“Working in the spirit of Wire, Pere Ubu and other art-punk pioneers, the Bob Loiselle-fronted Hepcat debuted in 1994 with “The Bongs Are Flying” and over the next decade released a series of albums, including “Erutangis” and “Psyclotomis Rex,” leaving off with the 2002 concept album “Overend.”
It came to a halt in 2003 when one of the band’s two drummers, Byron Glatz, split, followed by the death of bassist Chuck McPherson in 2005. Since then, the members could be found in the bands Didi Mau and Junk Fingers.
Jump to 2012 when drummer E Hood sent out a call for a Hepcat Dilemma reunion, with him and Loiselle joined by ex-Salina Catalina bassist Chris Colpo.
The result of that reunion is “Art Imitates Life,” a nine-song comeback album recorded at Hollywood Studios with Matt Vaughan that taps back into the angular, slashing weirdness…”
From The Pittsburgh Post Gazette September 17, 2019