The Humpers

Formed
1992 
Active Decades
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by Matt Carlson
Long Beach, CA's Humpers were formed by Scott "Deluxe" Drake and Jeff Fieldhouse, guitarists for the Suicide Kings. Drake gave up the guitar for the group and concentrated on screaming lead vocals. The Humpers were first revered not in the group's native California but, oddly, in Yugoslavia, where its first and extremely rare LP My Machine was released.



Whereas the Suicide Kings' sound borrowed heavily from the 1970s (Heartbreakers, Rolling Stones, New York Dolls, Ramones), The Humpers punked the mix up a bit with a more direct and sonic edge reminiscent of Cleveland groups The Dead Boys and The Pagans.



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