The Ass Ponys was formed in 1988 from members of Ohio band the Libertines and Midwestern band Gomez.[2] 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[3] – four years after their last original material was released in Lohio.[4][5] More importantly, it appears that core band members are focused on new projects, so new Ass Ponys output seems unlikely any time soon.[6] Vocalist Chuck Cleaver is focusing his attention on his current band, Wussy. Bill Alletzhauser currently fronts the band The Hiders.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9][10] The reunion shows featured the bands Swim Team and Vacation as openers for the Ass Ponys.
^Baker, Brian (28 May 2008). "::new citybeat interview:: hiders seek". Archived from the original on 2 December 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2012. 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
Sheffield, Rob (August 30, 2001). "The Ass Ponys". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 8 November 2004. Retrieved 19 October 2012. 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."
Hobart Rowland; Bob Burtman (11 April 1996). "Hillbilly Revenge". Houston Press. Archived from the original on 28 August 2007. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
