Lucky Punks!

Every guitarist remembers where they were when we first became aware of Brandon Hicks. That infamous leader of FistMeetsFace. Irritant of the New York punk scene. The troubled genius behind the 35-second classic Riot In My Brain blew our collective mind when he glued together pieces of smashed-up guitars to create his iconic six-string Frankenstein’s monster, the Punkaster.

Then there’s country throwback Leslie ‘Lucky Buck’ Coal. He shoulda been bigger than Hank Williams, man. Yet this stalwart of the WHB radio show laboured in obscurity for decades until a rapper sampled his cult classic . That made Coal a star overnight. It also made him rich. And who can forget his distinctive cactus-stamped thinline electric? We’re