the wilcox hotel
the wilcox hotel
Genres: country, Whiskey, janky, punk
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Nate Richert
About the wilcox hotel
The Wilcox Hotel takes its name from a song by the seminal LA punk band Fear. On the surface it is difficult to understand why a State College, Pennsylvania based band whose sound has more to do with Mid 1970’s Neil Young, The Drive-By Truckers, and Nebraska–era Bruce Springsteen, would choose a name from one of the most notorious and irreverent bands to ever come out of Los Angeles. The reasons are simple. From 1994 until 2002, band members Jason De Leon and Geoffrey Vasile made up ½ of the Los Angeles based hardcore punk/reggae band Youth In Asia. The punk rock spirit and ethos that characterized Youth In Asia, were carried over to The Wilcox Hotel. However, the Wilcox Hotel blends elements of country, folk, rock, and punk with lyrics that reflect the most visceral (and often miserable) parts of the human experience. Given that De Leon works and has lived in Mexico and on the Southern U.S. border for years, many of the songs describe experiences of the downtrodden souls who cross the border, those that pray on the weak and disenfranchised, and generally the darker side of life. .. ..In addition to the aforementioned influences, The Wilcox Hotel also draws strongly from bands such as Uncle Tupelo, The Carter Family, Los Tigre del Norte, Johnny Cash, and Townes Van Zandt. All of these country influences are filtered through a series of distortion pedals and over-driven amps and regurgitated as the bastard step-child from some country-rock nightmare.
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