House of Krazees
| House of Krazees | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Detroit, Michigan, United States |
| Genres | Horrorcore |
| Years active | 1993—1997, 2013 |
| Labels | Latnem |
| Associated acts | Twiztid, Halfbreed |
| Past members |
R.O.C. Paul Methric Jamie Spaniolo Skrapz |
House of Krazees was an American hip hop group from Detroit, Michigan. The group was composed of the rappers R.O.C. (Raps On Contact),[1] Paul Methric and Jamie Spaniolo. House of Krazees performed a style of hardcore hip hop known as horrorcore and was active from 1993 until 1997. Methric and Spaniolo later formed Twiztid.
Biography
Recording career
House of Krazees was formed by R.O.C. (Raps On Contact)[1] in 1993, with Paul Methric and Jamie Spaniolo performing under the names EXP and Big J, later changing their names to Hektic and Mr. Bones respectively.[2] House of Krazees' catalog was only released on Compact Cassette until the group signed to Latnem Entertainment.[3] Problems between House of Krazees and Latnem led the group to leave the label following its 1996 album, Head Trauma.[3] That year, the group was scheduled to tour with Insane Clown Posse and Myzery, serving as an opening act for ICP.[2] The tour was cancelled after Insane Clown Posse was dropped by Hollywood Records.[2] They did tour with ICP and Myzery after the Great Milenko tour finally started after Island records bought the contract from Hollywood records. House of Krazees was only on a select number of dates because of tensions within the group. House of Krazees officially disbanded in 1997, due to conflicts with their manager, Walter Stepanenko.[3][4]
Post-split
Twiztid
After the split, Methric and Spaniolo sent a demo tape to Insane Clown Posse member Joseph Bruce. The demo contained the tracks "2nd Hand Smoke," "Diemuthafuckadie," and "How Does It Feel?"[4] Bruce was extremely impressed, invited Methric and Spaniolo to perform on 'The House of Horrors Tour', and signed them to Psychopathic Records. Before the tour kicked off, Bruce, Methric and Spaniolo decided on a name that they felt would fit the duo—Twiztid.[4] Twiztid was signed to Psychopathic from 1997 until 2012.
R.O.C.'s solo career
R.O.C. later became the hype man for Psychopathic Records artist Blaze Ya Dead Homie.[5] R.O.C. appears on Blaze's 2007 album Clockwork Gray, on the tracks "Ill Connect", "Inside Looking Out" and "E.O.D." R.O.C. signed to Hatchet House in 2008[6] and released an EP, Welcome To The Darkside.[7]
In 2009, R.O.C. announced that he was retiring from music.[8] In 2012, he came out of retirement and appeared on Prozak's EP Nocturnal, contributing a verse on "Knuckle Up".[9] R.O.C. also appeared alongside Methric and Spaniolo on Psychopathic's fourth "Psypher", released in October 2012, marking an unofficial reunion of House of Krazees.[10] In 2013 R.O.C appeared on Twiztids mixtape A New Nightmare on the track "Monstrosity" which was labeled as a House of Krazees song. A greatest hits album entitled Casket Cutz will be released on October 22, 2013. The album will feature 12 songs from all previous releases plus a bonus song previously unreleased from the vault.
Discography
- Home Sweet Home (1993)
- Home Bound (1994)
- Season Of The Pumpkin (1994)
- Outbreed (1995)
- Head Trauma (1996)
- Collectors Edition '97 (1997)
- The Night They Came Home (1999)
- Casket Cutz (2013)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.myspace.com/rapsoncontact
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Bruce, Joseph; Echlin, Hobey (August 2003). "Banned by a Filthy Rat". In Nathan Fostey. ICP: Behind the Paint (2nd Edition ed.). Royal Oak, Michigan: Psychopathic Records. pp. 306–314. ISBN 0-9741846-0-8.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Cordor, Cyril. "Madrox Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 July 2009.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Bruce, Joseph; Echlin, Hobey (August 2003). "Life on the Road". In Nathan Fostey. ICP: Behind the Paint (second ed.). Royal Oak, Michigan: Psychopathic Records. pp. 353–365. ISBN 0-9741846-0-8.
- ↑ A Family Underground documentary
- ↑ Insane Clown Posse (presenters) (2008-01-18). Weekly Freekly Weekly Jan 2008 (internet news). Detroit, Michigan: Psychopathic Records. Event occurs at 0:55. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
- ↑ http://rateyourmusic.com/release/ep/the_r_o_c_/welcome_to_the_dark_side/
- ↑ Jones, Bryan (September 9, 2009). Settin' the Record Straight. MySpace.
- ↑ http://therealprozak.com/we-wanted-it-to-be-right-the-r-o-c-discusses-working-with-prozak-for-knuckle-up-exclusive/
- ↑ //www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg0Ioxhk5yk
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