Prince Daddy & the Hyena

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Prince Daddy & the Hyena
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Prince Daddy & the Hyena performing at the Mill & Mine music venue in Knoxville, Tennessee, August 18, 2023. Left to right: Handford, Chmielowski, Gorham and Gregory.
Background information
Origin Albany, New York, U.S.
Genres
Years active2014–present
Labels Pure Noise, Counter Intuitive, Big Scary Monsters (EU)
Members
  • Kory Gregory
  • Cameron Handford
  • Daniel Gorham
  • Jordan Chmielowski
Past members
  • Adam Dasilva
  • Zakariya Houacine
  • Alex Ziembiec

Prince Daddy & the Hyena is an American punk rock band from Albany, New York, formed in 2014. They have released three full-length albums and four extended plays.

Contents

History

Formation and early years

Prince Daddy and the Hyena was formed in 2014 when Kory Gregory, Alex Ziembiec and Zakariya Houacine were inspired to start a band after seeing Rozwell Kid live. According to Gregory, Rozwell Kid was a substantial influence on much of his early songwriting. [1] The origin of the band's name is obscure; Gregory has stated that he "would make up a different dumbass story each time". [2] He has variously explained that it was derived from a game that Gregory played with the band's TM & merch person –Luis Wiest –at recess in elementary school, that it was the name of Gregory's childhood guinea pig, or that it is his parents' anniversary. [2] He has also tweeted that there is a comma missing between Prince and Daddy, due to a grammatical error. [3]

The band met lead guitarist Cameron Handford through house shows and mutual friends eventually leading up to his joining of the band. [4]

Prince Daddy & the Hyena began in 2014 with the release of an extended play titled Skip Cutscenes! Blow Loud! [5]

The band released the EP Adult Summers in 2015 through Broken World Media and again in 2017 through Counter Intuitive Records. [6] [7]

Their first full-length album I Thought You Didn't Even Like Leaving [8] was finally released in 2016 on Broken World Media. [9]

In 2017, Ziembiec left the band and was replaced by Daniel Gorham from Pictures of Vernon. [10]

Cosmic Thrill Seekers

In 2019, the band released its second full-length album titled Cosmic Thrill Seekers on Counter Intuitive Records, and embarked on several extensive tours in support of the album. [11] [12] [13] [14] This tour would prove difficult for the band, as they were involved in a traffic accident which left the band and members of their team temporarily disabled. [15] After recovering from this incident, the band's tour van was broken into, leading to the loss of $7,500 worth of equipment. [15] [16]

The band toured Europe with Oso Oso in support of the album in the fall of 2019, [17] and in 2020, the band embarked on a co-headlining tour with Oso Oso, with support from Just Friends. [18]

Self-titled album

In 2021, the band signed to Pure Noise Records and released the single "Curly Q.", [19] which Gregory wrote for his nephew.

In 2022, they announced their forthcoming third album, Prince Daddy & the Hyena, to release on April 15. The album is conceptually about the fear of death, and was inspired by a van crash the band experienced. [20] The album was also supported by the singles "A Random Exercise In Impermanence (The Collector)," "El Dorado," and "Shoelaces," as well as a headlining tour throughout the United States with Macseal, Insignificant Other, and California Cousins. [21]

Original drummer Alex Ziembiec died in November 2022. [22]

In February 2023, they embarked on a co-headlining tour with Drug Church, with support from Anxious and Webbed Wing. [23]

Musical style

The band has self-identified themselves as a punk rock band in an interview with The Fader . [24] Critically, the band has been described as "smartly crafted slacker punk" with elements of power pop, post-hardcore, and emo by AllMusic. [25] Pitchfork has identified the band as both punk rock and emo. [26] [27]

Frontman Kory Gregory has cited Weezer, the Strokes, Jeff Rosenstock, and Green Day as major influences on the sound. In an interview with The Fader , Gregory described the sound on the band's second album Cosmic Thrill Seekers as "the soundtrack to a Disney film played by a punk rock band." [24]

Band members

Current

Past

Touring

Timeline

Prince Daddy & the Hyena

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

Splits

Singles

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