1) The Huntingtons were a pop-p… Read Full Bio ↴There are 2 artists using this name:
1) The Huntingtons were a pop-punk band from Baltimore, Maryland.
They formed in 1993-1994 in the Maryland/Delaware area by Cliff Powell (aka Cliffy Huntington), Mike Holt (aka Mikey Huntington) and Mike Pierce (aka Mikee Huntington).
In 1996, their debut Sweet Sixteen was released by Flying Tart Records. A few months later, their first attempt at recording Ramones covers, entitled Rocket To Ramonia saw limited release via the Burnt Toast Vinyl label. At this point the band added a second guitarist, Tom Rehbein (currently of Small Towns Burn A Little Slower). After working with producer Mass Giorgini for the band's next album, Fun And Games, Tom was replaced by Brad Ber. After the album's release in the summer of 1997, the band started touring and gained a cult following. Their big break came in 1998, when they signed to Tooth & Nail Records and released High School Rock.
After touring for the High School Rock release, the band made a conscious decision to take their Ramones sound to the extreme and released five albums in a one year period. Live: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly, File Under Ramones and Get Lost all made it into stores before 1999 was over. The band also played the first of what would become two shows as Joey Ramone's backing band at at CBGB's in NYC. Plastic Surgery and Split were both released to stores in January of 2000. During this period the band went through multiple line-up changes before finally settling in for good with Josh Blackway (aka Jonny Huntington) on second guitar and Rick Wise, formerly of Tantrum Of The Muse, on drums.
The band spent the remainder of 2000 on the road touring throughout the US and Europe.
The spring of 2001 saw the release of Rock 'N' Roll Habits For The New Wave (a collection of newly recorded versions of selected songs from the band's pre-Tooth And Nail era). After perfecting their Ramones-meets-90's pop-punk sound, the band went in a much more pop oriented direction for the Songs In The Key Of You album, which was released in late summer 2001.
Cliffy left the band just before the release of the Songs In The Key Of You record and after a short break, the band regrouped with new guitarist, Andy Dibiaso and toured throughout 2002.
2003 brought two more releases from the band: an EP entitled The Soothing Sounds Of... and their final full-length of all new original material, Self-Titled Album.
The band ended their 10-year run in 2005 with a 30 song best-of disc entitled Growing Up Is No Fun: The Standards '95-'05 and played its final show at the Cornerstone Festival, bringing back Cliffy on guitar.
2) The Huntingtons were a late-60s garage rock band from Aberdeen, Washington.
Crackhead
Huntingtons Lyrics
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You're whole life's in shambles in every single way
You smoke dope you rest checked you smoked all the rest (?)
You're diggin' in your pocket but you're money's almost spent
you come to the man and try to score on him (?)
Why don't you stop why don't you quit
Cause you're a crackhead
You're a crackhead
And you're not thinking about me
You're a crackhead
And I wanna try to help
But you're a crackhead
You wanna do it all yourself
you started on first though but you hadn't really grew (?)
Stealin' from the corner store and mom and daddy too
You lost all of your faith you lost all of your friends (?)
You're tasted and your wasted and your high it never ends (?)
The lyrics of Huntington's song "Crackhead" tell the story of someone who is addicted to cocaine and how addiction has taken control of their life. They are unable to quit or even try to seek help. The verses describe the daily habits of the person, including how they have drained all their financial resources to satisfy their cravings.
The chorus of the song repeats the label of "crackhead" as a reminder of the destructive consequences of addiction. The singer expresses hopelessness in trying to help this person who has lost faith, friends and the willpower to overcome addiction.
It is evident from the lyrics that the song does not glorify drug use or drug addicts. Instead, it serves as a cautionary tale of addiction and its impact on an individual's life.
Line by Line Meaning
You're strung out on cocaine every single day
You have become addicted to cocaine and use it every day.
You're whole life's in shambles in every single way
Your life is a complete mess and everything seems to be going wrong.
You smoke dope you rest checked you smoked all the rest (?),
You have tried smoking different kinds of drugs in the past and still continue to smoke them.
You're diggin' in your pocket but you're money's almost spent
You are running low on cash but still want to purchase more drugs.
You come to the man and try to score on him (?),
You approach a drug dealer trying to buy more drugs from them.
Why don't you stop why don't you quit
Why don't you try to stop using drugs or get help to quit?
Cause you're a crackhead
You are addicted to crack cocaine.
And that's all you'll ever be
You seem to have lost all hope of ever recovering from your addiction and living a normal life.
You're not thinking about me
You are not considering the feelings or opinions of those who care about you.
And I wanna try to help
I want to help you overcome your addiction and get better.
But you're a crackhead
It seems that your addiction is too powerful for me to help you on my own.
You wanna do it all yourself
You want to handle your addiction alone and not rely on others, even if it means not recovering from it.
You started on first though but you hadn't really grew (?),
You started using drugs at an early age, but it seems like you haven't grown or matured since then.
Stealin' from the corner store and mom and daddy too
You have resorted to stealing from stores and even your own parents to fund your addiction.
You lost all of your faith you lost all of your friends (?),
You have lost faith in yourself and others, and your addiction has caused you to lose many of your friends.
You're tasted and your wasted and your high it never ends (?)
You are constantly seeking a high from drugs, and it seems you are never fully satisfied or content with any high you experience.
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