"Hicks' unflinching expression...inspires laughter and discussion that is deserving of a wider audience."
—South Bend Tribune

"A Jim Morrison baritone and the keyboards that ring of Le Shok, 60's garage stylings."
—Action Attack Helicopter

 

Sander Hicks, author of the L.I. Press cover feature this week, To perform two solo gigs February 7, and 8th, Long Island

Feb. 7: Peacesmith's Coffee House, 25 Broadway, Amityville, at the Methodist Church. 8:30 PM. With Gary Ivin and an open mike. I will be focusing on originals and the best anti war songs of the 20th Century.

Feb. 8: Juke Joint, 213 Bedford Avenue, in Bellmore. With Squirrels from Hell, Monkey Chunks, & Sixgun Radio. 9:00 PM. $5.

 

mp3s at http://www.sanderhicks.com/wcc.html

 

"Not many people can look at something like the Enron scandal or the messes with Vice Prez Dick Cheney's Haliburton Corporation or Dubya's own Harken Co., and understand that things like these are not only criminal, but are a criminal in such a way that effects the lives of thousands of people and undermine our entire economy.

"Sander Hicks gets it. Hicks, lead singer/songwriter of the punk band 'White Collar Crime' and publisher of the radical Soft Skull Press is the sort of angry young man who can scream about financial scandals and have it be moving. Leading off with the highly thrilling 'White Collar Crime Fight Song,' Hicks raises the masses of America to rise up against their corrupt corporate overlords. 'We are not saints/we are not angels' screams Hicks, 'a humble hard-working people's army/Taking the Idea/into the street.'

"Well, 'screams' might be overstating it. One of the more endearing features of this album is that, while the music and sentiment is undeniably punk, the sound itself is kind of...wimpy. Reminiscent of early Violent Femmes, with the same deceptive edge. Hicks isn't a strong, confident voice against the system, he's a small, kind of cocky voice against the system. And it works. Hicks is one hacked off honkey. This is a wonderfully antiestablishmentarian album, the kind of album we don't see much of these days: a splendid mix of intellectualism and seething, dangerous rage, ala the Clash and Bad Religion before they started sucking. Which is important, because with the guys running the country now? Their dimwit laws ARE greed, and they HAVEN'T worked for anything, and we need to let them know that we're upset about it. Upset enough to bust some heads."

-Victor Infante Worcester InCity Times.