The brief bio that I wrote about myself in third person:
Burke Hilburn has spent most of the last three years or so traveling all over the U.S.A. playing music. The first half of these travels he did by car, but then his car was totaled so he switched to bicycle. Yes, that’s correct….BICYCLE. In 2007 he put around 5,000 miles on his bike, and he is currently in the process of matching that in 2008. Over these three years he has spent quality time in at least 30 states, from California to Georgia to New York to Washington and back to California.
Burke’s music is just as adventurous as his travels. His ridiculously entertaining style of “psycho-folk” combines punk rock, folk, soul, rockabilly, beatnik poetry, surreal comedy, and very strange dance moves.
Some have said that Burke is the Forrest Gump of rock’n’roll. Burke denies these allegations. Burke’s aunt claims that Burke has Asperger’s Syndrome, a form of autism. Burke will neither confirm nor deny this allegation, but if it is true, it may very well be that Asperger’s Syndrome is a lot more fun than anyone could have ever imagined.
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My AIM is Boikybaby. I will talk to anybody, even total psychos. ESPECIALLY total psychos.
I am madly in love and madly in hate with the whole damn world, from the bottom of my heart.
I play mostly solo shows, with just me and my guitar, but it ain't exactly the kinda music you'd expect to hear a solo singer-songwriter-guitarist dude play. It's pretty hard-rockin' stuff, actuallyI've heard some people say that I'm one guy with the power of an army of rock'n'roll bands. And, I don't mean to be conceited, but who am I to argue with a nice compliment like that?
Basically my act combines punk, old-time rock n' roll, folk, soul, and cock-rockwith some performance art, spoken-word, standup comedy and pornography thrown in just for the hell of it. Um, I guess you kinda have to hear it to understand what I'm talking about
For more info, check out the full-length (soon to be updated) bio on http://www.burkerocks.com. But I gotta warn ya: it ain't a pretty story.
You can also hear more songs at:
http://www.burkerocks.com
For booking contact Burke at this profile, or at burkehilburn@hotmail.com, or at AIM Boikybaby, or at 919-923-7976.
"Witchcraft" live at Zen Sushi, Los Angeles, 03-25-07
"Toadstool", live at Zen Sushi, Los Angeles, 03-25-07
This drawing is by Taylor.
********NOTE ABOUT MY TOP FRIENDS:**********
I do my top friends rotation-style, changing them a bit every day, because I have too many awesome people in my life to limit it to just 24if you're one of my best buddies but you don't see yourself in my top friends, don't worry, I still love you dearlycheck back in a couple days and you'll probably be back up there again. :)
