Ho99o9

Ho99o9
Background information
Origin Newark, New Jersey, United States
Genres
Website ho99o9.com
Members
  • theOGM
  • Eaddy

Ho99o9 (pronounced Horror) (also known as HO99O9 DEATH KULT) is an American hip hop group founded by theOGM and Eaddy in Newark, New Jersey. They relocated to Los Angeles in 2014, where it attracted a strong cult following on account of their live performance, according to the LA Weekly, and attracted collaborators such as drummer/producer Ian Longwell who plays drums and produces for Santigold.[1]

Ho99o9 was one of Rolling Stones "10 New Artists You Need to Know" in 2014 and The Guardians "New Band of the Week".[2][3][4] The band has performed at the Afropunk Festival in 2014, the SXSW Music Festival in 2015. Ho99o9 has released two EPs, Mutant Freax and Horrors of 1999, accompanied by grindhouse-style music videos; a full-length album is forthcoming.

History

TheOGM was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, raised in Linden, New Jersey; Eaddy is from Newark, New Jersey. Both were part of the same performing arts collective, the NJstreetKLAN (also known as the JerseyKLAN) and formed the group in Newark in 2012. They were influenced by hip-hop and gangsta rappers (DMX and Bone Thugs-n-Harmony) in their teens, but later began attending underground punk shows in Brooklyn featuring Japanther, Cerebral Ballzy and The Death Set as well as Ninjasonik, Theophilus London and the A.L.I.E.N. art shows.[1][3][5][6][7] The band also cites influences that include horror movies and director/former White Zombie frontman Rob Zombie.[8] Critics have noted the band’s cinematic influences as well as those of its punk and hip-hop roots, though the band has been compared to Black Flag, Big Black and Bad Brains.[4][9][10]

The band played the Afropunk Festival in 2014, and the SXSW Music Festival in 2015; The New York Times’ Jon Pareles wrote that the performance was a "welcome charge of adrenaline.".[1][11][12][13] They also toured London (with much support from various DJs on BBC Radio 1), Paris, Brighton and Amsterdam in May 2015. They will play the Eurockéennes, Vision, OFF, Pukkelpop, the Lowlands, Pop-Kultur Berlin, Iceland Airwaves and the Reading and Leeds music festivals in the summer of 2015.

The November 6, 2014 episode of Last Call with Carson Daly featured a segment dedicated to Ho99o9 and their live performance.[14] Ho99o9 collaborated with director Bryan Ray Turcotte and photographer Estevan Oriol to capture their performance in their video, "Casey Jones/Cum Rag" which was premiered and was hosted by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.[15]

On June 1, 2015, in the official promotional video for the 2015 Gathering of the Juggalos, it was announced that Ho99o9 would be playing the festival as part of the night time concerts.[16]

Ho99o9 toured the UK, headlining in Brighton, and supporting Slaves in Newcastle and Birmingham.

Band members

Discography

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Holslin, Peter (24 March 2015). "HO99O9 IS BRINGING ITS PUNK-RAP REVOLUTION TO L.A.". LA Weekly. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "On Repeat: 20 Tracks You Need To Hear This Week (13/5/2015)". NME. 11 May 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  3. 1 2 "HO99O9: 10 New Artists You Need to Know: September 2014". Rolling Stone. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  4. 1 2 "New band of the week: Ho99o9". The Guardian. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "FACT at SXSW 2015 – punk-rap duo Ho99o9 on their ragged sound and unpredictable shows". Fact Magazine. 1 April 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  6. ↑ Perry, Kevin (21 May 2015). "Ho99o9 Interview: Meet The Freak-Rap Duo Who Sound Like Your Goriest Nightmares". NME. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "Line Up". Reading Festival. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  8. ↑ Llyod, Gavin (16 March 2015). "NEW BLOOD: HO99O9". Team Rock. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  9. ↑ Krishnamurthy, Sowmya (20 March 2015). "Five Things We Learned About Gruesome Twosome Ho99o9 at SXSW". The Village Voice. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  10. ↑ Tulay, Rasheed (30 January 2015). "Enter the world of Ho99o9 with their newest video "Casey Jones/Cum Rag" [Video]". Earmilk. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  11. ↑ Pareles, Jon (20 March 2015). "SXSW Music 2015: And Now, for a Horror — Make That Ho99o9 — Show". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  12. ↑ Burbeck, Rory (18 November 2014). "The 2015 SXSW Music Festival Artist Announcement - Round Two". SXSW Music. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  13. ↑ "SXSW 2015: 30 Artists You Need to See - Ho99o9". Rolling Stone. 9 March 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  14. ↑ "Last Call with Carson Daly: Season 14, Episode 24". IMDb. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  15. ↑ Nostro, Lauren (29 January 2015). "Premiere: Watch Ho99o9's "Casey Jones/C*m Rag" Video". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  16. ↑ Psychopathic Records (1 June 2015). "Gathering of the Juggalos 2015 Infomercial (Official) Video". Youtube. Retrieved 9 June 2015.

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