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Listen/purchase: Terrible Friend by Chuck Cleaver
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Listen/purchase: Terrible Friend by Chuck Cleaver
“Most of the Assponys goodness probably emanates from guitarist John Erhardt who went electric after a bluegrass career. The u-rock crowd can use more conversions like that.”
ASS PONYS review by KEVIN KRAYNICK, Editor
DAMP #6 Winter 1991 pages 43-44
The Ass Ponys went on to create some great records up through 2005, at which point Chuck Cleaver formed the great WUSSY with Lisa Walker. Wussy’s 7th album What Heaven Is Like is out now (August 2018). Former Ass Pony John Erhardt joined Wussy in 2012.
ASS PONYS “Hey Swifty” (from Mr. Superlove)...reunion show live at The Woodward Theater, November 2015
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Good Chuck, Sad Chuck
The guy in the photo above might look like a surly biker dude, but really he’s a sweetheart – one of the kindest folks you’ll ever meet. [photo credit: Anna Stockton] Hi name is Chuck Cleaver. Yeah, I know, it sounds like the stage name of a wrestling “heel” in the WWE. But that’s his real name. And he’s one of the best songwriters in the WWW – the Whole Wide World. Five Saturdays ago, Chuck…
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Wussy: The Best Rock Band in America
Wussy is one of those bands that everyone should know. They are an ongoing musical effort for over two decades with a deep catalog. The band’s lyrics — courtesy of Chuck Cleaver and Lisa Walker — are inescapable without being cloying or false, and the band’s observations are relatable, accurate, frighteningly honest, and perhaps more than a little sad. Yet, the dark lyrics hold a unique power to…
Last Night It Snowed
Last Night It Snowed
Last night it snowed in Cincinnati. I mention this for a few reasons: It’s like, totally far out to get snow on 4/20, duude. Global climate change is real. “Last Night It Snowed” is a song by the Cincinnati band Ass Ponys. Their lead singer and main songwriter is Chuck Cleaver. He’s brilliant – right up there with Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Randy Newman, Warren Zevon. I love,…
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Chuck Cleaver || “Mess” || send aid || (2019)
NPR reviews Chuck Cleaver’s first solo album, ‘Send Aid’!
“Cleaver, one of the leaders of Wussy, sings about joy, pain, sorrow and regret on Send Aid. The resulting album stands with the best of anything Cleaver has ever done.” Read the full review HERE!