Slimy Two-Faced Yankee No-Counts

May 7, 1997

From The Henrys, a perceived truism of the music business:
Bands with no distribution or record deals really, really want to git one. Bands that have 'em already really want, more than anything, to git out. But guess what? Not so your devoted Hanks. Nope, not only do we like our European arrangement with Demon, but for North America, we JUST WORMED OUR WAY OFF BAR/NONE!!!

The best of both (New and Old) worlds!

Whoah! What were they on? A more weasely, slimey, two-faced, Yankee no-count, tell-'em-whatever-they-wanna-hear (still smarting from either the War of 1812 or D. Bailey's 100m dash), non-payin', hope-to-make-a-quick-buck-off-the-Canadian-hosers and then ignore-em-if-we-don't cause we can simply-move-on-to-a-new-group-of-suckers, ornery, inscrutable, two-bit conglomeration with which y'all do surely never wanna make acquaintance.

It was a train wreck, folks, pure and simple. But get this irony: TrainRec just happens to be the name of the indie label that The Hens started in the first place! What goes around comes around. Now that our "deal" with that certain bunch of Hoboken weasels has terminated, the ole phoenix TrainRec has been reborn!

First order of business: gear up the manufacturing plant.

So if you live in North America and y'all or yer'alls friends need some CDs, wait three or four weeks and then c'mon down (electronically speakin') to H*E*N*R*Y*S CURIO COMPACT DISC AND CLOTHING EMPORIUM, where we can get you suited up good and cut y'all a real fine deal, postage in.

P.S. It looks like the newly-liberated foursome might be playing on May 30th at the Rivoli, alongside our pals Phono-Comb. Check yer local listings.

Onward and upward, y'all!

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