Lately we’ve gotten a few reviews of our latest EP, “Summer of Destruction.” Here are some excerpts and links:

These guys waste no time opening up the throttle: “Everything is Permitted” and “Kitty, Queen of Destiny” deliver the rushing riffs and dueling axe work the metal hounds crave… “The End Is Nigh” proves to be the high point of the EP, introducing a bashing, low-slung blues melody a la TESLA before shifting into a punked-up, rapid-fire tempo with a commanding bassline. It may not be a familiar name now, but a couple more discs like this one will surely make HAY PERRO a respected moniker in metal circles.” – Peacedogman.com

“One part 70s hard rock, one part 80s noise rock and a dash of bitters. For those who wondered what it might sound like if the Jesus Lizard did a Blue Oyster Cult tribute show. I’ll give you a hint: It’s pretty cool.” – Aiding & Abetting

“Combining the dark forces of metal, the thunder of rock and the furious pace of the mighty jackalope a newer stronger less leaden band has been thrust forth thusly…You can certainly hear the Maiden influence as well as Kiss and perhaps a little Zeke – but what do I know? Comparisons aside Hay Perro has a fresh rock sound and from what I can gather would likely be quite formidable in front of you on a stage, preferably somewhere near to where you are.” – Upstarter

We are pretty stoked about the nice things these fellows have had to say. Please check out the full reviews! Also, come to our show tonight at the Mutiny (see previous post.)

There are three new songs in the recordings section. Much to the ire of the audiophiles among you, they are encoded at a mere 160 kbps.

If you prefer to listen to them in even lower fidelity while looking at pictures of our friends and/or advertisements for upcoming shows on FOX, they are also on our MySpace page.

What’s up chickens.

Just testing out some new stuff for the site.

Don’t mind me.

We recently received some pictures that the frequently fabulous Di Kulka took of us at Ronny’s.

There are forty-nine of them. They are located here. My favorite is the tenth from the bottom.

Hay Perro will be on WLUW (88.7 FM in Chicago) on Saturday, July 7 at 2 AM (which, let’s be honest, is really Friday night for all intents and purposes.) We’ll be on the air with DJ Barb Wire. We’re sure to play several HP recordings (but probably not Come on Comrade, as that song contains the dreaded F-word, which the FCC wisely prohibits, because even at 2 AM the chance exists that an impressionable youth might turn on their Fisher-Price radio, hear that awful utterance, and thence be consigned to the path of sin, indecency, and moral relativism, and might even end up being a vegan or something.)

The banter will be unparalleled.

So when closing time’s approaching and the naked lady photo hunt game just doesn’t hold your interest anymore, tune into WLUW and let Hay Perro take the edge off.

…and no one had to disrobe!

Rock industry guru Martin Atkins has a column on the Suicide Girls web site where he answers questions from bands on how to handle the business aspects of being a band. In this column, he acknowledges us by name and takes some of our questions. This is mostly only exciting to people in the band, but we couldn’t not point out Hay Perro’s presence on a softcore porn web site.

Thanks to the fine people at Resurrection Health Center, Emily’s troublesome gallbladder is a thing of the past.

Thanks to the equally fine people at GuitarWorks, the unreliable toggle switch on Chris’s guitar is also a distant memory.

As such, HP has switched from “break” mode to “full throttle rock” mode. We will be proving this at the Note on the 25th.

We are sad to report that the Ronny’s show next weekend has been cancelled. Emily went to the hospital the other day and it turned out that her gallbladder needed to be removed. Wish her a speedy recovery.

…is the name of our debut EP. The cover looks like this. The tracklisting is as listed in the previous post.

Two mp3s can be downloaded from the Audio page, also linked on the sidebar. We will have the CDs for sale at Ronny’s tomorrow.

We recently spent a couple of weekends recording our debut EP with the Daniel Agosto. Since recording journals are seldom exciting, we will simply say that Dan was fantastically helpful, Brian’s solo on “Black Hat Preacher” is utterly face-melting, and we are very excited with the results. The disc’s tracklisting will be as follows:

1. Come on Comrade
2. Black Hat Preacher
3. Lacking Savoir Faire
4. Have You the Touch?
5. Put a Dollar in My Mouth

Barring any last-minute production snafus, the disc will be available at the below-mentioned Ronny’s show.