Artist of the Week: MC Lars! - VGF

Koga · 06-12-2006, 09:02 AM

MC Lars

Genre: Post-punk hip-hop
Born: 1982 (as Andrew Neilsen)
Active: 1999-present (previously member of Amphoteric)

Discography:
Nothing to Fear (1999)
Insectivorous (2000)
Radio Pet Fencing (2003)
The Laptop EP (2004)
The Graduate (2006)

Koga · 06-12-2006, 09:05 AM

No rant from me this time as this is a suggestion by CaptHayfever. And like with his other suggestions, I have no idea who he is

Valentine · 06-12-2006, 09:40 AM

Sorry but I'm gonna need a bit of info here too, not even heard of Amphoteric.

Les Paul · 06-12-2006, 12:34 PM

Never heard of him.

Ike · 06-12-2006, 02:59 PM

Koga · 06-12-2006, 05:19 PM

CH? Help us out.

I skimmed his wikipedia article and what I've read he's a rapper who makes slightly comical songs, but I'm sure CH can fill us in on details.

***CaptHayfever*** · 06-12-2006, 08:36 PM

I've never heard of Amphoteric either; I was kinda hoping someone else could cover me on that part.
(I also don't know what "post"-punk means. I hate when sequential descriptors are used for styles. Is there a "pre"-punk? And what the snot is "anti"-folk? But I digress.)

Lars, however, rocks the house. You can find videos & music samples on Yahoo Launch and Amazon and Myspace and stuff like that. I actually just stumbled across him one day on my Launchcast station; he's recommended to fans of Weird Al, and I agree with that recommendation. You have to hear "Mr. Raven" (We got E.A.P. in the house tonight) to believe it, and I posted the lyrics to "Signing Emo" up in the shoot-an-emo-kid topic in Misc. Whitest rap in the world, but he's honest about it. Also, I have a great personal connection to "STAT 60", as I first heard the song the same semester I took the devil's Statistics.
And I remember hearing that "Download This Song" was used by some little girl to win a lawsuit the RIAA filed against her (although I take issues with parts of Lars's philosophy in the track).

ATHF fans, check out "The Roommate from Hell", with mc chris as Satan.

And remember, "Roses are red, violets are blue, my rhymes rhyme, but yours don't."

Les Paul · 06-12-2006, 09:03 PM

Sounds like a pretty cool guy to me.

Koga · 06-13-2006, 03:59 AM

Yeah, when I skimmed his article I was reminded of Weird Al.

06-12-2006, 09:02 AM	#1
Koga Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: The Netherlands Gender: Posts: 17,094 Thanks: 105 Thanked 177 Times in 119 Posts Points: 103,637.41 Bank: 17,752.41 Total Points: 121,389.82 Donate	Artist of the Week: MC Lars! MC Lars Genre: Post-punk hip-hop Born: 1982 (as Andrew Neilsen) Active: 1999-present (previously member of Amphoteric) Discography: Nothing to Fear (1999) Insectivorous (2000) Radio Pet Fencing (2003) The Laptop EP (2004) The Graduate (2006)

06-12-2006, 02:59 PM	#5
Ike Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: I don't know. Where do I live? Gender: Posts: 5,612 Thanks: 40 Thanked 152 Times in 108 Posts Points: 2,853.85 Bank: 160,059.82 Total Points: 162,913.67 Donate	Who?

06-12-2006, 09:05 AM	#2
Koga Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: The Netherlands Gender: Posts: 17,094 Thanks: 105 Thanked 177 Times in 119 Posts Points: 103,637.41 Bank: 17,752.41 Total Points: 121,389.82 Donate	No rant from me this time as this is a suggestion by CaptHayfever. And like with his other suggestions, I have no idea who he is

06-12-2006, 09:40 AM	#3
Valentine Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Rural NZ. There are lots of sheep here. Gender: Posts: 6,933 Thanks: 22 Thanked 60 Times in 43 Posts Points: 13,823.45 Bank: 67,766.09 Total Points: 81,589.54 Donate	Sorry but I'm gonna need a bit of info here too, not even heard of Amphoteric.

06-12-2006, 12:34 PM	#4
Les Paul Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: a place where you wanna be Gender: Posts: 158 Thanks: 1 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts Points: 8,500.18 Bank: 616.35 Total Points: 9,116.53 Donate	Never heard of him.

06-12-2006, 05:19 PM	#6
Koga Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: The Netherlands Gender: Posts: 17,094 Thanks: 105 Thanked 177 Times in 119 Posts Points: 103,637.41 Bank: 17,752.41 Total Points: 121,389.82 Donate	CH? Help us out. I skimmed his wikipedia article and what I've read he's a rapper who makes slightly comical songs, but I'm sure CH can fill us in on details.

06-12-2006, 08:36 PM	#7
*CaptHayfever* Smash Supermod Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: (n) - the place where I am Gender: Posts: 19,117 Thanks: 151 Thanked 701 Times in 453 Posts Points: 102,528.07 Bank: 804.22 Total Points: 103,332.29 Donate	I've never heard of Amphoteric either; I was kinda hoping someone else could cover me on that part. (I also don't know what "post"-punk means. I hate when sequential descriptors are used for styles. Is there a "pre"-punk? And what the snot is "anti"-folk? But I digress.) Lars, however, rocks the house. You can find videos & music samples on Yahoo Launch and Amazon and Myspace and stuff like that. I actually just stumbled across him one day on my Launchcast station; he's recommended to fans of Weird Al, and I agree with that recommendation. You have to hear "Mr. Raven" (We got E.A.P. in the house tonight) to believe it, and I posted the lyrics to "Signing Emo" up in the shoot-an-emo-kid topic in Misc. Whitest rap in the world, but he's honest about it. Also, I have a great personal connection to "STAT 60", as I first heard the song the same semester I took the devil's Statistics. And I remember hearing that "Download This Song" was used by some little girl to win a lawsuit the RIAA filed against her (although I take issues with parts of Lars's philosophy in the track). ATHF fans, check out "The Roommate from Hell", with mc chris as Satan. And remember, "Roses are red, violets are blue, my rhymes rhyme, but yours don't."

06-12-2006, 09:03 PM	#8
Les Paul Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: a place where you wanna be Gender: Posts: 158 Thanks: 1 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts Points: 8,500.18 Bank: 616.35 Total Points: 9,116.53 Donate	Sounds like a pretty cool guy to me.

06-13-2006, 03:59 AM	#9
Koga Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: The Netherlands Gender: Posts: 17,094 Thanks: 105 Thanked 177 Times in 119 Posts Points: 103,637.41 Bank: 17,752.41 Total Points: 121,389.82 Donate	Yeah, when I skimmed his article I was reminded of Weird Al.