The Hand to Man Band

The Hand to Man Band is an American independent experimental music group formed in 2010.

[2] Their music has been described as spanning "psychotropic jazz to konked-out funk to skronked-out dirges to alien transmissions to plaintive nocturnal pleas.

[2] McDonas then asked Mike Watt and the group began improvising.

[2] The initial plan was to perform some gigs after recording but Watt's commitments to The Stooges prevented his joining them on the road.

[3][4] The title came from a fortune cookie Watt once received.