{{Short description|Rock band}} {{More citations needed|date=July 2007}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = Ho-Ag | image = | caption = | image_size = | background = group_or_band | alias = | origin = {{flagicon|USA}} Boston, Massachusetts, United States | instrument = | genre = Noise rock | occupation = | years_active = 2001 – present | label = | associated_acts = | website = [http://www.ho-agband.com/ ho-agband.com] | current_members = Matt Parish<br />Tyler Derryberry<br />Alaskan Ryan Brown<br />Eric Meyer<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.ho-agband.com/ | website=www.ho-agband.com] | accessdate=2021-04-21 | title=Ho-Ag Band: Official Site : Experimental Noise Rock Music from Boston, MA : Ho-Ag HoAg Ho Ag | archive-date=2021-02-18 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210218094150/http://www.ho-agband.com/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> | past_members = Kristina Johnson<br />Patrick Kim<br />Dave Dines<br />Jonathan Ruhe<br />Nicholas ("Nkls") Ward }} '''Ho-Ag''' was an experimental noise rock band based in Boston, Massachusetts.
==History== Ho-Ag was formed in 2001 by guitarists Matt Parish and Patrick Kim, along with bassist Dave Dines and drummer Jon Ruhe. Their debut EP, ''People Coming Back in Time'', was self-released in October 2002. Their first album was later released in 2003 on Mister Records. The group then replaced Ruhe with Eric Meyer and Tyler Derryberry joined the group as a keyboardist. Their EP ''Pray for the Worms'' in was released in February 2005. Nicholas Wardreplaced Dines on bass during a tour. Their next album, ''The Word from Pluto'', was recorded after the tour and released on Hello Sir Records in September 2006. The group followed up with a self-released EP titled ''Elektro'' in 2007. ''Doctor Cowboy'', Ho-Ag's third album, was released by Hello Sir in May 2008, by which time the lineup consisted of Parish, Derryberry, Meyer, guitarist Kristina Johnson, and bassist Ryan Brown.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ho-Ag Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ho-ag-mn0002307863 |access-date=2024-04-06 |website=AllMusic |language=en}}</ref>
==Discography== *''The Meteor Is a Decoy'' (Demo, 2002) *''People Coming Back In Time for Me'' (Self-Released, 2002) *''Mister Records Comp 2003'' (Mister Records, 2003) *''Ho Ag Equals Go At'' (Mister Records, 2003) *''Mister Records Comp 3.0'' (Mister Records, 2005) *''Ho-Ag/Laughing Light Split 7"'' (Mister Records, 2005) *''Pray for the Worms'' (Hive 35, 2005) *''The Word from Pluto'' (Hello Sir Records, 2006) *''Elektra/Elektro EP'' (Hive 35, 2007) *''Doctor Cowboy'' (Hello Sir Records, 2008) *''World-Destroying Zig-Zags'' (Hive 35, 2013) *''No More Masterpieces'' (Hive 35, 2013)
== Reception == Their album ''The Word from Pluto'' received positive to mixed reviews.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cock |first=Jason |date=2006-10-06 |title=Ho-Ag: The Word From Pluto |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9458-the-word-from-pluto/ |access-date=2024-04-06 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2006-08-29 |title=Ho-Ag: The Word from Pluto |url=https://alarm-magazine.com/2006/ho-ag-the-word-from-pluto/ |access-date=2024-04-06 |website=ALARM |language=en-US}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.ho-agband.com Ho-Ag official site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615044847/http://www.ho-agband.com/ |date=2013-06-15 }}
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Category:American noise rock music groups