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From The
"Box Of Hard Knocks" C.D./Lp

Don't Respect you

Buzzard

Shotgun Funeral

From The
Happy Bastards/Human Cerainty Split Lp

My Catalina

Run With The Sheep

Sugar To Ashes

Tornados And Guns

Happy Bastards SmashCore 2004 Tour Video!

 
Smashcore Tour Video By Shafe

Happy Bastards First Show Covering Rudimentary Peni
For Halloween 2003!

The Cooters & Happy Bastards Cover The Trooper

Reviews!

Happy Bastards/ Human Certainty - split lp
Am really into the HAPPY BASTARDS stuff cool melodic female fronted punk rock that takes it's
cues from a mixture of the GITS and LA FRACTION dynamic, powerful, punchy punk rock backing
up a powerful lyrical delivery. Great stuff, and i really hope they come play in the Bay Area sometime
soon. On the flip we have fellow Oregonians who churn out three cuts of skull- crushing depravity.
Lurching heaviness that is the spawn of bands like DYSTOPIA but significantly more metal.
I'm not so into it, but maybe you are? HAPPY BASTARDS rule okay!
(Maximum RocknRoll Jan 05)

HAPPY BASTARDS / HUMAN UNCERTAINTY
split LP
[N.F.N. Records] (11.9.04)
A pair of wildly different hardcore punk bands from Eugene, Oregon team up from on fantastic split LP release. Happy Bastards are punchy and melodic punk with really incredible female vocals—imagine a mix of the Gits and La Fraction! Human Uncertainty are far more dark and metal-influenced, like a less polished version of Dystopia. Not to miss!
(Profane Existence)

Happy Bastards
Self-titled C.D.R
These DIY releases are like a box of chocolates: you never know what you're going to get. While most pro-looking, mass produced records in your local indie store take great pains to align themselves with a particular punk subgenre, most of the time folks like Happy Bastards just don't bother, either for lack of knowing how to play to these conventions or because they just don't care. While most zines out there don't tend to review these kinds of records at all, I quite like them. I'm not sure how many of you go out and buy stuff like Myles of Destruction or Moron Parade, but I definitely enjoy listening to (and writing about) stuff that's off the beaten path, even if it's just by a few steps.

Happy Bastards are certainly one of those bands, playing a fast and aggressive mix of hardcore and Dead Boys-style punk not unlike DC-area thrashers like the Goons and VPR (thanks to the female vocals I'm also reminded a lot of Naked Aggression, though I'm not sure how well that comparison holds up with the instrumentation). In other words, while the music is as fast and as hard as most hardcore, it's missing the stilted metal-isms, political content and macho vibe of most hardcore bands.

While this eight-song EP is slightly front-loaded (actually, the CDR I received was damaged, but from what I can hear of the last two tracks they aren't nearly so well-developed as the first handful), I don't think that's such a big deal (especially if this is a demo; the first rule of demos is put your best song first!) because this is clearly just a starting point for Happy Bastards. With a starting point this strong, though, this band seems likely to go pretty far, so if and when this band releases their debut full-length (which will hopefully be on a recognizable label) be sure to pick it up, because bands that play with this much skill and fire don't come around every day.
(Deep Fried Bonanza)