Zac Hobbs-Vocals, Guitars
Jason Hurt-Guitars
Phread Touchette-Bass
Andrew Bennett-Drums
Influences
The Replacements, Superdrag, Dinosaur Jr., Archers of Loaf, Afghan Whigs, The Pixies, Neil Young, Tom Petty, Eddie Money, Teenage Fanclub, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Superchunk, Mudhoney, Seaweed...
No Man Can Stand Against the Deadly Fists of Kung Fu formed like so many emergent bands, by two guys with cheap guitars.
Zac Hobbs and Jason Hurt grew up in the same town, read the same comic books and shared the same distaste for mediocre pizza. They also enjoyed listening to the same music and at early ages the two of them would begin to write music together. Listening to Dinosaur Jr, The Afghan Whigs, Tom Petty, The Replacements and The Pixies would result in a writing style heavy on guitars yet graced by vocal melody. The two started their first band just out of high school but it wasn’t until the fall of 2001 that Zac took to the microphone. Their style is tight and powerful with just the right amount of push and tug. What you see isn’t a chemistry of opposing forces nor is it an order of lead and be led but a mutual symbiosis.
Working together for years, Zac and Jason created a tag‐team dynamic that doesn’t appear often in writing teams. Jason and Zac began playing seriously in 2001 with the creation of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (The League), a tribute project which allowed Zac to hone his chops on the microphone. After The League, the duo kept collaborating and with the addition of Phread Touchette and Andrew Bennett, No Man Can Stand Against the Deadly Fists of Kung Fu (Deadly Fists of Kung Fu for short, DFKF for shorter) was created in 2002.
Phread Touchette and his bass guitar officially stepped into the band in 2002 and again in early 2010. Taking a break in 2004 for projects like Inkwell, Boat and Futbol Bat. Phread has rejoined the ranks of DFKF. As a life‐long bassist, he demonstrates how maneuverability adds a playful element to an otherwise forceful guitar‐driven sound. With guitars raging the trio needed a drummer that could not only collaborate, but could keep up. Enter Andy B.
Andrew Bennett, or Andy B., officially joined the rhythm section in mid 2003 after a few practices. When he came aboard he seemed to provide just the right amount of balance to the antics of the comic book twins. Classically trained with a heavier sound, complete with double‐kick, he began playing with hard core acts like Jackeneuse and Mozzleschlock in 1997. This heavy‐handed freight‐train technique would be well adapted to DFKF and would prove to round out Jason's intricate guitar hooks and cement Zac's beguiling melodies with Phread's mischievous rhythm creating a welcome yet unexpected full‐bodied and explosive sound.
From winning Pensacola Independent News Music Awards for Best Rock and Best Live Show in 2004 and 2005 and playing alongside GodSmack on the IV tour to driving through the night to play to a nearly empty room or a room full of out-of-genre fans, DFKF has experienced a fair share of thrills and bumps in their near decade of existence. When asked what kept them going in a newspaper interview, Jason responded "I feel that when you write songs and make up music, you kind of want to play them in front of somebody, even if it's just 12 people." While days of playing to a near empty house seem to be at their backs, DFKF continue to write and perform some of the most stylistically creative music to emerge from the Gulf Coast.
Steeped in the minutia of pop‐culture references, comic book sagas and the appeal of space travel you won't find traditional songs of unrequited love or lyrics justifying society's need for anger management professionals. What you get is a surprisingly inviting fun and poppy indie rock sound that is both appealing and memorable. Striving to combat the all too familiar stereotype that emerging indie rock bands are only capable of writing one sound, the variances and dynamics in the songcraft of the Deadly Fists of Kung Fu provides listeners with a refreshing break from the norm.
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To order the CD/shirt/stickers and/or DOWNLOAD click here http://stob.bandcamp.com/album/duel All downloads come with SToB music videos and lyrics and you can choose the format you want to download in from MP3 to Apple lossless, Flac...pretty much any format you could desire
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On June 14, 2010 we will be accepting submissions from artists interesting in performing in front of 25 to 50 representatives from the 4 Major Recording Labels and several of the top Independent Record Labels.
This will occur over two consecutive weekends. One weekend in New York and one weekend in Los Angeles over two days that will feature 15 of the top bands selected to perform each night at one location. In doing it this way every band that performs WILL BE SEEN by ever representative attending. Unlike SXSW and other such music conferences where if you’re not at the one or two locations where all the label representatives hang out, you’ll ever be seen, and it was a complete waste of your time and money.
NO COST or FEES, other than the artist’s own travel expenses. Compete details and submission procedures shall be posted on our MySpace page June 14, 2010. WE SHALL NOT ACCEPT ANY SUBMISSIONS UNTIL THAT DATE.
And here is why we are committing a considerable amount of time and resources to this opportunity:
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Recently we began a trial usage of Sonicbids’ service for our artist and band searches.
As a result of that test it became clear that Sonicbids is all about earning money at the expense of artists looking to break through the wall that surrounds the music industry.
Based on our experiences from both the perspective of artists we are associated with seeking to benefit from opportunities offered though Sonicbids. As well as from the perspective of promoters searching for talent through Sonicbids service.
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Sonicbids is an Artist and Promoters Worst Nightmare
Recently we began a trial usage of Sonicbids service for our artist and band searches.
As a result of that test it became clear that Sonicbids is all about earning money at the expense of artists looking to break through the wall that surrounds the music industry.
Based on our experiences from both the perspective of artists we are associated with seeking to benefit from opportunities offered though Sonicbids. As well as from the perspective of promoters searching for talent through Sonicbids service.
We have concluded that Sonicbids operation is nothing more than another one of these money making SCAMS that is generating as much as $8,000,000.00 a year for Sonicbids at the expense of artists and bands paying subscription fees on top of submission fees to be considered by promoters utilizing Sonicbids services. Of which many of these Promoters are running nothing but a SCAM on artists or bands that apply.
First, you should be aware of where the money goes. For every dollar an Artist or Band pays for Sonicbids’ subscription fees, it goes directly into Sonicbids pockets. Second, the first $100.00 of every listing by a promoter, as well as 50% of all fees you pay for any listing also goes directly into the pockets of Sonicbids. This means that Sonicbids is, by our estimation, pocketing over 75% of all monies collect from unsuspecting artists and bands.
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