Laughing Hyenas

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Laughing Hyenas were an American alternative rock band based out of Ann Arbor, Michigan, that existed from 1985 to 1995. The band was formed by vocalist John Brannon (ex-Negative Approach), guitarist Larissa Stolarchuk (ex-L-Seven), bassist Kevin Monroe, and drummer Mike Danner. Danner would quickly be replaced by Jim Kimball. Both Stolarchuk and Monroe, who were new to their respective instruments when the band formed, would adopt the surname "Strickland" during their time in the band. This line-up remained intact through the band's first 5 years, recording 3 LPs. Monroe and Kimball the departed to form the band Mule while Brannon and Stolarchuk added bassist Kevin Reis and drummer Todd Swalla (ex-Necros (2)). This line-up released the 1992 EP "Crawl". Ron Sakowski (ex-Necros (2)) would replace Reis on the band's final LP, 1995 "Hard Times". Brannon would would go on to form Easy Action (2) and later re-launch Negative Approach (with both groups featuring contributions from Ron Sakowski). Larissa Stolarchuk passed away in October of 2006.
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Touch & Go #25C Merry Go Round — Laughing Hyenas Laughing Hyenas Merry Go Round (Album) Touch And Go Touch & Go #25C US 1987 Sell This Version
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TG#38 You Can't Pray A Lie — Laughing Hyenas Laughing Hyenas You Can't Pray A Lie (Album) Touch And Go TG#38 US 1989 Sell This Version
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TG061LP Life Of Crime — Laughing Hyenas Laughing Hyenas Life Of Crime (Album) Touch And Go TG061LP UK & Europe 1990 Sell This Version
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TG136 Hard Times — Laughing Hyenas Laughing Hyenas Hard Times (Album) Touch And Go TG136 US 1994 Sell This Version
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Singles & EPs

no. 36 Long Way To Go / Such A Little Girl / Candy / Bad Time — Laughing Hyenas Lime Spiders* / Nikki Sudden / Laughing Hyenas / Bevis Frond* Lime Spiders* / Nikki Sudden / Laughing Hyenas / Bevis Frond* - Long Way To Go / Such A Little Girl / Candy / Bad Time(Flexi, 7", Promo) The Bob Magazine no. 36 US 1988 Sell This Version
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T&G#65 Here We Go Again — Laughing Hyenas Laughing Hyenas Here We Go Again (Single) Touch And Go T&G#65 US 1990 Sell This Version
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TG102 Crawl — Laughing Hyenas Laughing Hyenas Crawl (EP) Touch And Go TG102 UK & Europe 1992 Sell This Version
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07, LH-07 Covers (Stolen Tapes 92 To 94) — Laughing Hyenas Laughing Hyenas Covers (Stolen Tapes 92 To 94)(2x7", Ltd) Not On Label (Laughing Hyenas), Not On Label (Laughing Hyenas) 07, LH-07 US 1995 Sell This Version
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Compilations

T&GLP#61CD Life Of Crime / You Can't Pray A Lie — Laughing Hyenas Laughing Hyenas Life Of Crime / You Can't Pray A Lie (Comp) Touch And Go T&GLP#61CD US 1990 Sell This Version
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TG102C, TG103C Crawl / Little Miss Carriage! — Laughing Hyenas Laughing Hyenas / Didjits Laughing Hyenas / Didjits - Crawl / Little Miss Carriage!(Cass, Comp) Touch And Go, Touch And Go TG102C, TG103C US 1992 Sell This Version
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TMR473, TMR474 Crawl / Hard Times — Laughing Hyenas Laughing Hyenas Crawl / Hard Times (Comp) Third Man Records, Third Man Records, Touch And Go, Touch And Go TMR473, TMR474 US 2018 Sell This Version
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Miscellaneous

none Laughing Hyenas — Laughing Hyenas Laughing Hyenas Laughing Hyenas(Cass) Not On Label (Laughing Hyenas) none US 1986 Sell This Version

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junkshuffle

junkshuffle

December 16, 2022
edited 3 months ago
The Laughing Hyenas might be one of the greatest bands that ever existed...Their music was so intense it's almost unreal...Listening to them somehow feels like they sacrificed everything they had to do this kind of music - to be this very band... I never did Heroin but listening to the Laughing Hyenas is to me like putting a rusty dirty needle in my veins and then get completely lost with everything else...Their legacy is unlike any others.

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