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{{Short description|American post-hardcore band}}
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| name                = Happy Go Licky
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| background          = group_or_band
| origin              = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S.
| genre               = [[Post-hardcore]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://librodenotas.com/deventrilocuosimpostores/14984/de-fugazi-o-de-ian-mackaye |title=De ventrílocuos impostores - De Fugazi, o de Ian MacKaye |author=Falcón, Mon |date=November 24, 2008 |work=Librodenotas.com |accessdate=March 19, 2011|language=es}}</ref>
| years_active        = 1987-1988
| label               = {{hlist|[[Dischord Records|Dischord]]|Peterbilt}}
| associated_acts     = {{hlist|[[Rites of Spring]]|[[One Last Wish]]|[[Fugazi]]|[[The Faith (American band)|The Faith]]|[[Mighty Flashlight]]}}
| website             = 
| past_members        = [[Guy Picciotto]]<br />[[Edward Janney]]<br />[[Mike Fellows (musician)|Mike Fellows]]<br />[[Brendan Canty]]
}}

'''Happy Go Licky''' was an American [[post-hardcore]] band formed in the spring of 1987, and which broke up after their final show at [[Washington, D.C.]]'s [[9:30 Club]] on New Year's Day in 1988.<ref name="Dischord">{{cite web|title=Happy Go Licky|url=http://www.dischord.com/band/happy-go-licky|publisher=Dischord Records|accessdate=27 November 2010}}</ref> The group was a short-lived reunion of the renowned [[Washington, D.C. hardcore|D.C. hardcore]] band [[Rites of Spring]] (active from 1984 to 1986).

Though comprising the same personnel as Rites of Spring ([[Eddie Janney]] and [[Guy Picciotto]] on guitar and vocals; [[Mike Fellows (musician)|Mike Fellows]] on bass and vocals; [[Brendan Canty]] on drums), their music was vastly different from their earlier incarnation. Happy Go Licky was far more [[experimental music|experimental]], often incorporating [[tape loop]]s and sound effects into their live performances; additionally, their songs were often largely or entirely improvised, and featured unusual structures.<ref name="Trouser Press">{{cite magazine|last=Owings|first=Henry H.|title=HAPPY GO LICKY|url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=happy_go_licky|magazine=Trouser Press|accessdate=27 November 2010}}</ref>

Their short life span did not allow Happy Go Licky to ever get into a recording studio; however some taped live performances were initially released in 1988 as a self-titled 12-inch on Picciotto's own Peterbilt Records. Later a larger selection of their performances was assembled and released on [[Dischord Records]] as ''Will Play'' (1997).<ref name=Dischord />