Some music is created to caress and envelop the senses in a delicate and sumptuous manner... some music is created to soundtrack the passion and intensity of romance... and some music is created to rip your head off and bounce your bleeding skull down the street. Meet Hondo Maclean.

Named after an 80s cartoon character, this Welsh quintet are a stunning example of post-hardcore fury. Embodying a tasty hybrid of Slayer style intensity and Poison The Well like invention and progression, they are a potent and exciting force in an era of increasingly soulless replication. And like all the best extreme bands, they know when to temper their assault with a mammoth hook or a well-placed insidious melody. They may crush you, but those chorus lines will be stuck in your head as they do it!

Such is the band's passion and drive that even movie superstar Asia Argento (of 'XXX' fame) has fallen for the Hondo Maclean charm! After hearing the track that the band named after her, she called the guys up and offered her services! And that's why you see Asia's picture adorning the cover and reverse of the band's debut EP.

Shows with Poison The Well, Anthrax, Sikth, Funeral For A Friend and even Steve-O (of Jackass fame) have primed the guys for ever more ferocious performances and the live Hondo Maclean experience can be intense to say the least.

Hondo Maclean - not your average rock band!

Releases

• Unspoken Dialect - album, out 28/02/2005 on Mighty Atom. 1 review (read/post)
• Plans for a Better Day EP - ep, out 02/06/2003 on Mighty Atom. 1 review (read/post)

Past events

• Fri 20 Jan at London Islington Academy. 1 review (read/post)
• Sat 26 Nov at Nottingham Junktion 7. (post review)
• Wed 10 Sep at Birmingham Academy Bar. 1 review (read/post)
• Sun 27 Apr at London Camden Underworld. 1 review (read/post)
• Thu 13 Mar at Manchester Academy 2 (formerly MDH). 1 review (read/post)

News

• 20/05/2004: Hondo is on fire
• 21/12/2003: Hondo Maclean hit the road
• 19/08/2003: Pity Johnny Maclean's Three-Way Rock Circus!

Features

• 21/04/2003: Army Application

Links

• Hondo Maclean - official website

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