Honky

Playing hot-wired boogie rock that fuses classic rock swagger with punk rock attitude, Honky were formed in 1996 by Jeff Pinkus, best known as the longest-lasting bassist with the Butthole Surfers.

After leaving the Surfers in 1994, Austin, Texas-based Pinkus busied himself with a number of projects, including a short-lived band called Skinny Lynerd.

Skinny Lynerd's guitarist was a moonlighting tattoo artist named Carson Vester, and when Pinkus, Vester, and drummer Lance Farley jammed together one day, they decided the chemistry was right and a power trio was born.