Ghostemane

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Ghostemane at a live concert in 2017

Eric Whitney (born April 15, 1991), under the pseudonym Ghostemane or alternatively as Baader-Meinhof , GASM, Swearr, Limsa Lominsa and formerly also known as Ill Biz , is an American musician, rapper and singer. During his previous life in Florida he was a member of various hardcore punk and doom metal bands. After starting his career as a rapper , he moved to Los Angeles , California , where he achieved success in the underground scene.

Ghostemane's mix of rap and metal helped him gain popularity on SoundCloud - alongside other artists such as Scarlxrd , Bones, Suicideboys and Killstation. In 2018, Ghostemane released the album N / O / I / S / E , which was well received in the underground trap metal and emo rap scene on SoundCloud, due to the mixture with instruments typically from industrial and nu metal .

Early life

Eric Whitney was born on April 15, 1991 in Lake Worth, Florida to parents from New York. Whitney grew up in West Palm Beach, Florida. As a teenager he was mainly interested in hardcore punk music, he learned to play the guitar and performed in various bands, including Nemesis and Seven Serpents. He also played soccer during his high school years , which he claims was practically forced upon him by his father, who died when Whitney was seventeen years old.

Whitney was introduced to rap music when he was the guitarist for the hardcore punk band Nemesis and a bandmate introduced him to rap in Memphis.

Career

Prior to his music career, Whitney worked for a business-to-business company where he earned $ 65,000 annually. In 2015, Whitney moved to Los Angeles , California because his music was not well received in South Florida . Whitney joined the artist collective Schemaposse . Other members of this collective included Craig Xen , JGRXXN and the late Lil Peep .

Schemaposse dissolved in April 2016. A little later, Whitney met rapper Pouya , with whom he published the video for 1000 Rounds in April 2017 .

In May 2018, Pouya announced that he would be producing a mixtape with Ghostemane.

In October 2018, he teamed up with Zubin to release the song Broken .

In May 2020 he announced that he would start a Lo-Fi Black Metal project called Baader-Meinhof.

style

Lyrically, Ghosteman's themes focus on the occult , depression , nihilism and death . Whitney began his career as a musician playing guitar in hardcore punk bands and drums in doom metal bands and has stated that his greatest influence is the black metal band Bathory . He spent most of his teenage years listening to extreme metal bands like Deicide , Death , Carcass, and Mayhem . As for rap music, Ghostemane is influenced by rap groups from the south like Outkast and Three 6 Mafia . Ghostemane has also cited Midwestern rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony as an early influence.

Discography

Albums

  • Oogabooga (2015)
  • For the Aspiring Occultist (2015)
  • Rituals (2016)
  • Blackmage (2016)
  • Plagues (2016)
  • Hexada (2017)
  • N / O / I / S / E (2018)
  • Www (as GASM) (2018)

Compilations

  • Astral Kreepin (Resurrected Hitz) (2015)
  • Hiadica (2019)

Mix tapes

  • 1991 (as Ill Biz)
  • Blunts n 'Brass Monkey (2014) (as Ill Biz)
  • Taboo (2014)

EPs

  • Ghoste Tales (2015)
  • Dogma (2015)
  • Kreep [Klassics Out Tha Attic] (2015)
  • Dæmon (2016) (with Nedarb Nagrom)
  • EP (as Baader-Meinhof) (2016)
  • Dæmon II (2016) (with Nedarb Nagrom)
  • Dæmon III (2017) (with Nedarb Nagrom)
  • Dahlia I (2018) (with getter )
  • Evil Beneath a Veil of Justice (as Baader-Meinhof) (2019)
  • Fear Network (2019)
  • Opium (2019)
  • Human Err0r (2019) (with Parv0)
  • Digital Demons (2019) (with Nolife)
  • Technomancer (as SWEARR) (2019)
  • Baader-Meinhof (as Baader-Meinhof) (2020)

Singles

  • Knockin Wood (2014)
  • Lake Shore Drive (2015)
  • Dungeon (with WAVY JONE $) (2015)
  • The Pull Off (with Lil Peep ) (2015)
  • Choronzon (2016)
  • John Dee (2016)
  • Lesser Keys of Solomon (with EDEN IVY) (2016)
  • Homecoming (with Lil Peep, Killstation, JGRXXN, Kold-Blooded, OmenXII and Brennan Savage) (2016)
  • Axis (2016)
  • Death by Dishonour (with Pouya, Shakewell and Eric the Architect) (2017)
  • Mercury : Retrograde (2017)
  • 1000 Rounds (with Pouya ) (2017)
  • Tartarus (2017)
  • Kali Yuga (with Clams Casino) (2017)
  • SCUM (with WAVY JONE $) (2017)
  • Nails (2017)
  • 2000 Rounds (with Pouya ) (2017)
  • Bury Me (with Getter) (2017)
  • Stick Out (with Pouya ) (2018)

relationship

Ivory Suicide

Ivory Suicide (model for Suicide Girls ) and Ghostemane have been a couple since 2017, according to an interview. They met at one of Ghosteman's concerts in New York City and Ghosteman's Birthday, where Ivory was in the audience. According to her own statements, she did not like the music.

On March 9, 2020, Ghostemane obtained an injunction. He accuses his 22-year-old ex-girlfriend of domestic violence . The musician stated that he and his ex-girlfriend had not gotten along, and on March 9, the situation had turned very badly.

Ghostemane claims his ex-girlfriend, whom he claims to be 5'3 "(175 cm) and 105 lbs (about 48 kg), was at his West Hollywood apartment when she" fell into a jealous, irrational, physical and verbal manner Anger "broke out" after suggesting that other people attend the MUSINK Music Festival + Tattoo Convention in Costa Mesa , CA.

He says that she asked to be driven home, but then claims that she started screaming because she did not want to go home while she was driving. Ghostemane claims he got the car on Hollywood Blvd. stopped to "de-escalate the situation".

Poppy

On July 10, 2020, Poppy and Ghostemane announced their engagement.

Web links

Commons : Ghostemane  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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  1. ↑ Interview: rapper Ghostemane talks death metal influences (en-US) . In: Metal Insider , August 23, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2020. 
  2. ↑ 45 MOST ANTICIPATED ALBUMS OF 2019 . Retrieved January 4, 2020.
  3. ↑ HEAR GHOSTEMANE AND POUYA THROW DOWN ON EXPLOSIVE NEW SONG "STICK OUT" . Retrieved January 4, 2020.
  4. ↑ GHOSTEMANE en febrero de 2019 en Barcelona y Madrid . Retrieved January 4, 2020.
  5. ↑ Thanks To Ghostemane, Industrial And Metal Are Rap Now. In: Stereogum. September 13, 2017, accessed January 4, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Lee Shaner: GHOSTEMANE'S HARDCORE PAST INSPIRED HIS UNDERGROUND RAP PRESENCE. Skullcandy, accessed January 4, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Ghostsmane Surprise-Releases New Album 'N / O / I / S / E' a Week Early. October 10, 2018, accessed January 4, 2020 .
  8. ↑ KINDA NEAT EPISODE 110: GHOSTEMANE. In: YouTube. Retrieved July 2, 2020 .
  9. ↑ NoJumper - The scheme Posse interview. In: YouTube. Retrieved July 1, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Pouya & Ghostemane "1000 Rounds" video. Retrieved July 2, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Pouya Announces Collab Mixtape With Ghostemane, Previews New Single. Retrieved July 2, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Ghostemane and Zubin team up on "Broken". Retrieved July 2, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Ghostemane's Black Metal Project: Hear Baader-Meinhof's Sinister New EP. May 26, 2020, accessed on July 2, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Thanks To Ghostemane, Industrial And Metal Are Rap Now. In: Stereogum. September 13, 2017, accessed July 2, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Interview: rapper Ghostemane talks death metal influencesMetal Insider. In: Metal Insider. August 23, 2016, Retrieved July 2, 2020 (American English).
  16. ↑ unsignedhype.org is under construction. Retrieved July 2, 2020 .
  17. ↑ JOHN HILL: HEAR GHOSTEMANE'S CRUSHING NEW HARDCORE EP 'FEAR NETWORK' . Retrieved January 4, 2020.
  18. ↑ IVORY & GHOSTE. Retrieved July 1, 2020 .
  19. ↑ Metal Rap Star Ghostemane Files Restraining Order Against Ex-GF. April 18, 2019, accessed on July 1, 2020 .
  20. ↑ Ghostemane and Poppy announce their engagement. In: MoreCore.de. July 11, 2020, accessed on July 15, 2020 (German).
  21. ↑ r / GHOSTEMANE - Yep they're engaged. Retrieved July 15, 2020 (American English).
personal data
SURNAME Ghostemane
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Whitney, Eric (real name); Baader-Meinhof; GASM; Ill biz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American musician, rapper and singer
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1991