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#JohnBrannon

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Arnel Šarić Sharan :verified:<p>I'm leaving for Vienna today to watch Negative Approach, The Descendents, and Circle Jerks on Sunday.</p><p>As always, I am looking forward to seeing the support band Negative Approach. Brannon was an amazing find back in the day. </p><p><a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/Detroit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Detroit</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/NegativeApproach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NegativeApproach</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/JohnBrannon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnBrannon</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/Hardcore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hardcore</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/HardcorePunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HardcorePunk</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/Vienna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vienna</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/CircleJerks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CircleJerks</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/Descendents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Descendents</span></a></p>
1001 Other Albums<p><em>[This guest post was written by platenworm about number 659 on <a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/the-list/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The List</a>. The album was also submitted by</em> <em>platenworm.]</em></p><p>The Laughing Hyenas from Ann Arbor, Michigan were the most intense band I ever saw. And, despite their madness, they managed to stay together with the best line up for some 5 years and kicked out a mini-LP and two fantastic LPs.</p><p>It started to get real heavy, ugly and great when Jim Kimball took over the drum sticks. He glued the insanity of John Brannon, Larissa Stolarchuk and Kevin Monroe perfect together with his tight and manic drumming.</p><p>Before the Laughing Hyenas, singer John Brannon made a name for himself in the Hardcore band <a href="https://www.discogs.com/artist/346753-Negative-Approach" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Negative Approach</a>. Larissa Stolarchuk on guitar started out in <a href="https://www.discogs.com/artist/559816-L-Seven" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">L-Seven</a> (not to be confused with L7) as a singer, and, just like Kevin Monroe had never played bass before, she never played the guitar before the Laughing Hyenas. She and Kevin changed their last name into Strickland while in the Hyenas.</p><p>In 1987 they released the debut mini LP <em><a href="https://laughinghyenas.bandcamp.com/album/merry-go-round" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Merry Go Round</a></em>, to be followed by their first full length <em><a href="https://laughinghyenas.bandcamp.com/album/you-cant-pray-a-lie" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">You Can’t Pray A Lie</a></em> in 1989. Both records are fantastic, and I was already a big fan when they toured <em>You Can’t Pray A Lie</em> and hit my hometown Groningen, Netherlands, in the Vera Club where I worked (<a href="http://youtu.be/ZMdE6Hg05pY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">show on Youtube</a>). Nothing could prepare me for the hurricane that took place on that stage that night. Every member was totally lost in their own out-of-control mental universe, but they still managed to stick it together. Like four high-speed atoms exploding in a grand total collision. A mind-bending experience, very heavy and actually also quite scary. A lot of bands try to be scary and evil, which make them actually quite funny in a way. But not the Laughing Hyenas – they didn’t have to try anything, they just were.</p><p>So, how to top something like that? Well they just released their masterpiece <em>Life of Crime</em> the following year. The album is named after <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaCSJW3rhXQ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Weirdos song</a> they also cover on this record, but I’m not gonna describe the music for you. You just have to go listen and turn it way up to 11. All albums are produced by the great Butch Vig and released by the legendary Touch And Go label.</p><p>After these albums, things started to fall apart. The last EP <em><a href="https://laughinghyenas.bandcamp.com/album/crawl" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Crawl</a></em> and LP <em><a href="https://laughinghyenas.bandcamp.com/album/hard-times" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hard Times</a></em> are very good, but <em>Life of Crime</em> was so intense that it outshines the rest. Kevin and Jim started the wonderful band <a href="https://www.discogs.com/artist/351623-Mule" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mule</a> (check out the <em><a href="https://mule.bandcamp.com/album/if-i-dont-six" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">If I Don’t Six</a></em> LP). John formed the High-Energy Detroit Rock band <a href="https://www.discogs.com/artist/1145486-Easy-Action-2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Easy Action</a>. And Larissa sadly passed away in 2006. But she luckily left us with the legacy of the Laughing Hyenas and me with a vivid image of her wonderful live performance. One of a kind.</p><ul><li><a href="https://laughinghyenas.bandcamp.com/album/life-of-crime" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bandcamp: Laughing Hyenas – Life of Crime</a></li><li><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/540389-Laughing-Hyenas-Life-Of-Crime" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Discogs: Laughing Hyenas – Life of Crime</a></li></ul><p><em>[Alt text for accompanying image: The album art work is a drawing in black and white. A hear is in the center, with two arrows piercing it and rays coming out of it. There’s a black border at the top and bottom, with the band name in the top border and the album name in the bottom.]</em></p><p><a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/04/05/laughing-hyenas-life-of-crime-1990-us/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/04/05/laughing-hyenas-life-of-crime-1990-us/</a></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/1001otheralbums/" target="_blank">#1001OtherAlbums</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/1990s/" target="_blank">#1990s</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/jim-kimball/" target="_blank">#JimKimball</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/john-brannon/" target="_blank">#JohnBrannon</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/kevin-munro/" target="_blank">#KevinMunro</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/larissa-stolarchuk/" target="_blank">#LarissaStolarchuk</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/laughing-hyenas/" target="_blank">#LaughingHyenas</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/negative-approach/" target="_blank">#NegativeApproach</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/rock/" target="_blank">#rock</a></p>
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