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Facebook | Bandcamp Formed In: October 2009 - Present Hometown Location: Portland, Oregon Genre: Stoner Rock | Punk | Garage | Psychedelic | Metal Record Label: Easy Rider Records Press Contact: Cat Jones - email: southernxpr@gmail.com Bookings: Dan Rozenblum: dan@thepantheonagency.com Band Lineup: Shoki Tanabe: Bass | Vox Pete Hughes: Guitar | Vox Ryan Northrop: Drums Biography In a city like Portland, Oregon, where there are quite literally hundreds of people playing heavy music – and playing it well, at that – it takes a bold, tightly-honed punch to the crowd’s ears in order to stand out. Formed in the winter of 2009 and armed with a full stack of Orange cabs, a lifetime of experience and enough classical training to out-riff any band that dares stand in their SG-wielding path, Sons of Huns have consistently blown crowds away. Peter Hughes (guitar), Shoki Tanabe (bass) and Ryan Northrop (drums) have headlined shows in anywhere from tiny bars to the main stages of Portland’s biggest music festivals, and had the honor of opening for the likes of Red Fang, Andrew W.K., Danava and even the world’s most metal comedian, Brian Posehn. Prior to this year’s huge milestone of being signed to modern stoner rock’s premiere independent record label, Easy Rider Records, Sons of Huns released both an acclaimed self-titled EP in 2011 and a seven-inch single for their lumbering, thunderously catchy song about astral projection, “Leaving Your Body,” with a massively success