Heathen Skulls are proud to present Death Grips, they bring to Hip Hop what Black Flag brought to hardcore!
Founded in Sacramento, USA, in 2010, Death Grips exploded onto the scene with their critically acclaimed free downloadable mix tape album EX-MILITARY, from the very first they show started packing rooms and destroying everything in their path! What came next was a sea of live reviews from sold out shows which have ultimately left every note worthy label and festival foaming at the mouth, with check books in hand.
With in a few short months they've gone from nothing to becoming one of the most sought after artists in the underground!
Death Grips are an aggressive power trio that's kicked modern hip-hop into a meat grinder!
What's coming out the other side is the darkest and most uncompromising shit imaginable. A non-stop assault of blackened chaos that pummels everything in it's path!
I can say this with the up most confidence, in the same way that one might speak about Lightning Bolt and Wolf Eyes, and that being, there’s no one doing what they do, no one!
They were the first; they've reinvented something that seems familiar and then deconstructed it again, anyone else doing anything similar is a mere shadow!
Forget about everything that you know and love about Hip Hop, nothing comes close, this is the real deal.
This is avant-garde Hip Hop from street that’s been used and abused. This is Hip Hop that’s born out of aggression and the starvation of small Town America.
This is Hip Hop that’s been hugely influenced by the punk rock attitude of raw power and attitude.
This is Death Grips!
Fronted by the intense figure that is MC Ride, whom I have to say has the meanest tattoos and apparently, the best black metal record collection imaginable; Death Grips vocalist is a violent force of lyrical punk that evokes nothing short of pure energy and dark emotion.
On the drums is a man with a history that needs no introduction, Zac Hill, one half of the Californian noise punks Hella, and one of the many longstanding contributors to the legendary Japanese group The Boredoms.
On electronics is Flatlander, aka Any Morin, a man with no limits, an individual who processes the sonic and abusive frequencies generated from Zac’s junked out drums.
Individually they’re all uncompromising artists, three completely different craftsmen in their own right who single handedly challenge the preconceptions of what music is, and what it should sound like. Collectively, they’re an unstoppable force!
This is Death Grips, they’re free down loadable mix tape album is called Ex-Military, and they’re touring Australia this January, coming to a Town near you!
The Album 'Ex Military' - http://soundcloud.com/deathgrips
Death Grips - Guillotine (It Goes Ya) - VIDEO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Orlbo9WkZ2E
Death Grips - Beware
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qxa91EwFco
Death Grips - Takyon (Death Yon)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Htl3XWUhUOM
Death Grips - Guillotine (LIVE @ Low End Theory)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbSfkWuHuiE
Death Groups Website
http://thirdworlds.net
Death Grips Twitter
http://twitter.com/#!/DeathGripz
AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES: January, 2012!
Tickets: $25 + BF, available from the usual outlets as of Friday, November 4th, 2011. Stay tuned for details!
Friday 20th: Hobart @ Mona Foma Festival
Featuring PJ Harvey, see www.mofo.net.au for ticketing details
Saturday 21st: Perth @ The Bakery
Life is Noise presented show, see www.lifeisnoise.com for ticketing details
Sunday 22nd: Melbourne @ East Brunswick Club
For tickets, please see www.cornerhotel.com
Wednesday 25th: Canberra @ ANU Refectory
Pre sale ticket information TBC
Thursday 26th: Brisbane @ TBC
Pre sale ticket information TBC
Friday 27th: Sydney @ Hermanns Bar
For tickets, please see www.oztix.com.au
Saturday 28th: Melbourne @ Northcote Social Club
For tickets, please see www.cornerhotel.com
Sunday 29th: Adelaide @ Fowlers Live
For tickets, please see www.fowlerslive.com.au
fuck yeah!
love this album, hopefully will see them a couple of times in jan, gonna be so fuckin good
Album is amazing... looking forward to this!
skulls will be cracked
sweet!
tour cancelled :(
What happened Heathen Skulls?
What? I was looking forward to this. Reckon slow sales was the reason?
Doubt it. I reckon a fair few HS tours don't do terribly well and still go ahead and the venues weren't overly big.
fuck that sucks, i hope Rob is not getting fucked on financially out of this
Come with me if you want to live.
So how about this band, am I right? Who's with me? The people in this thread know what I'm talking about
They are a good band! I am enjoying the new album, especially 'I've Seen Footage' and 'Hacker'.
Were great at Coachella. Wish I wasn't hungover and could have enjoyed them more.
Yeah, what happened with this? I assumed it was because they received a better offer somewhere else
The reason for them not touring? MC Ride was sick or had wrecked his voice I think, which isn't surprising.
I hope they still tour here relatively soon and do their own shows. Since they seem to be kind of blowing up it would be shithouse if they just got on the festival circuit. (from a Perth pov anyway, i'm sure they'll still do 20 shows on the east coast)
Pitchfork gave a new album 8.7 so it must be good.
Yep, good album. Been cranking it constantly
This. Love 'I've Seen Footage' and 'Hacker'. Great sound.
Oh wait I already said that above! Ignore forgetful ol' me!
I, too, hope they don't tour as part of a festival. If they do it'll probably be Laneway though.
The Pitchfork review is great, worth a read
Interview with Zach is interesting as well
http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/8815-death-grips/?utm_medium=site&utm_source=related-content&utm_name=features
so they cancelled their tour dates to work on next album? people are pissed hey
taken the whole ''leave them wanting more'' thing a little too far?
yeah maybe, they don't seem to give a fuck what people/critics think though, at least that's the schtick they're going with. i'm kinda taking this whole anti-establishment/fuck the system thing with a grain of salt considering they're signed to such a massive label. but they make rad tunes so hope the next release is killer too.
mc ride interview http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.clashmusic.com%2Ffeature%2Fdeath-grips-x-alec-empire&h=xAQGTJwm5AQHFH-lzPOmfGh2_A0bSzdNwM0SVIh9tqRq3Yg&enc=AZMnIz2jqxia_JYa4pD8OfO2rzqIsMR1U8Q_m63fPsu_siTlhrn6S4K7ptxOu5L89kIEwVAdDOVfjYT7LqZFC9by
last couple of days been watching people on facebook moan about the cancelled tour dates and at the same time people on action bronsons page pissed at the price of album/shipping for dr. lecter. kinda funny, welcome to my world bitches.