Hickey (band)

Hickey
Background information
Origin	San Francisco, California, United States
Genres	Punk rock
Years active	1994–1998
Labels	Probe Records, Poverty Records
Associated acts	Fuckboyz, Schleprok, Agalloch, Ludicra, Yogurt, The Unit Breed
Members	Matty Luv Aesop Chubby Dwight Trash

Hickey (also known as "The Naked Cult of Hickey") was a melodic punk band from San Francisco's Mission District. The band often recorded, released and distributed their own music. Elaborate and very personal artwork was the style used for the band's records, and they were well known for their raucous and sometimes antagonizing live performances.

Hickey was started in 1994 by guitarist/singer Matty Luv and drummer Aesop Dekker following the demise of their previous band, FuckBoyz, who had moved from south Florida to San Francisco's Mission District earlier in the year. The trio was rounded out by bassist Chubby, formerly of Schleprok.

Hickey recorded their first 7" EP, Us vs. Them, within a month of forming and released it soon afterwards. The band quickly became a part of the Probe Records scene, featured in the Probe zine and on a few of the label's releases. Later, Hickey made split 7" records with bands such as All You Can Eat, Fuckface and V.B.F.

Bass player Chubby left Hickey in 1997, and was replaced by Matt Rissler (a.k.a. "Dwight Trash"). The new line-up went on to record a self-titled LP, as well as the Hickey/Voodoo Glow Skulls split 7", both for Probe Records. Hickey called it quits in 1998, refusing to contribute any new material for a proposed split with Screeching Weasel, and handed their last recording ("Robots Never Cry") over to trend is dead! records for the Worse Than Alternative It's Another Punk Comp CD in 1999.

The original Hickey line-up of Matty, Chubby and Aesop re-united and soon began recording a plethora of new material under the name Yogurt, almost all of which remains unreleased. Yogurt was essentially an experimental recording outlet for the band, only performing live on a few occasions, and dissolved after Matty Luv's death in 2002. Nine Yogurt songs appear on the All Seeing Monotony split CD (Nothing Enterprises).

Matty Luv died of a heroin overdose on October 5, 2002. A wall mural of Luv was painted in tribute, and stands in the Mission District today.

Before Matty's death he played guitar in the bands Miami and Unit Breed, and co-founded San Francisco's first needle exchange program.

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