Sweet Joey's Thing of Beauty Asbury Park, New Jersey
Thing of Beauty combines drummer / Asbury Park entrepreneur Sweet Joey (Star Spangles, Mungo Jerry, Vietnam), Miami indie pioneer Michael John Hancock (ANR, Viigo), bassist Josh Piv (Miss TK & the Revenge) & doctor/guitarist Joe Murphy (Stringbean). Intersecting alt-country, post-punk, & rock & roll, the 2 year young outfit has been called a seaside Meat Puppets by some, & a good time by many. ... more
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