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The Liabilities
12+ albums
punk rockrockhardcore punkpunk coreusa punx
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When you were born in the Appalachian overcast of West Virginia, transplanted to the heart of Georgia as a boy in a working man's family, raised on the timeless 50's tunes that jumpstarted rock and roll and given a guitar as a young teen with rebel dreams, cutting your teeth playing rockabilly in a college town would only seem right. And while you make a few fans and learn your way around the barstools, a wrench gets thrown and knocks you into a couple of surf-savvy punk players. Next thing you know, youve traded your blue collar for a spiked one and you are in a trio pining for the shadow of the Ramones. But dirt under the fingernails dont disappear easy, and Aaron Irons had stories to tell. As a songwriter, country often came to the surface. So he took a gig as a guitarist in an alt country Macon, Ga., outfit called Hank Vegas, and found himself opening for Billy Joe Shaver and the Drive-by Truckers. Fellow Hank Vegas members, brothers Justin and Josh Smith, woke up on Saturday mornings to their music enthusiast father blasting Lynyrd Skynrd. With a jazz trumpeter grandfather and their dad who experienced some mild success as a California guitarist, playing an instrument was almost fated. Justin met Aaron when they were both working at Milledgeville pub Buffingtons. It soon became evident that Aaron, with his slick back widows peak and scuffed-toe talent, was a shoe-in for the spilt whiskey stage of Hank Vegas who although green, had wound its way to college radio and cre
