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By taking the chauvinism and gratuitous violence prevalent in virtually all forms of gangsta rap and injecting an intelligent dose of geekiness, The Dreaded Paranoids make some of the funniest, catchiest, and enjoyably rudest music in South Carolina.
The energetic quartet consists of MC Old Bed, MC Donalds, Pope Higdonis I and Geebo the Dirty Mac.
Strange names form even stranger music. The Dreaded Paranoids' lyrics keep the gang life lyricism of stereotypical rap, but insert them in more unlikely scenarios such as the realms of "Super Mario World," "Dungeons and Dragons," a zombie apocalypse, and even the presidency of Ronald Reagan.
Each member has their own unique voice and rhyming style which adds a variety of dimensions to each track. The Dreaded Paranoids program a unique array of beats and samples that are uncommonly deep for an independent rap group. Every single track has its own unique flavor yet fits the distinct Dreaded Paranoid sound.
The group will release its full-length album this fall via their own label, Broken Records. You can hear various tracks from their official Web site and MySpace page: www.brokeninc.com/thedreaded paranoids and www.myspace.com/thedreadedparanoids.
The Dreaded Paranoids are playing a show Friday at New Brookland Tavern in Columbia at 9 p.m. with copies of their new EP for sale.
Link to online article:
http://www.goupstate.com/article/20070726/NEWS/707260330/-1/xml - Spartanburg Herald, Written by Myles Griffin
Discography
Dungeons, Dragons, and Demos - EP
the Dreaded Paranoids - LP
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Bio
In Cayce SC, the Geekiest Hardcore Gangsta rap group of all time originally started as a writing/recording project between Scott Higdon and Joshua Doten. Scott and Josh have written and recorded over 7 albums worth of material since 2001 with Mark Strait (North Hollywood Model Search). In 2004 Josh ran into Rob (Magyar, Old Bed) who was attending USC for Music. They began recording new original music together including some comedy and Hip-Hop for their podcast (Broken Records Radio). Though they never truly took their Hip-Hop writing to seriously, they recently decided after meeting Adam (Ozu, MC Donalds) that it might not be such a bad idea. Ground Breaking results ensued!!!
Their style varies drastically from most modern Hip-Hop due to their extensive taste in music. All 4 members have classical training in several instruments ranging from woodwind, brass, string, and percussion (even though most of these types of instruments don't get used during their recording sessions). All 4 members add different elements to their music and persona's. MC Don does all Art/Web direction, Old Bed develops original ideas for the songs, Geebo produces the Dreaded Paranoids tracks, and the Pope Higdonius creates the majority of the music that are the Phat ass beats underneath the Paranoid rappers. Higdonius is also the Main recording Engineer during the recording sessions.
The Dreaded Paranoids have recorded 2 albums worth of material (@ Broken Records Inc Studio in Cayce SC, owned by Doten and Higdon) with subjects ranging from Dungeons and Dragons to killing cops (all which is done purely in the name of comedy and NOT Geebo's extreme dislike for ego maniacal officers who believe they are above the law) to Alien Hos, smoking weed, and Pirates.
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