New music on the way from proto-punks Death

Death band members and brothers, David Hackney, Bobby Hackney Sr and Dannis Hackney from A Band Called Death. Courtesy of Drafthouse Films

Death band members and brothers, David Hackney, Bobby Hackney Sr and Dannis Hackney from A Band Called Death. Courtesy of Drafthouse Films.


This week has been occupied with putting together an amazing interview I was fortunate enough to conduct with the Hackney brothers from Death, along with the directors of the film about them, A Band Called Death. The initial interviews came to nearly 4000 words, meaning some stuff had to get cut.

However, the Hackneys had some information regarding their upcoming releases that seems rather pertinent to you, my vinyl-loving friends. Lots of new, amazing stuff will be released by Death this year. In addition to pre-Death Hackney brothers band, the RockFire Funk Explosion, seeing release on Third Man Records, Death will be releasing the first new recordings from the band since their reunion.
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