Artist description Power Duo with drum machine

Music Style Disco Punk

Musical Influences Talking Heads, Violent Femmes,Blonde,Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Similar Artists Talking Heads, Violent Femmes,Blonde,Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Artist History The Art Ghetto is disco punk. A power duo composed of Thor (guitar/vocals), Rain (bass/vocals) bent on bringing high-energy punk attitude that you can dance to; powered by passion and laced with intelligence. Part Violent Femmes part Nirvana part Hedwig and the Angry Inch with some Talking Heads thrown in for good measure The Art Ghetto are bringing the rebirth of Rock.The Art Ghetto spent the last year touring the west coast playing with The White Trash Debutants, The Rotters, David Lovering, The Fire Ants, Visitor 42, Los Villains, the Transexpistols, Hollywood Hate, and Media Blitz and was recently featured on KXLU’s Noise pollution. The Art Ghetto even had time to make a cameo appearance in the upcoming feature film Tweak City. All this on the heels of releasing Broadcast which gained them national college radio attention on over 150 college stations and found them charting and on playlist across North America along side such artist as Weezer, Linkin Park, the Distillers, Bob Mould, Dropkick Murphys and N.E.R.D.The Art Ghetto is:Thor (guitar/ vocals/ programming) former vocalist for ROHT who rose to national attention with the release of Rant in 1999. Founded Trocar Records. Worked as Tabling Coordinator for Free Speech Seattle to fight the City of Seattle’s anti-music laws. Appeared on Deface The Nation. And has been Featured in Magnet Magazine and profiled in Ear Pollution Magazine. Has played with! TCHKUNG!, Solient Green, Betty Already, 1848, Us of All to name a few and gained the following praise “song writing shows confidence and direction”- -Kathy Faulkner- KISW “undeniable passion” - The Music Connection “entertaining and much more powerful live” -Ear Pollution Rain (bass/ vocals) fronted Heinous Cannibal Starvation an experimental rock experience that was one of the most exciting bands to come out of Seattle in the late nineties. Rain also is an accomplished underground Fashion Designer with her futuristic designs celebrated in Tokyo, Los Angeles, and Seattle with an upcoming shoot due out in Renaissance Woman Magazine. The Art Ghetto is currently working on the forthcoming release titled Slumming due out Fall 2003 while continuing to tour throughout California.

Group Members Thor Rain

Instruments bass drums guitar drum machine and what every we program

Albums Broadcast, Slumming (fall 03)

Press Reviews Broadcast • Trocar Records • collection of varied rock tunes that are both quirky and often experimental, which works. An entertaining release both skilled and passionate. (CM) -Impact Press“Opening the show was a band called The Art Ghetto and they were actually good. very poppy, but good I especially liked the bass player damn was she hot”” Rock Ci

Location Los Angels, CA - USA

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