Prince Daddy & the Hyena

Prince Daddy and the Hyena was formed in 2014 when Kory Gregory, Alex Ziembiec and Zakariya Houacine were inspired to start a band after seeing Rozwell Kid live. According to Gregory, Rozwell Kid was a substantial influence on much of his early songwriting.[1] The band's name is derived from a game that Gregory played with the band's TM & merch person, Luis Wiest, at recess in elementary school.

The band met lead guitarist Cameron Handford through house shows and mutual friends eventually leading up to his joining of the band.

.[2] Prince Daddy & the Hyena began in 2014 with the release of an extended play titled Skip Cutscenes! Blow Loud!.[3] In 2015, the band went into the headroom studio with Joe Reinhart (Hop Along, Algernon Cadwallader) and recorded their first album, but the release was delayed several times.

In the meantime, the band wrote, recorded and released the EP Adult Summers.[4][5]

Their first full-length album I Thought You Didn't Even Like Leaving[6] was finally released in 2016 on Broken World Media.[7] I Thought You Didn't Like Leaving was written during Gregory's high school days, the album was about working at Panera Bread and “being so sad about your friends leaving you that you lay in bed, eat Cheetos, and smoke weed.

In 2017 Ziembiec left the band on good terms due to exhaustion from touring. Daniel Gorham from Pictures of Vernon took over on drums.

In 2019, the band released its second full-length album titled Cosmic Thrill Seekers on Counter Intuitive Records, and embarked on several extensive tours in support of the album.[8][9][10][11] This tour would prove difficult for the band, as they were involved in a traffic accident which left the band and members of their team temporarily disabled. After recovering from this incident, the band's tour van was broken into, leading to the loss of $7500 worth of equipment. The band went on tour Europe with Oso Oso in further support of the record in the fall of 2019. In 2020, the band embarked on their co-headlining tour with Oso Oso with support from Just Friends.

In 2021, the band signed to Pure Noise Records and released the single "Curly Q."[12] which Gregory wrote for his nephew.

In 2022, they announced their forthcoming third album, Prince Daddy & the Hyena, to release on April 15. The album is conceptually about the fear of death, and was inspired by a van crash the band experienced.[13] The album was also supported by the singles "A Random Exercise In Impermanence (The Collector)," "El Dorado," and "Shoelaces," as well as a headlining tour throughout the US with Macseal, Insignificant Other, and California Cousins.

In November 2022, they announced original drummer Alex Ziembiec's passing.

In February 2023 they embarked on a co-headlining tour with Drug Church, with support from Anxious and Webbed Wing.