Downset.

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downset.
General information
origin Los Angeles , USA
Genre (s) Crossover
founding 1986
Website downset.net
Founding members
singing
 Rey Anthony Oropeza
guitar
 Brian "Ares" brother-in-law
guitar
 Rogelio Lozano
bass
 James Morris
Drums
 Chris Lee
Current occupation
singing
 Rey Anthony Oropeza
guitar
 Brian "Ares" brother-in-law
bass
 James Morris
Drums
 Chris Hamilton
former members
singing
 Neil Roemer
bass
 Rico Vallisenor
bass
 JD Manhart

Downset ( spelling : downset. ) Is a crossover band from the USA that mixes hardcore punk with hip-hop influences. The band was formed in the mid-1980s in Los Angeles as "Social Justice", and in 1992 it was renamed "Downset".

history

In 1994, Downset's untitled debut album was released. This album contained the most famous song Anger . After 1994 the four of them continued when Rogelio Lozano left the band. Your second album from 1996 was called Do We Speak a Dead Language? .

In 1998 the drummer left and continued to work with Adema . Then Chris Hamilton joined the band and took over the part from Chris Lee. In 2000, Downset's third album Check Your People was released. Shortly thereafter, Chris Lee returned to the band. In 2004, their fourth album, Universal, was released. Rico Vallisenor had become part of Downset as a bassist.

In the summer of 2013 Downset played some concerts with a heavily changed line-up and released a new single called Forgotten .

In July 2014, One Blood, the band's first album in ten years, followed, which was again recorded in a constellation with three original founding members, including singer Rey Anthony Oropeza. On drums there was a switch back to Chris Hamilton, who was already heard on Check Your People (2000).

style

Downset mix hip-hop and funk with hardcore punk and metal . It is characterized by socially critical texts that refer to the situation in so-called ghettos and in particular the riots in Los Angeles in 1992 . There is a certain resemblance to Rage Against the Machine in general .

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Do We Speak a Dead Language?
  DE 77 07/29/1996 (5 weeks)
  AT 35 08/11/1996 (3 weeks)

Albums

  • 1994: downset.
  • 1996: Do We Speak a Dead Language?
  • 2000: Check Your People
  • 2004: Universal
  • 2014: One Blood

EPs

  • 1994: Our Suffocation (Demo)
  • 1995: Generation of Hope ( split with Shootyz Groove )
  • 1996: No More Freedom in a Cage
  • 2000: Code Blue Coma

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ downset.co: Review by Corepoint Magazine ( memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.downset.co
  2. ↑ downset.co: LITHIUM Interview 7/14 , July 17, 2014 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.downset.co
  3. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT