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Shelton Hank Williams (born December 12 , 1972 in Nashville, Tennessee ) is an American musician. He is sometimes credited as '''Hank III'''. The grandson of '' was issued shortly thereafter, which brought the voices of all three generations of Williams men together. While this may seem to be a nice beginning, it was quite different from what Hank III himself desired musically. Despite having been born in Nashville, Tennessee , Hank III has never had a preference for mainstream Country. While his name (and his uncanny vocal and physical resemblances to his grandfather) could have guaranteed him a thriving Country audience, he had no patience for the often predictable Nashville sound, nor for even the minimal constraints on behavior his promoters required. His opinions on this subject are well summed up in the songs " Trashville " and "Dick in Dixie , Cunt in Country". His first album on his own, titled '' Risin' Outlaw '', was released in September 1999 . '' Lovesick, Broke & Driftin' '' was released in 2002 . He had a great deal of trouble with his label Curb Records , with incidents as extreme as their unwillingness to either release his appropriately named '' This Ain't Country '' LP, nor allow him to issue it alone, and his selling of "Fuck Curb" T-shirts. When in late 2004 '' Thrown Out Of The Bar '' was slated for release, Curb Records opted not to release it. Hank III and label executive Mike Curb would be in and out of court for the next year, and the judge ruled in favor of Hank III in the spring of 2005 and demanded that Curb release the album. Shortly thereafter, Hank III and Curb Records came to terms, and Hank III dropped his "Fuck Curb" campaign. '' Thrown Out Of The Bar '' was reworked into '' Straight To Hell ''. Battles with warning. The song titled "Pills I Took" on ''Straight to Hell'' is a cover of a song originally by Those Poor Bastards . He plays Country with his "Damn Band" and produces a rather different sound with Assjack , which is a Death Metal band. He is also the Bass Guitar ist in Superjoint Ritual , with former Pantera Frontman Phil Anselmo . Hank III's sound is difficult to classify, and has been described as Hard-twang , Punkabilly , Cowpunk , Alternacountry , Slacker Swing , Hellbilly , and Honky Punk . {Link without Title} Hank III has recorded the tracks "87 Southbound" and "Thunderstorms and Neon Signs", which were penned by Wayne Hancock , a musician who is often compared to him. Hank III enjoys an extremely loyal grassroots fan base and much of his success can be attributed to his taper-friendly stance regarding the audio/videotaping of his frenetic live shows, which have been his main promotional vehicle with the lack of attention paid to his promotion by the Curb label. The Damn Band/Assjack also featured fiddle-player extraordinaire Michael "Fiddleboy" McCanless, who would play both sets, the traditional Country set of the concert and then come back and plug his fiddle into a distortion box and saw away during the metal set. Sadly his talent left this world on February 3, 2003 after losing a battle with cancer, of which the cry of "Fuck Cancer" came out of Hank III's "Fuck Curb" campaign. FEUD WITH KID ROCK Hank III is also known for a strong dislike for Kid Rock , who he denounces in the ''Straight To Hell'' album track "Not Everybody Likes Us". After forming a friendship with Hank Williams Jr, Rock tried to become an acquaintance of III. As stated in his interview with Rolling Stone, Hank III sees Kid Rock as a "fucking Yankee from Detroit" who tried to tell him how to act around his father. Rock's demeanor of trying to come between Williams and III has led to a very strong resentment. DISCOGRAPHY
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