I first saw The Hooky’s in a packed house at The Metta Room in Port Angeles. Combining all the best elements of groove and funk with their own uniquely soulful and charismatic style; their sound is a reggae butter and rock jam sandwich served up on slices of cognizant hip-hop and “253” alcohol soaked thrash. Think Sublime punk attitude meshed with Pepper’s island pulse, and the epic psychedelic guitar rifts of The Expendables, with a shiny, ripe Rainier cherry on top. The band is made up of brothers Ben Webb on vocals, Ary Webb on drums, and Corbin Webb on guitar (Sequim, WA), Justin Beasley on guitar, keyboard, and vocals (Eugene, OR) and Joshua Nguyen the Emcee (Auburn, WA). Nguyen rocks the microphone with progressive authority as the show’s energy builds. These guys also claim Tacoma as home base since 5/6 live there. From the second song I knew I was “hooked”. The lively dance floor was full of fans that help makeup “Hooky-Nation”. The sweet music meshed perfectly with the odor drifting in through the rear door leading to the alley. For an hour, this jam-junky achieved complete local music nirvana. - Colin Robinson http://www.thehookys.com http://www.soundcloud.com/thehookys http://www.youtube.com/yohooky IG and Twitter: @thehookys