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His gutter, rough-edged baritone and rugged raps instantly recognizable, Brooklyn MC Rock and roll (b. Jamal Bush), nicknamed the “Rockness Monstah,” was the preferred half of middle-‘90s rap duo Heltah Skeltah. As associates of bigger underground collective the TRAINING Clik, he and partner-in-rhyme Ruck, who later on became better referred …

Burnside Exploration may be the duo of singer/guitarist Garry Burnside, the youngest boy of R.L. Burnside, and his nephew, vocalist/drummer Cedric Burnside, R.L. Burnside’s grandson, who’s only 2 yrs younger. They started playing music jointly as kids, and were showing up in the juke joint circuit on weekends with Junior …

Named following the Bob Dylan song “The Ballad of Hollis Dark brown,” NY City-based Hollis Dark brown (a band, not really a person) perform a good, sparse, rocking version of classic rock and roll, with songs filled with melody, pop, country tinges, and an ever-present and moderate feel from the …

Mercurial Detroit-based, electro/space pop outfit Johnny Headband was designed and directed by siblings Chad and Keith Thompson, both of whom began a torrid romance with multimedia within their early young adults. Alternately amiable and steely eyed, the brothers honed their creative muscles on a reliable diet of house films, synth …

Somewhat much like famous brands extreme steel veterans Cryptopsy and relative newcomers such as for example Cephalic Carnage, the Kansas-based quintet Origin specializes in ridiculously techie, fast, and punishing death/grind steel. The group was founded by guitarists Paul Ryan and Jeremy Turner in July of 1997. More than the next …

Queens, NY-based hardcore rapper Capone was created Kiam Holley. While portion a prison word, he befriended fellow inmate Victor Santiago; upon their discharge, the duo rechristened themselves Capone-N-Noreaga and in 1997, released their debut LP, The Battle Survey. Parole violations shortly sent Holley back again to the slammer, as Noreaga …

The Stuff includes four rockin’ Stockholm rats of unusual size who met in another of Europe’s finest sewers and consummated an operating relationship over several Stooges and Kinks records — served up with a side of stinky cheese. With tails tucked nicely to their skintight blue skinny jeans, the Stuff …

The sound of extremity described, Sodium Lake City’s Gaza performs an unstable mixture of metallic, sludge, and grindcore, that could perfectly be termed “progressive” because of its highly technical and innately unconventional approach. Introduced to simple mortals via 2006’s bludgeoning and audacious Metallic Knife debut I Don’t Treatment Where I …

Perhaps one of the most important, famous, as well as infamous players in the mixtape video game, Play certainly lives up to his moniker because of some high-profile legal complications. Play began his profession in hip-hop in his indigenous Philadelphia beneath the name DJ Play. It had been in Philly …

Hollywood pop-punks Orange signed with Hellcat Information while even now in senior high school after obtaining the interest of label impresario/Rancid head Tim Armstrong. The quartet’s initial appearance was on Provide ‘Em the Shoe, Vol. 4 (the melody “No Rest for the Weekend”), as well as the full-length Welcome to …