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Boston's HANK Keeps The Flame of Power Pop Alive & Well.

John Valatka | Seattle, WA USA | 12/05/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Boston's HANK has finally released their long awaited follow up from 1995's "Are You Insane" and it is an amazing collection of pop gems! The CD "Power & Beauty" is fuled by such classic songs as "She's A Girl", "Art of Zen"..... I have heard some of these songs on MTV's Real World, and The Howard Stern Show over the past few years, but the band has been pretty quiet these days and has not toured in almost 3 years outside of New England. I'm hoping with this great new release we will be seeing HANK on the road very soon. The songs are a mix of Tom Petty (without the guy from ELO) meets The Byrds with production value that bands like Guided By Voices should realy pay attention to. If you are a fan of power pop this is a must for your collection. Too bad Sony didn't release this CD, it might be on the radio if it had some promotion behind it, their last CD was on Joan Jett's Blackheart Records and was played all over the place,I even saw the band in January of 1998 with an opening act called MatchBox 20..... Let's hope the folks at Momentum Records know what a great CD they have, and can get it as much exposure as this band deserves."

Can HANK Save Rock ?

Gary Wood | Orlando, FL | 03/12/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Can HANK save Rock music? Probably not. In a world that loves boy bands, and drum machines and crappy music, one wonders if HANK an unknown band from Massachusetts, that has their music in the hit TV show on NBC "ED" can save Rock music. I heard their stuff watching the show a few weeks ago and started my mission to find out more about these middle aged rockers. Come to find out they released a CD last June on a tiny label out of Houston ,Texas called Momentum Records, the title of the CD "The Power & Beauty" and man... I'll tell you, HANK made me want to listen to Rock music again. Not since Tom Petty's early days have I been so inspired to want to listen to something other than The Beatles or The Stones. These guys Rock! If you are a jaded middle aged person that has gives up on Rock music, do yourself a favor and buy HANK's Power % Beauty CD. - Gary Wood"

The Best Unknown Band In America is HANK

John Valatka | 06/29/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"It's as simple as it sounds, these guys are unkown, and they are the best band to make American Rock 'n Roll in the last 10 years. Why don't these guys get airplay and sell millions of CDs? Well I own a copy of this amazing CD, it's chock full of hits, if you like Rock 'n Roll music, buy this CD."