THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO GAVE US A PLACE TO STAY, BOUGHT SOME STUFF, LISTENED TO OUR RELENTLESS ONSTAGE BANTER & ARGUING, AND GAVE US A LISTEN!

Watched Poltergeist last night.  It's been years.  Nostalgic feelings of fear and fondness flooded my mind.  I honestly had trouble sleeping.  Just thought I'd let you all know.

But that's not why I wrote.  I have some new guitars thanks to three very generous people.  Last I wrote, my guitar had gotten itself smashed. I vented through Myspace; people responded with their sympathies; three of these people sent me guitars.  I've sent them each a junk package to show my gratitude for keeping this band alive, but that alone can't show my appreciation.  This is cheezy (I take after my mother), but, Brendan, Cynthia, and Ryan, thank you sooooo much for supplying me with these wonderful new (to me) gifts.  I honestly had no intention of buying a new guitar after that show, so you guys really did save the band.  Everybody should write them a nice thank you letter via myspace.  They're on our top friends list so they'll be easy to find.  And I'll have pictures up soon of all three guitars.  If you three are reading this, know that all future Harley Poe merchandise is yours for the taking.  Just write us and let us know.  I hope you like the junk mail I've sent.  Ok I'm dumb...and so is Kevin.

Also, we are working on brand new material with a new member.  Greg Manfredi has joined up with us on the organ for this new batch of songs and it sounds great.  By far our best work yet!  We are touring a lot at the end of this year and Greg probably won't be able to make most shows, but for those who have already seen us twenty times, we may be playing some new ones.  Stay tuned assholes.

Oh, and it really means a lot when we get mail from everybody, but we're trying to use our Harley Poe inbox for business and tour setup only.  If you just wish to comment about our music or whatever, then please post on our comments page. If you have a question about tour or shows, then write the band; but, if you have questions directed to a certain member of the band, then please write to their personal myspace.  We are all on our top friends list and will do our best to write back.

Thanks bitches,

Pappy Joe

I'm trying to sober up.  This is hard to do.  I have a headache.   Is 'headache' one or two words?

A couple weeks ago Harley Poe played three shows in Indy during a span of four or five hours.  It was a great time and I had a little too much to drink then also.  The last show of the night was recorded, and if you're really nice to me maybe we'll release it with some new songs (new songs, yeah right).  So, anyway, Mercury Radio Theater was in town and that no good cunt smokin', feces eatin' tard-ass known as Buddy jumped on stage, began to dry hump my butt, and took me to the ground along with my precious trashy spray-painted-black Yamaha acoustic guitar.  He broke it.  I forgave him.  We're still friends.

That was until today when Harley Poe was invited to share the stage with such metal bands as Shiteater, Tit Squasher, and the We Eat Acoustic Punk Bands For Lunch Heavy Metal Co. at the Melody Inn Memorial Day Cookout.  I think that venue has us play so often because we're easy to ridicule--especially when we're opening for metalheads.  Is 'metal heads' one or two words?  Anyway, I sorta forgot about my guitar being broken, or maybe I just thought it would fix itself.  Well it didn't.  Imagine that: Harley Poe makin' fools out of themselves on stage.  Luckily, Travis Trash had a guitar in his car.  Unluckily, it was an electric guitar and our show still sucked.  That's okay, I'm used to that.  Some may say sucking is part of our charm.  But what I'm not used to is what happened during the middle of our set when I may have gotten a little carried away and threw my broken spray-painted-black Yamaha acoustic guitar at Kevin's head.  Why did I do that?  I don't know.  I was drunk?  It's fun to hurt people? I didn't think he'd feel it?  Whatever...he did.  And his requital was much, much more severe than a bump on the head.  I don't think I have to write what he did next.  I'm sure you'll all see the pictures.

I guess I don't hate Buddy anymore, after all, Kevin's the one who finished my guitar off.  But I can't hate him either.  He's so cute.  I forgive him.  It really doesn't matter anyway.  My first acoustic guitar was stolen out of my car while I was visiting a friend.  My second electric guitar was stolen by some drunk-ass-bitch super slut after a show right before Christmas.  So why not my third guitar get mashed to pieces by two guys the size of linebackers and an unsympathetic crowd whose sole purpose in coming to a Harley Poe show is to see how drunk we get?  Why not?

Anyway, if anybody out there in Myspace Land wants to send an acoustic guitar or money my way so Harley Poe can continue to spread our lies, give me a holler.

Oh, and if I could start this day over again knowing what I know now, I wouldn't change a thing.

Pappy Joe

This past tour, good ol' Pappy Joe brought his handy vintage video camera to make a documentary of sorts of our trip to the Mid West and back.

Here is a 30 minute video cut into 5 parts. Enjoy.

Harley Poe March 2007 Tour Documentary

PART ONE

PART TWO

PART THREE

PART FOUR

PART FIVE

Enjoy

I remember when Calibretto 13 was leaving Tooth and Nail Records and losing Aaron.  We were trying new things.  Chad had just joined the band and CJ was playing organ on our albums.  I was ready to quit playing, but at the same time I had some big hopes for the band.  But during the last days of Calibretto (13), while "losing my faith," Harley Poe was slowly and painfully being born.  I remember the first song I wrote for Harley Poe was during a Calibretto 13 tour with Ghoti Hook.  I believe it was Homicidal Maniac.  I wrote many of the earlier Harley Poe songs while in Calibretto.  Of course, Calibretto ended up using a lot of them on our last two eps, but I hope to record those on future Harley Poe albums.

It's funny,  I didn't really plan on pursuing Harley Poe after our first album.  All the members of Calibretto played on IN THE DARK, then Calibretto played our last Halloween show and we all parted ways.  I was without a band...until I met an upright bass player and became excited again.  We played some shows, and then Cristian Requelme joined the band to play brushes. Unfortunately, Cristian helped scare away my new bass player, but at least continued with me as a duo for awhile.  That lasted a few shows and then Kevin Phillips decided to let himself in as our new bass player.  I couldn't say no, after all, he was bigger than me.  We were a three piece and I was hesitant. 

I think last year around this time Adam Kerr came up to me with his mandolin and played one of my songs.  I loved it, and against the discretion of everyone else, I asked him into the band.  It was rocky at first, but after a couple months things were really picking up.  Until a couple of hours ago, this band was doing GREAT!  Shows were getting bigger, we were playing better, and this month we were set to do a new release.  That was until Adam didn't come to practice.  It's funny how I just can't seem to keep members.  I just received a royalty check from Tooth and Nail Records the other day for Calibretto 13 songs and my mom said, "See, you should have kept Calibretto going with your positive lyrics."  Maybe she was right, but I would be feigning.

Anyway, Harley Poe is back to playing with just a drummer and a bassist.  I suppose we'll adjust to the changes as they come.  Who knows, maybe we'll get an organ or a banjo player this time.  An accordian sure would be awesome.  Maybe Harley Poe is not meant to keep the same roster for more than one album at a time.  I do know that I feel right about what I'm doing and I'm having a great time, so as long as I have my songs and an audience to sing for, I ain't givin' up.  The doors will open and soon Harley Poe will have a new member, or maybe we'll just cruise as a three piece for awhile.

See you guys at the shows.