Texas Hippie Coalition

Texas Hippie Coalition (also initialized as THC) is a rock band from Denison, Texas.
Beginnings
Richard "Big Dad Ritch" Anderson and John Exall met in Denison, Texas. Because Denison was a small town with a very limited number of musicians, rival bands were forced to go on road trips together to cities such as Dallas to do shows. Originally from rival bands, Ritch and John got together and started playing, writing and eventually recording together.
 
Shortly thereafter, THC emerged from the Red River Valley bordering the North Texas and southern Oklahoma and began a tour promoting their independent album Pride of Texas. They toured from coast to coast, putting themselves in front of fans everywhere with their style of music called "red dirt metal".
 
Current touring members are Big Dad Ritch, John Exall, Gunnar Molton, and the newest addition Cord Pool.
 
Release of Rollin' 
The group recorded their album, Rollin, with multi-platinum producer Dave Prater.Rollin arrived on July 6, 2010, which was their first national release.
 
Release of Peacemaker
In early 2012 the group began working with producer Bob Marlette. Their first single "Turn It Up" was released in June of that same year. The album was released on August 14, 2012 and was ranked No.20 on Billboard Hard Rock Albums.
 
In mid-2012, Randy Cooper tore a tendon in his right arm, which required an operation and close to a year of rehabilitation.With a pair of cysts under his arm that encircled the tendons, he could only play guitar for a few minutes at a time, which rendered him unable to tour later that year.Following his departure, Cooper tracked guitars for American rock band Shotgun Rebellion's debut studio album Train of Pain before joining American rock band Emperors and Elephants.
 
Release of Ride On
In February 2014, it was announced that Ride On, the fourth studio album from the quartet is expected to be released later that year.During that same year, the ensemble is also scheduled to perform at Rocklahoma and Rock on the Range in May in addition to Mayhem Festival that summer.