Greenbeard Release Debut Album Stoned at the Throne
And now, a play:
Officer McWhitey: Uh, do you know why I pulled you over?
Me: Nope.
Officer McWhitey: You were driving erratically. Swerving all over the place. What’s that you’ve got there?
Me: Oh, it’s a CD by this band from Austin called Greenbeard.
(Officer McWhitey, as portrayed by the douchiest buzzcut-looking motherfucker you can find, takes the CD, examines it.)
Officer McWhitey: Stoned at the Throne, huh?
Me (Looking at Officer McWhitey and realizing he’s at least eight years my junior): Yup.
Officer McWhitey: Step out of the car, sir.
–END SCENE–
I hope you enjoyed this original play. I bet you didn’t know I wrote plays. I don’t. Greenbeard, however, write riffs, and that’s even better. The Austin, Texas, four-piece list July 10 as the release date for their full-length debut, Stoned at the Throne, but you can stream the thing now and since you can, you probably should.
Background follows, culled from the internets:
We present to you, “Stoned at the Throne”! Our first full length album. This collection of music represents everything we stand for. 8 tracks of blistering riffs, heavy grooves, hard hitting beats, and tastefully meticulated song writing. We urge you to sit back, clear your mind, turn up the volume, ready the rig, and get stoned at the throne with us. Enjoy!
Greenbeard assembled to honor and celebrate all things heavy, riff driven, stoner, desert, and above all else, rock and roll. “Greenbeard” was recorded in the spring of 2014. Chance Parker, Alex Smith, and Buddy Hachar collided visions to manifest a sonic liquification of heavy riffs, dark grooves, and hypnotic beats.
“Greenbeard” dove deep into the blueprints of heavy rock. Tracks like “Sludgito” will melt your mind with their never ending slow roasting bass groove. “Eris” shuffles through the Texas desert soil with driving riffs and hard hitting drums.
Desert rock from the sun stricken soil of Austin, TX. Greenbeard brings prolific vibrations to the universe via drums, bass, and guitar.
Stoned at the Throne comes in a CD jacket with custom artwork by Headbang Design of France. Stoned at the Throne was mixed by Adam Hamilton (Brian Jonestown Massacre/Counting Crows/LA Guns), and mastered by Paul Tavenner (Cleopatra Records). Recorded at Ohm Recording Facility and engineered by Chico Jones. Produced by Alfonso Gonzalez.
Chance Parker: Vocals/Guitar
Ethan Thayer: BG Vocals
Buddy Hachar: Drums
Marc Maddox: Bass
https://www.facebook.com/greenbeardtheband/
https://greenbeard.bandcamp.com/album/stoned-at-the-throne
Something not dissimilar happened to me and some buddies on the way back from a gig in London, except Rookie Officer asked me what bands we’d been to see and the response was “uhhhhh, Astrohenge”
Just for your info, you can be a police officer and enjoy bands like Greenbeard, we’re not all ‘douchiest buzzcut-looking motherfuckers :)’
Certainly a possibility worth acknowledging, but Officer McWhitey definitely is. Point taken, in any case.