Ho-Ag

Ho-Ag
Origin	Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Genres	Noise rock
Years active	2001 – present
Members	Matt Parish Tyler Derryberry Alaskan Ryan Brown Eric Meyer
Past members	Kristina Johnson Patrick Kim Dave Dines Jonathan Ruhe Nicholas ("Nkls") Ward
Website	ho-agband.com

Ho-Ag was an experimental noise rock band based in Boston, Massachusetts.

History

Ho-Ag was formed in 2001 by guitarists Matt Parish and Patrick Kim, along with bassist Dave Dines and drummer Jon Ruhe. Their debut EP, People Coming Back in Time, was self-released in October 2002. Their first album was later released in 2003 on Mister Records. The group then replaced Ruhe with Eric Meyer and Tyler Derryberry joined the group as a keyboardist. Their EP Pray for the Worms in was released in February 2005. Nicholas Wardreplaced Dines on bass during a tour. Their next album, The Word from Pluto, was recorded after the tour and released on Hello Sir Records in September 2006. The group followed up with a self-released EP titled Elektro in 2007. Doctor Cowboy, Ho-Ag's third album, was released by Hello Sir in May 2008, by which time the lineup consisted of Parish, Derryberry, Meyer, guitarist Kristina Johnson, and bassist Ryan Brown.

Discography

• The Meteor Is a Decoy (Demo, 2002)
• People Coming Back In Time for Me (Self-Released, 2002)
• Mister Records Comp 2003 (Mister Records, 2003)
• Ho Ag Equals Go At (Mister Records, 2003)
• Mister Records Comp 3.0 (Mister Records, 2005)
• Ho-Ag/Laughing Light Split 7" (Mister Records, 2005)
• Pray for the Worms (Hive 35, 2005)
• The Word from Pluto (Hello Sir Records, 2006)
• Elektra/Elektro EP (Hive 35, 2007)
• Doctor Cowboy (Hello Sir Records, 2008)
• World-Destroying Zig-Zags (Hive 35, 2013)
• No More Masterpieces (Hive 35, 2013)

Reception

Their album The Word from Pluto received positive to mixed reviews.

External links

• Ho-Ag official site