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In my opinion, to make good rap music, hip hop music, it has to be fresh. When the whole music had it's roots in competition it had to be about being better through improvement, through pushing the boundary, through evolution. All my understanding of hip hop comes from records and interviews as I was never in New York during the early eighties, so it may have been nonsense. Regardless, that is what I believe hip hop is about and that is what Eaters are about.
I've been rapping with Sly (Quiet Man) since 1990 after a mutual friend suggested we start a hip hop group. We went under several names only really got to a stage when we were happy to perform and put out a record when we formed a group called The Pesky Varmints and put out a 12" called Super Human Coliseum ('97 I think). Then the group broke up and we formed Eaters.
Since then we recruited Chris (Tuck Pendleton) and Jim (Dopamean), based on shared appreciation of the music, friendship and the fact that we didn't bother with the politics. Three of us produce with very different styles. Two rap and one writes essays. One beatboxes. One breaks. And between us we try to do something different for each release. A lot of the time we can't keep up with our own ideas.
Aside from the music we also try to be as self contained as possible. We record on our equipment, master the records, put together the artwork, organising the pressings, manage the publicity (badly which is why most folk have never heard of us).
This site is an attempt to provide more people access to the music, and give some context to the music. The site may be rough, but that's not the point - take a listen to the tunes and maybe let us know what you think. We'll keep it uptodate as we release albums and mixes and hopefully you'll drop in from time to time and see whats what.
Laughing Gear
Band Biographies
Dopeamean Jim - Originally a breaker from the XXX crew, Jim joined the Eaters in 2006 as a DJ. Since then he's pushed an experimental stance that has more in common with musical expression than it does with breakbeat records. His approach is to stay clear of the tried and tested and focus on keeping it fresh.
Laughing Gear - Vocalist, occasionally beatbox and infrequent producer. A founding member of the Eaters, Dave's first release was with The Pesky Varmints on Super Human Colosseum ep. First attempt on stage was at the Nyorecon Poets Cafe, NY in 1998, bombed in a battle the next month and learnt a lot about what not to do. Lucky coincidence lead to a brief appearance in the critically acclaimed documentary: Breath Control - History of the Beatbox (under the name of Mr 6). Occasionally goes under the name of Captain Moonshooter when delivering rhymes in a questionable American accent. Also acts as the mouthpiece for the band and handles artwork, organising release and maintains the website.
Quiet Man - Vocalist and Producer, founding member of Eaters and acting solo as Watchmaker, Sly's first release was also on the Pesky Varmint's Super Human Colosseum ep. One of the main producers for Eaters, he is responsible for the whole of Optimum's instrumentals and a lot of Wives and Digest. In addition to this he is the bands sound engineer, executive producer, tech guru. He also occasionally cuts or plays guitar on tracks and raps under the name Death Scorpion with Captain Moonshooter.
Tuck Pendleton - Producer and provider of almost every sample we've use. Chris is the second of the main producer for the group with production credits on Digest and Wives. The next couple of years will see several albums which have been produced by Chris starting with Shouting at the Wind. In addition to these, Chris created the B Boy FM mixes, which have been widely appreciated, and Incomplete Guides, essays providing an alternative view to the world over his music.
Links
This section contains some links to review and stuff about the Eaters.
Eaters Interview on Weaponiser.com
Eaters Wives - Album Review on Weapoizer.com
Contact Us
For gigs, interviews, collaberations, info about how to get hold of our stuff, to be added to a mailing list, or simply to let us know what you think write here - eatersmusic@tiscali.co.uk (mark it FAO Eaters as I delete spam without opening) |
Eaters mp3s - Click on title to listen
Laughing Gears Reviews Stuff
Shouting at the Wind LP - out NOW!
Buy it and it acts as a sexual magnet!
Wives LP - Out Now
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