The long promised Hickoids album Hairy Chafin’ Ape Suit has finally arrived. The volume, first mentioned in print some 24 years ago, vaguely traces the band’s Homerian travels and travails and the misfortune and hardship they came to suffer at the hands of alcohol, women, drugs and each other. Recorded fully twice but still at a total cost some $12,996,000 less than Guns ‘n’ Roses’ Chinese Democracy, Hairy Chafin’ Ape Suit has everything longtime fans have come to expect from the band --- garage, punk and country played with their unique South Texas flair, style and humor. “Their stomping, sun-scorched, and simmering Tex-Mex, cowpunk and boogie rock is more sharply honed than in their thrashier, off- the-rails ‘85-’92 heyday.” Big Takeover