Search - Artist/Band: Neil Michael Hagerty

• Name: Neil Michael Hagerty
• Decades Active: 2000
• Genre: Rock
• Styles: Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Experimental Rock, Singer/Songwriter
• Moods: Acerbic, Aggressive, Cynical/Sarcastic, Energetic, Freewheeling, Intense, Ironic, Irreverent, Provocative, Quirky, Raucous, Rebellious, Trippy, Visceral, Volatile

Title	Release
Public Works WA	02/01/2005
The Howling Hex WA	04/15/2003
Plays That Good Old Rock and Roll WA	02/12/2002
Tramps, Traitors & Little Devils	06/10/2001
Neil Michael Hagerty WA	02/20/2001
Victory Chimp WA	06/20/1997

Singer/songwriter/guitarist Neil Hagerty honed his subversive approach to rock over the course of two decades in two of the underground's most prominent bands. In the '80s, he fueled Pussy Galore's anti-rock cacophony and blurred the boundaries between avant-noise and classic rock as one half of Royal Trux in the '90s. Hagerty also made a name for himself as a witty, if somewhat chaotic, satirist with his 1997 book Victory Chimp. Royal Trux's turbulent existence finally ended in early 2001, just before the release of his solo debut Neil Michael Hagerty, which was released by the Trux's longtime label Drag City. Hagerty's solo career proved to be prolific, resulting in 2002's Plays That Good Old Rock and Roll and the following year's The Howling Hex. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide