Punk Rock Girls, Little Kings and Bill Hicks

One of the longest-running unfinished projects Audio Rumble has going is a kinetic typography music video for Tommy Conwell and the Little Kings' cover of "Punk Rock Girls" from the Hi-Ho-Silver! 1999 album. Here are some screen shots: 

Because my skills in animation software were not as honed as I would have liked them to be, I have been keeping that project on the backburner. Recently, between work assignments and writing an upcoming book on a NYC musician, I became interested in the comedy of the late Bill Hicks. 

Never heard his comedy until this year in August 2020. Spent some time viewing his TV specials, documentaries, reading biographies, his own personal writings, essays and even listening to his songs. 

When I heard singer-songwriter Charlie Dore’s song, “When Bill Hicks Died,” it really captured my imagination. The song evokes a sort of folktale quality about Bill and his life as a comedian and artist, and that’s why I called the video “The Ballad of Bill Hicks.”

Bill Hicks (16 Dec 1961 – 26 Feb 1994)

Song: “When Bill Hicks Died” by Charlie Dore on the album, Cuckoo Hill, 2006.

I made this kinetic typography music video as a tribute to the late comedian Bill Hicks. He would have been 59 today, Dec. 16. 

Caption: When Bill Hicks Died - Charlie Dore (aka The Ballad of Bill Hicks)

Can't wait to finish the Little Kings video next!