Sadly, 16 Horsepower has called it quits.
It's a loss, not just for fans, but even for the Kingdom, I think. It makes me sad, not so much because I will miss them, but because they will leave such a void. Who can replace them? I don't think anybody even approaches them in sound, scope or vision. Honestly, who would think to blend cowpunk, bluegrass, ambient grunge and eastern European folk music to deliver christian goth hellfire lyrics? Does that make any sense at all? And why were these Denver country gentlemen with the fundamentalist ideas so popular in Northern Europe? I'll never understand it, but that's why they were great. I saw them once about six years ago at the Cotton Club, and it was easily the single most riveting concert performance I have ever witnessed. I don't think they ever came back to Atlanta.
There are many words we use to describe music, but their's was as close to indescribable as I've ever heard.
Posted by aokie at August 30, 2005 12:48 AMtragic. i'm envious that you got to see them.
Posted by: amy at August 31, 2005 11:57 AMI can honestly say I have never heard of this band until 5 seconds ago, but I just watched two of their videos:
http://www.videocodezone.com/?song=27
http://www.videocodezone.com/?song=28
and they were kinda cool
Posted by: Craig at September 3, 2005 11:00 PM