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Hampf was a Seatte rock band founded by former Peace Corps Volunteers with the mission of bringing humor, rockin' tunes, epic storytelling and sweet sweet harmonies to the Pacific Northwest. They met in Seattle after spending two years in the jungle: as they formed the band in 1990, they had no idea that Seattle was about to become world-famous for an entirely different style of music, and that Seattle clubs would soon be filled with grunge bands of every stripe, with little room in the local music scene for a bunch of wordy jokesters.

But they persisted and played their own style of music and developed a small but loyal following, out of the ranks of which some of them found mates. (True purpose of endeavor accomplished!) Their favorite bands also on the Seattle scene at the time included Albert Figures and Celibate Twist. Their favorite places to perform included the Tractor Tavern, the Emerald Diner and the OK Hotel.

Hampf's posters (examples on left) were perhaps better-known than the band itself. They adorned telephone poles thoughout Seattle, some lasting years beyond the band's final show in June 2006.

Hampf also was notorious for frequent clever-slash-irritating advertisements in The Stranger (examples of which appear to have been lost forever). It may have struck some Seattle citizens as foolishly extravagant for such a band to advertise regularly in such a weekly publication ("Another Hampf ad in The Stranger!?! These people must have trust funds!!!"). After many years, the truth can now be told: Each week the distribution staff of The Stranger (now an esteemed journal, but then merely a nascent pamphlet) borrowed the Hampf Band Van to distribute their newspaper throughout the Greater Seattle Area, in exchange for advertising credit. The sweet deal eventually soured with the coincidence of higher advertising rates and an Ink Spillage Event on the van's sheepskin seat covers.

Hampf's various members went on to pursue meaningful lives, as parents, professors, writers, and reponsible citizens performing vital-yet-difficult-to-describe-to-their-children corporate jobs.

The name Hampf comes from a character in The Flintstones, Hoppy the Hopparoo. When he hops, he makes the sound "hampf! hampf! hampf!"

If you have questions about Hampf or anyone who was once associated with Hampf, email: hampf@contrary4percent.org.

Hampf's early days - Mike Sebring, Paul Pfeiffer, Eddie Wright-Rios, Brian Robinson, Christian But

Hampf's middle years - Eddie Wright-Rios, Melynn Clark, Brian Robinson

Hampf's final lineup - Brian Robinson, Eddie Wright-Rios, Lance Garger

The Early Years:
Another Rainy Day
The Greatest Environmentalist
Wine in the Basement
Linus T.
El Camino

The Middle Years:
Rocket Scientist
End of the Runway
Stick Out
I Can't Think About It
Fear of Texas
Bigger Than Texas (Live)
The_Last_Time

The Later Years:
Sylvia Ouelette
Bougainvillea
Ratchet
Sneaky Peanut
Somewhere Past Useless
Cursing the Cult of Originality
Amanda's
Big Brick Building
Overcoat
Sedalia
Traicion
You Are Who You Walk With

Additional Songs:
Ratchet (Live)
Rosario (Live)
Blue Moon (Practice session)
Popcorn (Practice session)
8 Hrs of My Day (Practice session)
All the Sorrows of the World (Anchorage sessions)
My Perfect One (Anchorage sessions)
Renaissance Man (Anchorage sessions)
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