Ho99o9

Ho99o9
TheOGM (left) and Eaddy (right)
Background information
Also known as HO99O9 DEATH KULT
Origin Newark, New Jersey, United States
Genres
Website ho99o9.com
Members
  • theOGM
  • Eaddy

Ho99o9 (pronounced Horror and also known as TRIPLE 9 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 they attracted a strong cult following on account of their live performance, according to the LA Weekly, and attracted collaborators such as Ian Longwell who plays drums and produces for Santigold.[1] Their style combines dark hip hop with the aggression of hardcore punk.

Ho99o9 was one of Rolling Stone's "10 New Artists You Need to Know" in 2014 and The Guardian's "New Band of the Week".[2][3][4] The band has performed at the Afropunk Festival in 2014, the SXSW Music Festival in 2015 and Primavera Sound Festival in 2016. Ho99o9 has released two EPs, Mutant Freax and Horrors of 1999, accompanied by grindhouse-style music videos; their first full-length album United States Of Horror was released on the 5th of May, 2017.

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 Death Grips, Black Flag, Big Black and Bad Brains.[4][9][10]

The band played the Afropunk Festival in 2014,the SXSW Music Festival in 2015 and Primavera Sound Festival in 2016; 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, 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.

On December 1, 2016, it was announced that Ho99o9 would be supporting The Dillinger Escape Plan on their final UK tour in January 2017. Eaddy started off the tour in Norwich by jumping straight into the audience landing on 3 peoples heads and then running and tackling people through the audience. In June 2017 the band appeared on the Earache Records stage of Glastonbury Festival in the UK.

On March 29, 2018, the group began their North American Lights Out tour with 3Teeth and Street Sects.

On October 11 2018 The Prodigy released a single ‘Fight Fire with Fire’ featuring Ho9909 from their new album No Tourists.

Ho99o9 will open for Three Days Grace, Prophets of Rage, and Avenged Sevenfold on select dates of the "End Of The World Tour".

Members

Ho99o9 at Hellfest 2018
  • theOGM
  • Eaddy

Social Media Presence

As a band in the digital age, Ho99o9 also have a strong social media presence with a Twitter boasting upwards of 6 thousand followers. They make good use of their platform, retweeting comments from fans, bumping tour information, and just generally establishing their brand with their tweets.

"There’s a few aspects in life that will lead you onto a greater path: Know your history, no one runs your life but yourself, always stay positive & cut the negative, don’t take no shit from nobody. & last but not least always put up a fight for what you believe in."[17]

"Be quiet or be killed"[18]

Discography

  • Mutant Freax EP (October 31, 2014)
  • Horrors of 1999 EP (June 9, 2015)
  • Dead Bodies in the Lake mixtape (November 13, 2015)
  • United States of Horror studio album (May 5, 2017)

Singles

  • "Casey Jones" / "Cum Rag" (September 2, 2014)
  • "Bone Collector" (September 2, 2014)
  • "Blood Waves" (March 3, 2016)
  • "The Dope Dealerz" / "Double Barrel" (October 11, 2016)

References

  1. 1 2 3 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.
  17. ↑ "HORROR on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  18. ↑ "HORROR on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
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