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Nick on the Fourth in a Fervor" released as the first single from that album.The band's website describes how their "dark view of the realities of socio-economic hardship, backwoods prejudices and drug abuse is leavened by wry humor and a deep appreciation for regional storytelling traditions." The lead singer, Brian Roberts, is a cancer survivor who criticizes the American health care system in "This Is Not a Cure for the Common Cold". One review states that "Ha Ha Tonka make the kind of roots rock that fits the mood of America in the summer of 2008.

The foremost reason is two existing bands - "Amsterdam" (Based out of the UK) and "The New Amsterdams" (Kansas City, MO).

Ha Ha Tonka is a rock band from the Ozark region of Missouri.

On their blog they explained what the reasons for that decision were:There are a few reasons for us changing the name.

Its restless, edgy and increasingly willing to address the dark side of This Land."In 2008, Ha Ha Tonka toured with The Clarks as well as Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin and was also a part of the 2008 Lollapalooza line up.In 2009, the band performed at the West Plains Civic Center in West Plains, MO, with Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin.

Their music has been described as a mixing of bluegrass and southern rock and a "marrying of influences as diverse as The Replacements, The Band, and Kings of Leon." Josh Timmerman from Popmatters described their 2007 release Buckle in the Bible Belt as "the best rock record I've heard this year."The band formed in late 2001 in Springfield, Missouri, under the name of amsterband.

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