Sander Hicks
New York City, New York, United States | SELF
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“In a recent performance at Desmond's Tavern, Hicks jumped across tables and lassoed chairs with a microphone cord while starring down nonbelievers. When he called for revolution – at the time he was spinning from a ceiling fan - the band clicked immediately into tight punk cabaret and a friend turned
to me and said, "this is the best band ever."
“I believed him: my neck was shivering and I was ready to storm the White House. WCC are the real thing: Crass and DK, a band for cocktail hour, The Sound of Music, the best live band of 2001.
—Brandon Stousy, Prose Acts
“White Collar Crime is doing one helluva job re-inventing punk rock in their own vaudeville type manor. …The band's lyrical content focuses on a lot of political matter, yet they do so in a surprisingly catchy manner.”
-Kurt Morris, Action Attack Helicopter
- various
“In a recent performance at Desmond's Tavern, Hicks jumped across tables and lassoed chairs with a microphone cord while starring down nonbelievers. When he called for revolution – at the time he was spinning from a ceiling fan - the band clicked immediately into tight punk cabaret and a friend turned
to me and said, "this is the best band ever."
“I believed him: my neck was shivering and I was ready to storm the White House. WCC are the real thing: Crass and DK, a band for cocktail hour, The Sound of Music, the best live band of 2001.
—Brandon Stousy, Prose Acts
“White Collar Crime is doing one helluva job re-inventing punk rock in their own vaudeville type manor. …The band's lyrical content focuses on a lot of political matter, yet they do so in a surprisingly catchy manner.”
-Kurt Morris, Action Attack Helicopter
- various
Discography
Sander Hicks Solo Cassette Release (1991) "The CIA Pumps Soft Rock into my Job."
with
White Collar Crime:
CD (1998) "Death to Muzak"
CD (1999) "Their Laws Are Dimwit Greed"
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Bio
Sander Hicks is a spoken word artist and songwriter. He writes indie punk/folk tunes and is author of the new book "Slingshot to the Juggernaut."
Hicks' newest recordings are called "Mountain Zen for Revolutionary Times." The songs touch on Occupy Wall Street, the increased police presence in NYC, the questions many have about 9/11, and new discoveries in Zen Buddhism. Jazz legend Sam Morrison sits in with Hicks on several tracks, on alto flute and sax (Morrison is best known as a regular with Miles Davis' band.)
"Mountain Zen for Revolutionary Times" comes out simultaneously with the publication of Hicks' new book, "Slingshot to the Juggernaut: Total Resistance to the Death Machine Means Complete Love of the Truth."
BACK STORY:
He first popped out of the vibrant DC punk scene in his early teens, inspired by shows like Fugazi's Gulf War protest concerts behind the Bush White House. In NYC in 1992, Sander Hicks started the insurgent publishing company Soft Skull Press and later fronted the band White Collar Crime. White Collar Crime mixed "art-punk", musical theatre, a great live show, with intent political commitment. When Soft Skull Press and Hicks published the controversial Bush bio "Fortunate Son" White Collar Crime were part of the vertiginous media roller coaster: the band was featured in (and helped soundtrack) the documentary Horns & Halos (HBO-Cinemax). White Collar Crime played four dates on the "D.I.Y. Fest" stage at Warped Tour in year 2000. After a hiatus, White Collar Crime re-united for the Punk Island festival, in the Summer of 2011.
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