Bronin Hogman Band ~ USA ~ New Hampshire

Bronin Hogman Band (1975)

Bronin Hogman Band were a group from Manchester, New Hampshire, who released this one album - with promise of another - and then drifted away into the history books. There is no one named Bronin or Hogman, but the group features an impressive eight members to carry forth their vision.

Bronin Hogman are yet another American band who mixes AOR FM radio styled music with complex progressive rock interjections. The guitar and organ / Moog work is particularly well done. I also detect a slight southern rock influence which belies the group's origins. With the right breaks, Bronin Hogman should've been a household name, as they had the perfect mix for 1975 - perhaps predicting the future of radio by one to two years. File alongside other similarly minded bands such as Hot Flash and Fairchild.

There aren't too many albums with an American football helmet on the cover. However it ties to one of the songs, where the main protagonist seems to be whining about his old man pushing him into the macho game of football (verse presumably being a musician? A low point of the album for sure... Man Up!).

No reissues as of 3/28/25.

Ownership: 1975 Gamut (LP)

7/13/10 (review); 2/23/20 (update / new entry)