball was quite a challenge. This isn't exclusively a Hammers Of Misfortune track, others were involved.

The Personnel:

Aesop Dekker - drums
John Cobbett - guitar, bass
Sigrid Sheie - piano, organ, flute
Jesse Quattro - vocals
Jackie Gratz - cello
Catherine Gratz - oboe

This track was produced and arranged by John C., and recorded by Justin Weis at Trakworx, Jan. 2010.

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Apparently this is going to be made into a video involving the famous Trans Am, but no word on that yet. Enjoy!

All dates with LUDICRA

08/04/09 Turf Club, St. Paul MN
08/05/09 Alehorn of Power Fest IV @ Cobra Lounge, Chicago IL w/Sough Feg, Bible of the Devil
08/07/09 Pirates Cove @ Peabody's, Cleveland OH
08/08/09 Casbah, Hamilton ON, Canada
08/09/09 Middle East, Boston MA
08/10/09 AS220, Providence RI
08/11/09 Santos, New York NY
08/12/09 Johnny Brendas, Philadelphia PA
08/13/09 DC9, Washington DC
08/14/09 Sonar, Baltimore MD
08/15/09 Ravari Room, Columbus OH w/ Deadsea

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Frida​y,​​​​​ Febru​ary 6, 2009 8pm

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Hey Everyone, lots of news lately...

New double CD "Fields/Church of Broken Glass" is out now! Double vinyl is on the way. New "Fields" t-shirt is in print. Bastard Long Sleeves are back in print. "The Bastard" CD should be re-pressed one of these days. Stay tuned.

Our upcoming release is actually more like 2 albums joined at the spine. A split with ourselves, if you will. Both albums are between 30 and 40 minutes long, and have different feels, titles, cover art, logos, etc.

One album is called "Fields". The other is called "Church of Broken Glass". They will be released at the same time, as a double CD digipack through Profound Lore records, and as a double gatefold vinyl trough 20 Buck Spin. The release is scheduled for sometime in October 2008.

We should be playing some shows around that time.

Tracklists:

Fields:
1. The Fields Trilogy: a) Agriculture b) Fields c) Motorcade
2. Rats Assembly
3. Always Looking Down
4. Too Soon

Church Of Broken Glass:
1. Almost (Left Without You)
2. Butchertown
3. The Gulls
4. Church of Broken Glass
5. Train

We're at Trakworx recording two (2!) new albums right now.

Check this article out - click the pic to read:

We have new shirts featuring art from the cover of "The Locust Years". Available in all sizes, including American Apparel "classic girl" shirts. Go to the merch page to order one.

Cheers!

2/22/07 Great American Music Hall, San Francisco

Hammers Of Misfortune
Asunder
Slough Feg

$12, 9pm

3/16/07 SXSW festival, Emo's

Hammers Of Misfortune
Kylesa
Weedeater
Stinking Lizaveta
Slough Feg
Bible Of The Devil

3/25/07 Bottom Of The Hill

Hammers Of Misfortune
Ghengis Tron
Kylesa

The message board and comments are temporarily disabled due to a shit-blizzard of spam we were getting. We'll open it all back up when we figure out how to protect it from spammers.

KUSF presents: a record release party for "The Locust Years", the new album by Hammers Of Misfortune.
Yes, we're performing the entire album live at Great American Music Hall, February 22. 2007.
Also playing: Asunder!! More details to follow...

Our third Album is finally here!

Lyrics from "The August Engine" and "The Locust Years" are now posted on our message board.

Two new interviews are up, including the dreaded 100 Questions from Lamentations Of The Flame Princess. You might find this entertaining... go here: http://www.lotfp.com/content.php?interviewid=53

For Immediate Release

Hammers Of Misfortune has a new line up! First of all, original drummer Chewy has returned to the fold. This is great news and we are thrilled to have him back!

As for Vocals, we have two new members, Patrick Goodwin (Dirty Power) is playing guitar and assuming duties as our male lead vocalist. Jesse Quattro (Secret Chiefs 3, Carniceria) is our new Female vocalist. We're very excited to have Chewy back, and some excellent new voices in the band. We expect this line-up to be our best yet. This line-up is confirmed to debut at the South By South West showcase in Austin TX, in March of '07. There will undoubtedly be shows prior to this, but they are a secret at the moment...

Hammers Of Misfortune official line-up:

Chewy - drums
Ron Nichols - bass
John Cobbett - guitar, etc.
Sigrid Sheie - piano, organ
Patrick Goodwin - voice, guitar
Jesse Quattro - voice, etc.

Heh heh, and then a bunch of fools get into a debate about Dimmu Borgir and shit. Funny.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/showreview.aspx?reviewID=809

Our friend Craig McGillivary has photographed Hammers a lot. For his live documentation click here. This set includes some rehearsal shots and pictures of the funniest breakfast in Los Angeles ever.

Craig was also in the studio snapping pictures during basic tracking of The Locust Years. Check out his pix here

There's lots of excellent stuff on his site, mostly dealing with life here in our neck of the woods: http://www.truefaux.org/

Unholy Cadaver Demo #1 is now available in the iTunes music store! This link will take you directly to it (opens iTunes)

Hey look the guy from The Sword is wearing a Hammers shirt. We have indie cred now.

Our new CD is almost out. Pre-order it from us or buy it here

Listen to samples here

We might play a show in September.