Friends since childhood, guitarist Chris Hunter, drummer Michael Dale and bassist Jeremy Brashears were born and raised in Nashville and grew up listening to a mix of U2, the Beastie Boys and Guns N' Roses. The three Tennessee natives linked up with Austin, Texas singer Gordon Cabaniss and guitarist Matt Clemmons (originally from Muscle Shoals, Alabama) while all of them were attending college in Nashville. Despite all hailing from towns noted as music centers, the honeyrods' collective sound bears no resemblance to either country or Southern blues-rock. Their name, rife with ...