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 Death Grips in January 2014: Zach Hill, Stefan Burnett, Andy Morin | |
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| Origin | Sacramento, California, U.S. |
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| Spinoffs | The I.L.Y's |
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| Website | thirdworlds |
Death Grips is an American experimental hip hop group formed in 2010 in Sacramento, California. The group consists of producers Zach Hill (drums) and Andy Morin (keyboards), and vocalist Stefan Burnett, also known as MC Ride.[1] Though he is not the group's frontman, Hill has been credited with being the driving creative force behind the project.[2] Drawing from punk rock, electronic, noise, and industrial styles, the band's innovative and often difficult-to-categorize sound has earned critical acclaim and a cult following, while their aggressive performance style and cryptic interactions with their fans and the media have gained widespread notoriety.
The group released the mixtape Exmilitary in April 2011 and their debut studio album, The Money Store, a year later; both received critical praise.[3] Shortly after signing to Epic Records in 2012, the group leaked their second album, No Love Deep Web, for free download in breach of their contract and were dropped from the label. They released their third album, Government Plates, in 2013. Following several broken performance commitments, the group announced their disbanding in July 2014 along with the release of their fourth album, a double album titled The Powers That B.[4][5] The group leaked the first disc of this double album, Niggas on the Moon, in 2014. In early 2015, before releasing the second disc, Jenny Death, the group released an instrumental "soundtrack" album titled Fashion Week. The song titles follow as; "Runway J", "Runway E", and so on; acrostically spelling out the phrase "JENNY DEATH WHEN", which had become a popular phrase coined by fans of the band, who were eagerly anticipating the release of the second disc. The Powers That B was released in 2015, billed as their final album. However, in March 2015, the group revealed that they "might make some more" music,[6] and later announced a world tour.[7]
Later in 2015, Death Grips announced their fifth official studio album, Bottomless Pit, which was released in May 2016.[8] Their sixth studio album, Year of the Snitch, was released in June 2018. Their fourth EP, Gmail and the Restraining Orders, was released in June 2019 in celebration of Warp Records' 30th anniversary.
- ^ "Suspicious Minds – The Resolute Mission Of Death Grips". Clash Magazine. 3 May 2012. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
- ^ Morin, Andy [@andy__morin] (September 15, 2017). "@samryanpnw beyond being the planet's greatest drummer, zach founded death grips by recruiting myself & Stefan & has been our creative mastermind since" (Tweet). Retrieved December 24, 2020 – via Twitter.
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- ^ "Ꭰeath �rips (@bbpoltergiest) | Twitter". 2014-12-10. Archived from the original on December 10, 2014. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
- ^ "Death Grips – you're right, we might make some more". Facebook. Archived from the original on 2018-02-27. Retrieved 2015-04-03.
- ^ "Death Grips – Timeline Photos". Facebook.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-04. Retrieved 2015-04-03.
- ^ "Death Grips – We've decided to make a new Death Grips..." Facebook. 2015-10-21. Archived from the original on 2017-02-04. Retrieved 2016-03-27.