Laughing Hyenas


Laughing Hyenas was an American garage rock band that existed from 1985 to 1995. According to AllMusic, "At first, the band specialized in dirges overlaid with the tortuous, throat-shredding vocals of frontman John Brannon. As time passed, their blues connections became more and more explicit".

History

Laughing Hyenas formed in 1985 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The original lineup consisted of vocalist Brannon, guitarist Larissa Strickland, drummer Jim Kimball and bassist Kevin Strickland. Following an eponymous 1986 demo cassette, they released their debut EP, Come Down to the Merry Go Round in 1987 on Touch and Go Records.
The band released their first studio album, You Can't Pray a Lie, in 1989. Life of Crime followed in 1990, and later that year, the original rhythm section of Kimball and Kevin Strickland left the Hyenas and teamed up with P.W. Long to form Mule. in 1991, they recorded an Alice Cooper song for the Sub Pop singles club tribute to Cooper. After their departure, former Necros members Todd Swalla and Kevin Ries joined the band, which released the Crawl EP in 1992. Ries was later replaced by another Necros bassist, Ron Sakowski, who appeared on their third and final album, Hard Times. The band self-released a covers EP, Covers: Stolen Tapes 92 to 94 that same year, before splitting.
Brannon later formed Easy Action, and reunited with Negative Approach.
Larissa Strickland died on October 8, 2006, at the age of 46, from a drug overdose in North Port, Florida.

Former members

Studio albums