The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy

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The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy was a rap / hip-hop group from the United States active during the early 1990s .

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury
  UK 40 05/16/1992 (3 weeks)
Singles
Television The Drug Of The Nation
  UK 44 04/04/1992 (6 weeks)
Language Of Violence
  UK 68 05/30/1992 (1 week)

Band history

Founded in 1990 in San Francisco by former Beatnigs members Michael Franti and Rono Tse , they named themselves in a slightly modified form after an essay by Jim Wolfrey entitled The Disposable Heroes of Hypocrisy . The band had socially critical texts on topics such as the everyday dominance of television, racism or homophobia . Musically, she was reminiscent of bands like House of Pain or Pop Will Eat Itself and used rock and jazz elements. Sun was about to shoot to Hypocrisy Is the Greatest Luxury of jazz guitarist Charlie Hunter involved. The band also worked with Jack Dangers , William S. Burroughs and Mark Pistel from Consolidated . Soon after the release of Spare Ass Annie and Other Tales , Franti and Tse split.

Discography

  • 1991 TV: The Drug of the Nation (EP)
  • 1992 California Uber Alles (cover version of the Dead Kennedys title) on the Virus 100 sampler
  • 1992 Hypocrisy Is the Greatest Luxury
  • 1993 Spare Ass Annie and Other Tales (with William S. Burroughs )

swell

  1. Charts UK

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