From the wreckage of roughly 20 nameless and faceless Los Angeles bands,
Neon Horse arose as a collective of session musicians, home studio
producers, waiters, postal workers, and bartenders who found a commonality
among themselves as background players in the big picture of the L.A. rock
scene. Initially, the members played as a group only in their spare time,
and didn’t really start writing music until… they met a man named Norman. In
December of 2005, after an incredibly predictable event at the (now defunct)
nightclub “Teddy’s” inside the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, the fledgling
band first met their unpredictable singer – at the time, he was standing in
the hallway, with a four-foot length of chain in his hand. After some
uncomfortable conversation, the band realized Norman was just locking up and
the police were not called. A brief and uninteresting chain of events led to
an invitation to rehearsal. After two songs the lineup was settled and Neon
Horse was formed. Citing influences broad in range – from the Rock of AC/DC,
Oingo Boingo, and even the Stooges to the Sass of Depeche Mode, Bauhaus, and
the Eurythmics – the band set out to make music they could play with a
straight face, and that would allow Norman to exhibit his wide range and…
personality. Eclectic and manic, Neon Horse is a band of Rock and Roll roots
in the purest form: An ever changing, mercurial, addictive – and at times,
slightly bizarre – continuation of Rock’s re-inventive nature.
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