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| | From : | | • Chicago | | Musical Style : | | • Electronic, Down Tempo, Trip Hop with a sense of humor | | Musical Influences : | | • Lee "Scatch" Perry, Adrian Sherwood, Monk, Scientist,Tackhead, Massive Attack, Tricky, Jah Wobble, The Shaggs
| | Brief Description : | | • The Policy Wonks play to the mind and the hips. Trip-Hop through Satire!
| | Artist History : | | • The Policy Wonks were born in Lawrence,KS. at the University of Kansas in the late 1980's. After years of on-again off-again touring around the Midwest and selling cassettes out of the back of their cars, the Policy Wonks moved their base to Chicago where they were soon arrested for pandering. The fuse was lit! They moved to Chicago in the 1990's. Working day jobs in the Broadcast news industry to make ends meet, the band soon realized it was taking itself MUCH too seriously! They lost the drear |
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| | Press Reviews | | "I could just eat them alive" - Weekly Weeder - May 2000
| | Good things people say about Policy Wonks | | "These guys are heavy. This is very heavy." "As a huge fan of Gary Clail, Tackhead and all of the On-U crew, the Policy Wonks get a huge nod for this one. A clever allegory of sorts that provides insight into the often shallow and short sighted mind of the typical Republican. The Wonks nail this one squarely on the [tack]head.""
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