Yoni Wolf performing with Why? in Brussels in 2010
Background information
Birth name
Jonathan Avram Wolf
Also known as
Why? (1997–2004)
Born
(1979-04-30) April 30, 1979 (age 45) Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Genres
Alternative hip hop
underground hip hop
indie rock
Years active
1997–present
Labels
Anticon
Mush
Lex
Website
www.whywithaquestionmark.com/
Musical artist
Jonathan Avram "Yoni" Wolf (born April 30, 1979) is an American alternative hip hop and indie rock musician and co-founder of the record label Anticon.[1]
From 1997 until 2004, Wolf released music under the stage name Why?. In 2004 he transferred that name onto his newly founded band. Thereafter he has been credited for his solo work as Yoni Wolf.
Prior to the founding of the band Why? in 2004, Wolf had also been a member of numerous other groups, including Greenthink, Object Beings, Clouddead, Reaching Quiet and Hymie's Basement.
^Fortune, Drew (December 15, 2010). "Why?: Hip Hop's Lyrical Transient". ALARM Magazine. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012.
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experimental hip hop group, consisting of Doseone (Adam Drucker), Why? (YoniWolf) and Odd Nosdam (David Madson). The group's name came from a nonsensical...
band), a hip hop/indie rock band formed in Oakland, California, in 2004 YoniWolf, formerly known by the stage name Why? Why (Canadian band), a rock band...
Anticon on September 26, 2005. Prior to the formation of the band in 2004, YoniWolf had used "Why?" as his stage name for his solo work. The title refers...
engineering YoniWolf – mixing "Ways of Seeing" Gia Margaret – piano, synthesizer, field recording, engineering, mixing, production YoniWolf – mixing "Cicadas"...
by cLOUDDEAD, his former group with YoniWolf of Why? and Doseone. In 2002, under the name Reaching Quiet, YoniWolf and Nosdam released their collaborative...
lacking the appeal of Why?'s early albums. Credits adapted from Tidal. Why? YoniWolf – vocals, bass, drums, piano, sampling, producer, engineer, mixing, artwork...
recorded in February 2007. When asked to compare it to his previous albums, YoniWolf said: "This record, Eskimo Snow, is really the least hip-hop out of anything...
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complexity." All tracks are written by YoniWolf, except where noted Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. YoniWolf – lead vocals, piano, keyboards...
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Almost Live from Anna's Cabin. It is the final solo release on which YoniWolf would use the stage name 'Why?', transferring it onto his newly founded...
of Cincinnati). Why? was formed in Cincinnati by the Wolf brothers, Jonathan 'Yoni' and Josiah Wolf, along with Doug McDiarmid. Hawthorne Heights is from...
been formed in 2004; prior to this, the name 'Why?' had been used by YoniWolf as his stage name for his solo work. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted...
Oaklandazulasylum is a studio album by YoniWolf under the Why? moniker. It was released by Anticon on June 16, 2003. It peaked at number 85 on the CMJ...
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