 Do not call them a boy band.
If there was a glove-slapping duel of wits
between Optimus Rhyme and a group like the Backstreet Boys, you can be sure
that this quartet of Autobots would defeat the obnoxious rapperless Decepticons a hundred times over.
The fearsome
foursome, straight out of Seattle,
transform themselves into Wheelie,the ‘Conveyor Belt Poet' who wheelds a speedy Super Mario tongue comparable to
Bone Thugz & Harmony; Stumblebee, the ‘Bass
Theorist;' Powerthighs, the ‘Axe
Manipulation Specialist' (a.k.a. guitarist); and Grimrock, the kicking and crashing Dinobot of drums.
With a love of all
things Transformers, this Funk-Rock hip hop armada has an impressive
discography since their humble beginnings as warriors fighting the manufacturing Wackacons of commercial music in 2000. Optimus
dropped their EP, AutoBeat, in 2002 and
quickly followed with Positronic
Pathways, Narcofunk Compilation, Optimus Rhyme (their first full studio album), Brobot Demos, School the Indie Rockers, and Rhyme Torrents Volume II (a Nerdcore
compilation project).
They are often
aided by the lyrical machine, Rapper Broken English, have performed with MC
Frontalot and were featured in a tron of articles including Newsweek, Billboard and Wired.
Infusing a critical attitude on today's music biz with observations of
everyday life set to engaging and progressive beats makes everyone feel like
they can relate to Optimus: "I hate it when I gotta get up when it's dark. I'm
too tired and I just wanna sleep in, start thinkin' I might have a cough. Think
my boss would believe it?"
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