Artist description Hard-core alien hip-hop from Stanford's freshest undergrad.

Music Style Hip-hop music from outer space.

Musical Influences Run-DMC, Twiztid, Public Enemy, Aesop Rock

Similar Artists MC Paul Barman, Bloodhound Gang, Atom & His Package

Artist History Lars Horris started composing music in the fifth grade, and hasn't stopped doing so since.

Group Members MC Lars Horris - vocals, guitars, Mike Love - keyboards, Damondrick Jack - samples, Josh Kienitz - bass

Instruments A Casio CTK-518 MIDI keyboard, a G4 Mac with a ProTools Digi 001 card, an electric Fender Squire Stratocaster guitar and an acoustic one

Albums Nothing to Fear (1999), Insectivorous (2000)

Press Reviews What the Media Thinks "Theatric remedial electronic subversion by the new enfant terrible of the local rock scene. This zany performance artist pushes the edge with unique costumes, video technology and a penetrating sense of the absurd. Alternative, hip-hop and electronica interwoven to create truly original rock theater." - The Monterey County Herald "Anything goes in this batch of home-baked techno and trip-hop. Minimalist synthesizer hooks, acoustic guitar, and computer-generated speech are among the surprises in this electronic grab bag." - Listen.com "Lars Horris is amazing. I am thoroughly impressed with how different each of his songs sound, and furthermore, I am amused by his lyrics. This is the kind of LP that, if I saw it in a store, not knowing the story behind the artist, I would still purchase." - Avram Drori for The Stevenson Tusitala What Other Musicians Think "Lars Horris! I like your songs, I'll write a song about you. I'll probably write it on my next rock and roll record, which is called: This Gigantic Robot Kills." - rock star Wesley Willis "I'm listening to the CD as I type this... it's super fun and good. The laaaaaaid back rhymes are dudical." - Atom Goren of synth-punk project Atom & His Package "Not bad at all." - Kristoff of industrial-metal group Bile "Lars Horris has an interesting style that isn't commonly found today. His incorporation of acoustic and electric guitar gives a good accent to his digital work with drum machines and synthesizers, he clashes almost too completely different sounds and makes them work very well. His lyrics are straight-forward and amuzing, with the feel that you would find in rap music. His music is like a good cup of musical coffee." - Ryan Lotz of experimental ambient project Plush "I listened to (Nothing to Fear) today, twice actually, and I think it's very good. Is this your first CD?" - John S. Hall of beatnik-rock group King Missile "The music of Lars Horris has exactly the smart, tripped-up beats I needed. Thanks... a first listen just cracks my ass up. In the best ways. Smart, creative, catchy, goofy. Comedy, in the right hands, navigates such a breakneck shortcut to insight and poignancy. The hands of Lars Horris are the right hands. Walk on." - poet, musician, and teacher Rob Seals

Location Stanford, CA - USA

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