Ass Ponys

The Ass Ponys was formed in 1988 from members of Ohio band the Libertines and Midwestern band Gomez.{{cite web | url=http://www.jimdero.com/News2001/LiveJan12.htm | title=Still kicking butt | date=12 January 2001 | accessdate=22 October 2014 | author=DeRogatis, Jim | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728123222/http://www.jimdero.com/News2001/LiveJan12.htm | archive-date=28 July 2014 | url-status=live }} The group was active for 17 years, releasing six studio albums from 1988 to 2005. The Ass Ponys went on hiatus in 2005, after releasing the compilation album The Okra Years{{cite web|title=Ass Pony's – The Okra Years|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-okra-years-mw0001027590|publisher=AllMusic Guide|accessdate=14 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151115143230/http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-okra-years-mw0001027590|archive-date=15 November 2015|url-status=live}} – four years after their last original material was released in Lohio.{{Cite web |date=2006-04-25 |title=Ass Ponys: The Okra Years, PopMatters |url=https://www.popmatters.com/ass_ponys_the_okra_years-2495676820.html |access-date=2022-07-09 |website=PopMatters |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=chicagoreader |date=2001-09-20 |title=Ass Ponys |url=http://chicagoreader.com/arts-culture/ass-ponys/ |access-date=2022-07-09 |website=Chicago Reader |language=en-US}} More importantly, it appears that core band members are focused on new projects, so new Ass Ponys output seems unlikely any time soon.{{cite web|url=http://www.cincinnatimagazine.com/features/story.aspx?ID=1673992 |title=The Ballad of Chuck and Lisa |work=Cincinnati |date=1 December 2009 |accessdate=25 January 2014 |author=Cohen, Jason |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201205821/http://www.cincinnatimagazine.com/features/story.aspx?ID=1673992 |archivedate=1 February 2014 }} Vocalist Chuck Cleaver is focusing his attention on his current band, Wussy. Bill Alletzhauser currently fronts the band The Hiders.{{cite web|last=Baker |first=Brian |title=::new citybeat interview:: hiders seek |url=https://www.myspace.com/thehiders/blog/391504802 |accessdate=14 October 2012 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20121202034928/http://www.myspace.com/thehiders/blog/391504802 |archivedate=2 December 2012 |date=28 May 2008 |quote=Alletzhauser finds lightning striking twice as his new Americana aggregation, The Hiders, bears the enviable -- or perhaps unenviable -- tag of "the hottest unsigned band in America |url-status=live }} Randy Cheek plays with The Libertines US, The Fairmount Girls, and The Ready Stance. Chuck Cleaver and Randy Cheek performed together at TedxCincinnati in November 2013.{{cite web | url=http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/Ass-Ponys-Randy-Cheek-and-Chuck;search%3Atag%3A%22tedxcincinnati%22 | title=Ass Ponys: Randy Cheek and Chuck Cleaver at TEDxCincinnati | work=TedxCincinnati | date=12 November 2013 | accessdate=4 February 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405231629/http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/Ass-Ponys-Randy-Cheek-and-Chuck;search%3Atag%3A%22tedxcincinnati%22 | archive-date=5 April 2015 | url-status=live }} In July 2015, the band announced they would play two shows at the Woodward Theater in Cincinnati on Friday, November 6, and Saturday, November 7, 2015.{{cite web | url=http://citybeat.com/cincinnati/article-33229-ass_ponys_announce_november_reunion_shows.html | title=Ass Ponys Announce November Reunion Shows | access-date=2015-11-10 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907181212/http://citybeat.com/cincinnati/article-33229-ass_ponys_announce_november_reunion_shows.html | archive-date=2015-09-07 | url-status=live }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.citybeat.com/home/blog/13028871/how-ass-were-my-ponys|title=How Ass Were My Ponys|last=Baker|first=Brian|date=November 11, 2015|website=city beat|publisher=|access-date=2016-08-06}} The reunion shows featured the bands Swim Team and Vacation as openers for the Ass Ponys.

• Chuck Cleaver – vocals, guitar (1988–2005)
• Randy Cheek – bass, backing vocals (1988–2005; died 2024)
• John Erhardt – guitar (1988–1994; 2003–2005; died 2020)
• Kevin Lung – guitar (1994)
• Bill Alletzhauser – guitar, slide, banjo, backing vocals (1995–2002)
• Dan Kleingers – drums (1988–1991)
• Dave Morrison – drums, keyboards, backing vocals (1991–2005)

• 1990 – Mr. Superlove (Okra)
• 1993 – Grim (Okra/Safe House)
• 1994 – Electric Rock Music (A&M)
• 1996 – The Known Universe (A&M)
• 2000 – Some Stupid with a Flare Gun (Checkered Past)
• 2001 – Lohio (Checkered Past)

• 1994 – Little Bastard (A&M)
• 1996 – Under Cedars and Stars (A&M)

• 2006 – The Okra Years (Shake It)

• Little Bastard, from Electric Rock Music (#26 on US Billboard Modern Rock)

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• {{cite web|last=Sheffield|first=Rob|title=The Ass Ponys|url=http://www.assponys.org/archivalasspages/article_rshotlisttext.htm|publisher=Rolling Stone|accessdate=19 October 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041108233519/http://www.assponys.org/archivalasspages/article_rshotlisttext.htm|archivedate=8 November 2004|date=August 30, 2001|url-status=usurped|quote=The Ass Ponys’ America sure is a grim place: all small-town despair, nuclear-family breakdowns, grandmothers who build crucifixes out of matchsticks, kids who torture bugs and grown men who can only explain their existential dread with references to Kung Fu, Scatman Crothers and “Smoke on the Water.”}}
• {{Cite news|url=http://www.cincypost.com/living/2000/bird030200.html|title=The Word: Veteran local bands head for Austin festival|first=Rick|last=Bird|work=The Cincinnati Post|publisher=E. W. Scripps Company|date=2000-03-02|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312110916/http://www.cincypost.com/living/2000/bird030200.html|archivedate=2007-03-12}}
• {{cite web|title=Hillbilly Revenge|url=http://www.houstonpress.com/1996-04-11/music/hillbilly-revenge/|publisher=Houston Press|accessdate=19 October 2012|author1=Hobart Rowland |author2=Bob Burtman|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070828233658/http://www.houstonpress.com/1996-04-11/music/hillbilly-revenge/|archivedate=28 August 2007|date=11 April 1996}}
• {{MusicBrainz artist|id=784985ba-f29f-46b9-a49c-80984753019e|name=Ass Ponys}}
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• [https://archive.org/details/AssPonys Ass Ponys collection] on the Internet Archive's live music archive
• [https://archive.org/details/ChuckCleaver-lisaWalkerOnOutsightRadioHours Chuck Cleaver interviews on Outsight Radio Hours]
• [https://cincymusic.com/bands/ass-ponys CincyMusic Profile]

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