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 MC Lars's Profile |
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Post-Punk Laptop Rap |
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| Location: | Los Angeles, California |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Jun 2, 2008 (128 days back) |
About Me |
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"I want to be someone who people recognize and want to come to see, but stayed true to their art and message through their whole career. I want to be able to tour the world and play sold out shows. I'd love to have some mainstream exposure to subversively bring my ideas into the popular eye, as long as I don't have to compromise what I'm doing for the sake of popularity. I want to work with more artists that I admire and be known for having one of the most fun live touring shows that has ever hit the road. I'd like to die having put out one of the most original greatest hits albums in the history of the popular music. That would be awesome." MC Lars It isn't easy being a Post Punk Laptop rapper. You're forced to lead a genre that doesn't exist, navigate around cookie cutter superstars, push yourself to make music unlike anything else on earth and spend every penny of your own money to get it all done. You meet kids at every tour date who love what you do, yet turn on MTV and see homogenized puppets that regurgitate their genres and make piles of dough in the process. You push the boundaries of DIY and give major labels the middle finger. You hope (and know) that this will be all worth it some day. MC Lars is a member of what he dubs the "iGeneration," a group born and raised in the time of the Ninja Turtles, cassette tapes and new wave music, who now live in the age of Desperate Housewives, Sidekicks and screamo bands. These are the kids who have grown up using the Internet as a part of their every day life. They can conveniently carry 5,000 songs in their pocket, but are faced with the glooming fact that the world's oil supply and Social Security will both run out in their lifetime. MC Lars is the hero of this new generation, addressing their thoughts and every day struggles in his music. Lars has spent the past two years building this group of fans, performing around the world with nothing but his laptop and lyrics. His indie EP has sold over 10,000 copies to a dedicated group of misfits, allowing him to pulse the mainstream through unexpected outlets like Rolling Stone and MTV News. All of this has led him to the decision to steer his own ship and to release the album on his own label (Horris Records) rather than fall into the major label glut. He sees little need for the traditional label trappings and would rather storm his own trail through the Internet, even encouraging file-sharing as a means of promoting his music. "I think I've shown that you don't need to have mainstream exposure to get a dedicated fan base, especially when you have things like MySpace and LimeWire as creative ways of marketing yourself," he says. The Graduate is an album chock full of wildly different subject matter, from playful and goofy to socially conscious and critical. The album opens with "Download This Song," featuring guest vocals by Jaret Reddick of Bowling For Soup; the song serves as complete manifesto on the future of music industry. "21 Concepts" is a track featuring 21 different song ideas Lars rejected for the album, including an ill-fated jam about a fetus running for governor. He gives listeners a literature lesson on "Ahab," retelling Herman Melville's class Moby Dick in under four minutes (to a Supergrass sample, no less). Lars collaborates with The Matches on a song about mallrat-infested Hot Topic and another with notorious rapper Ill Bill (Non Phixion) on "The Dialogue," a marriage that will surprise many. "The Roommate From Hell" teams him up with mc chris, who is cast as Lars' college roommate who is also, coincidentally, Satan. The Graduate is a collection of songs that may very well be the time capsule for this generation. In a hundred years, iPods, MySpace and Hot Topic may be nothing more than a distant memory, but one listen to MC Lars' music will bring people back to the iGeneration. The title may be a nod to Lars' recent graduation from Stanford University, but the album also serves as a musical graduation, allowing Lars to move from sampling his favorite artists on his laptop to being able to collaborate with them in the studio. He adds, "I also like to hook up with older women like Dustin Hoffman does." |
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My Interests |
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Music:Member Since: 8/2/2004Band Website: mclars.com Band Members: MC Lars Influences: Public Enemy, King Missile, the Bloodhound Gang, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Sage Francis, Atmosphere, Eric B. and Rakim, Nine Inch Nails, Grand Buffet, Bob Dylan, Pantera, Wesley Willis, Ween, Nirvana, Marilyn Manson, Insane Clown Posse, MC Frontalot, ILL BILL, ytcracker, Northern State, the Dead Kennedys, the Beastie Boys Sounds Like: follow MC_Lars at http://twitter.com ADD THIS BANNER TO YOUR PROFILE: Sign up for Operation Lars the MC Lars street team! First Name*: Last Name*: Email*: Date of Birth*: Gender*: male female Street Address*: Apartment: City*: State/Province*: ZIP/Postal code*: Country*: * These fields are required. MC Lars on iTunes MC Lars hoodie Buy now "Hipster Girl" girly tee Buy now "Hot Topic Is Not Punk Rock" shirt Buy now "Post Punk Laptop Rap" shirt Buy now "The Graduate" Buy now "27th Street" cartoon book Buy now Record Label: Horris Records Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Rap / Punk) |
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My Blog |
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"White Kids Aren’t Hyphy" video |
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| Directed by Tim Thompson and Odin Wadleigh... the second single from the upcoming album.
... Posted by MC Lars on Sat, 31 May 2008 08:28:00 PST |
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Kindergarten Theft Auto |
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| My bass player Rob sent me this video."I just wanted to do hood rat stuff with my friends." Hahahahaha!
... Posted by MC Lars on Tue, 27 May 2008 08:41:00 PST |
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DECIBEL magazine interview |
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| I guess I'm metal now. Posted by MC Lars on Mon, 26 May 2008 02:41:00 PST |
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GIAN VIDEO PODCAST |
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| Check out the video podcast from our GIAN 2008 experience! Thanks to everyone for coming up and saying hi. We'll be back in the UK soon!!Lars
... Posted by MC Lars on Sat, 17 May 2008 12:58:00 PST |
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Lars on DJ Rossstar |
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| DJ Rossstar's Punk Rock Show is on air now.Tune in through Idobi Radio.The show will be on live from 7-8pm PST / 10-11pm EST.Talk to us on AIM at the screen name - DJ Rossstar 08. Norma Jean and I wil... Posted by MC Lars on Thu, 15 May 2008 06:51:00 PST |
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Cleveland Hip-Hop |
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| I did an intro for my Cleveland friends' hip-hop comp. They opened for us on the Suburban Legends tour last year.... Posted by MC Lars on Sat, 10 May 2008 04:10:00 PST |
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Obama Video |
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| Brendan Brown from Wheatus and I wrote this song to support Obama. It's called "Change the World (Black Precedent)".... check it out! Matt from Wheatus did the video:
... Posted by MC Lars on Wed, 07 May 2008 04:19:00 PST |
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"Music Is Life" |
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| Stewart Hendler, my cousin, roommate, and director of such classics as the "iGeneration" video and the thriller "Whisper" just made this inspirational spec ad for a digital music player... check it ou... Posted by MC Lars on Tue, 06 May 2008 03:17:00 PST |
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N64 |
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| Remember when video games could elicit such joy?? I stumbled upon this again tonight and couldn't stop laughing:
OH MY GOD!!!!!PeaceLars... Posted by MC Lars on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:23:00 PST |
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LA life parody |
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| Check out "Unfamous" by Whatever Hollywood. The video is a funny satire of LA life, one of the girls went to college with me:
You can vote for them here for a contest they're in if you want ... Posted by MC Lars on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:15:00 PST |
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My Friends |
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Jon, Wayne Hsu, Father Octopus, Fully Armed Gangstas[NEW SONG FINALLLYYYY], Something With Numbers, Bowling For Soup [DVD OUT JULY 7th IN THE UK], Damondrick, FAILSAFE, Schaffer The Darklord, Nerdcore Rising the Movie, Army of Freshmen, k.flay, Chris Ayer, ck [common knowledge], CHRISV$, Peachcake (Make Mixes, Not War!), Graham, Jinksie Cat, Kevin aka Oneel, Mac or PC - Music Video, Richard, I.M. Legend (NEW SONGS!!), ART PAUL SCHLOSSER, Smilex, -Rob-, optimus rhyme, Wheatus, King Missile, Hearts That Hate, Stun Gun Jones, Denny Blaze, The Baby Munchers, ytcracker v4, Weird Al Yankovic, peck the town crier, Brother Brooks, Nitty Gritty, Matt, MC Frontalot, Atom and His Package, [Amber], s3xic4n, sir whitton, Nanook, Joel, {so wrong, it's} Lex, Just... Nicole, cute face, slim waste, yea shes got me goin crazy, *Julie Sarah*, Aaron, gaylissa™, ★y★w★zc★, _Atom, Adrianna, Karl, Renegade Of Life, Nate, PlayAylaPlay! [SeasonRemedy], ~DoctorDarling~, Jimbos Who Ya Gonna Call, Andrea, Best Of Myspace Blogs, *~*A Tragedy Built On Destiny*~* {Lariena}, Ross Quaine., Official D-minus fanpage, HaHaHAHHAAhahAhAhaHA!, D'M;,, I STicKtOlogY I, Just Jules., RufuZ, Kat [frankenska!], PaGe™, Concede to Glory, Aphid, Crystal [College Bound], Kryssi K., Cephalopod!, Suzie.Is.Really.Batgirl!, tara kathleen, collie *ollio*, ~[Molly's Chamber]~, Agnieszka, little mari urine., Chozo Ninpo, Xxjuggalette4lifexX, DUSTY'S
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