Neo Boys was an American punk band from Portland, OR active from 1978-1983. Considered Portland's first all-female punk band, Neo Boys are noted for their political and feminist lyrics.
Neo Boys band members included Kim Kincaid (vocals), K.T. Kincaid (bass), Jennifer LoBianco (guitar) and Pat Baum (drums). Before Neo Boys, Kim Kincaid, K.T. Kincaid and Jennifer LoBianco were part of Formica and the Bitches, a band that only played a few shows before breaking up. After Jennifer LoBianco left the the band, Meg Hentges joined as a guitarist in 1979. Jennifer went on to form the band, Randy and the Randies before leaving for Los Angeles in 1980.
They regularly shared bills with The Wipers, opened for Nico, and played their first show with Television. Most of their early shows were performed in basements, colleges, and art galleries. Keeping with the punk template at the time, the band started as four teens making loud sounds and writing self-reflective lyrics. But this quartet was one of the first all-female groups of its kind in Portland, distinct when compared to the city's male-dominated music scene.
Calvin Johnson has been working with the band members to track down the missing tapes of their recordings through a rabbit hole of Northwest basements and closets, and after twenty years of effort, the result is Sooner or Later. A comprehensive double LP collection of Neo Boys recordings from 1977-1982, including the long out-of-print 1980 7” EP (released on Greg Sage's Trap Records), and 1982 self-released EP Crumbling Myths. Sooner or Later also contains recordings, early demos and live sessions that have never before been available to the public. Neo Boys were featured in Northwest Passage: The Birth of Portland's DIY Culture.
