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aka: Hank 3, Hank3, Hank III, Shelton Hank Williams
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Shelton Hank Williams (born December 12, 1972), known as Hank Williams III or Hank 3, is an American musician, singer and multi-instrumentalist, known for his unique fusion of traditional country music, rockabilly, heavy metal and punk rock.
He was the drummer of hardcore punk band Arson Anthem, and former bassist of Phil Anselmo’s band Superjoint Ritual. He has released eleven studio albums, including five for Curb Records. Williams is the grandson of Hank Williams, the son of Hank Williams Jr., the nephew of Jett Williams, the half-brother of Holly Williams, and the father of Coleman Williams.
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Williams spent much of his early career playing drums in punk rock bands during the late 1980s and early-to-mid-1990s.
Williams later played bass guitar in the heavy metal band Superjoint Ritual, now renamed as Superjoint for legal reasons, led by former Pantera vocalist Phil Anselmo. Williams also played drums for Arson Anthem, formed with Anselmo and Mike Williams of the sludge metal band Eyehategod.
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Williams’ music is a mixture of traditional country music, rockabilly and punk rock. His songs have been classified as country, cowpunk and psychobilly. They fuse the “tempo and structure of bluegrass” with the “attitude and swagger of heavy metal”. Williams’ lyrical themes include drug use, hedonism and the outlaw life, as well as criticism of the mainstream country music industry.
Williams’ live shows typically follow a Jekyll and Hyde format: a country music set featuring fiddle player David McElfresh and steel guitar player Dan Johnson, followed by a “hellbilly” set of cowpunk and psychobilly songs, and then an Assjack set, which consists of death metal and metalcore songs.
After the release of his 2006 magnum opus, Straight to Hell, Hank Williams III inspired an underground in country music that previously had only existed in spirit. Turning thousands of punk and metal kids onto the virtues of country, the legacy Hank3 forged and the doors he opened directly resulted in this massive success enjoyed today by independent country artists, such as Sturgill Simpson, Cody Jinks, Tyler Childers, and Zach Bryan.
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