2008
Pic thanks to richgaccione on Flickr If you don’t know who 3OH!3 is, you should. They’ve been getting super popular super quick. They played a huge showcase at Knitting Factory during CMJ with Anthony Green from Circa Survive and everyone loves them. I’d give you a full bio on them but I’m feeling sick and I found a good preview of their show in the Boston area the other night. Here’s an excerpt and some videos below.
The University of Colorado at Boulder consistently ranks as one of the nation’s top party schools.
Now the school has two unlikely musical ambassadors providing the hard-driving soundtrack.
Collectively known as 3OH!3 after the 303 area code, Nathaniel Motte and Sean Foreman may seem an unlikely pair to represent Boulder and the hybrid electro-party/punk style they’ve popularized along with such groups as Spank Rock.
Not long ago, Foreman was an ex-homecoming king and a fixture on the local battle rap circuit, while Motte was a DJ/producer with almost no performance experience. The two, who play a sold-out Harpers Ferry in Allston tomorrow, met in a physics class at UC where their respective skills merged into something entirely different.
“There’s that jam band kind of granola scene in Boulder,†Motte said from a tour stop in Buffalo, N.Y. “But we grew up a lot in the underground hip-hop scene. We probably sound different than a lot of the other stuff coming out of Colorado, but I don’t even know what kind of music we make. We just make what we know how to make and what sounds good to our ears.â€
However it’s classified, 3OH!3’s mash-up of hip-hop, electronica and dance music was enough to win the duo a spot opening a Snoop Dogg show. This year 3OH!3 nabbed a spot on the Warped Tour and a major-label deal with Atlantic Records subsidiary Photo Finish Records, which released its label debut “Want†in July. Dropped into a Warped lineup that included everything from Christian rock bands to reggae groups, Motte and Foreman quieted skeptics with their skit- and costume-filled live show, while getting their song “Punk Bitch†placed on the Warped Tour 2008 compilation.
Don’t Trust Me
Punkbitch
Chokechain
Holler Till You Pass Out
Colorado Sunrise
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