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Formed in 2010, Slonk Donkerson is a trio of childhood friends who grew up with each other in Pound Ridge, New York. Though the three official members — Dylan Vandenhoeck (bass/lead vocals), Zack O’Brien (formerly drums, now guitar/backup vocals), and Parker W. Silzer IV (guitar/vocals) — have known each other since they were kids, and often played with each other in various bands, it wasn’t until their college years that they began working as Slonk Donkerson. Back then, with the three of them spread out between Charleston, Providence, and Manhattan, Silzer would work on material and b ...read more
Formed in 2010, Slonk Donkerson is a trio of childhood friends who grew up with each other in Pound Ridge, New York. Though the three official members — Dylan Vandenhoeck (bass/lead vocals), Zack O’Brien (formerly drums, now guitar/backup vocals), and Parker W. Silzer IV (guitar/vocals) — have known each other since they were kids, and often played with each other in various bands, it wasn’t until their college years that they began working as Slonk Donkerson. Back then, with the three of them spread out between Charleston, Providence, and Manhattan, Silzer would work on material and bring it to the other two to be fleshed out and arranged, basically allowing them to work on albums over their summer vacations. Having all moved to Brooklyn in 2012, the three got an apartment together (“We’ve been called a sitcom,” says Silzer) and began working as Slonk in earnest, playing shows in Brooklyn’s DIY scene and crafting a more expansive sound from the roots of the ’80s college-rock — a lot of Replacements, a good amount of Hüsker Dü, guitar riffs with serious R.E.M. vibes — that had been the foundation of the band’s sound years ago. « hide |
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