Currently on a huge European tour to promote their new album released this month, Stories To Tell, US rockers The Hangmen look like they do have a few tales to impart since starting out nearly 40 years ago.
It’s a narrative littered with false dawns and enthusiastic restarts, from sharing the same label as Nirvana in 1989 to a near fatal disappearance the following decade, from finding a cult following in Finland to the current release that took 18 months, several studios and no few producers to make.
Through it all, frontman Bryan Small has continued to write melodic rock numbers in the classic vein. Choosing to cover Sinister Purpose by Creedence Clearwater Revival on the new album speaks volumes about their heritage.
The band appears at Zagreb’s Hard Place (ulica Hrvatske bratske zajednice 4) on Tuesday, October 3. See here for the Facebook event page and tickets.