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Rebelmatic

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being a black man in america...isn't easy. the hunt is on and you're the prey

the quote that opens Rebelmatic's album Prey for the Vulture sounds like a sample of a lecture or sermon- delivered with the force and conviction of someone who has lived it's truth. Try as you might to complicate, deny, or problematize those words they hang in the sonic atmosphere, floating in the back of your mind like the weight of history, real as a ghost caught in a snapshot.. and he's telling you these things because he loves you and he wants you to survive. Rebelmatic is telling you something too-reminding you that there's an urgent NEED for good new sound in this era of musical surrender and minstrelsy. And they aim to show you by loud example.

Preacher said: be quiet you gonna get both of us kil't

Back to that album title- does acknowledging the fact that YOU are the prey (and feel free to include any number of realities of birth or choices that exclude you from the mythical melting pot of homogenized buttermilk) place you in the role of perpetual victim or does it, in fact, provide you with a way to speak truth to all? and what does all of this have to do with music?

for the answers, let's evoke some of our glorious past:

Sly Stone
miriam makeba
jimi hendrix
nina simone
roberta flack
bad brains
nirvana
eric b and rakim
p-funk
lee scratch perry
nona hendryx
sun ra arkestra
clash
slits
who
dead kennedys
public image limited
public enemy

and that aint all....

only a short list of associations that come to mind after the 4th (or 50th- dare you to put the record down) listen to Rebelmatic. And then you put all those ancestors back in their reverent places and really LISTEN to THIS BAND. "Wow,- they sound exactly like...no one else". Rebelmatic refuses to make ordinary shit, let alone derivative shit. Hearing them live on stage is a journey-a trip- first you're caught up in the breeze of creature's seriously dark comic intro as the band revs up to speed-a perfectly respectable melody suddenly transforms into a monster hook as alcatraz' guitar coolly shreds notes while o's bass races sticks' drums to the seismic center of the earth- all this behind creature's unstoppable barrage of word sound power.

like all artists concerned with what we'll call reality- rebelmatic aims to destroy that berlin/gaza wall that separates the experience of art from the experience of anything else. Creature's witty and socially provocative lyrical collages have a momentum and propulsion that catches you by surprise- just when he seems to have applied his staccato delivery to another topic he brings his far-ranging metaphors back into sharp focus with one line.

Four brothers making a joyfull noise unto heaven-hell yeah-but also teaching you how to diy in no uncertain terms.

Motherfuckers i'm buzzing- you lames can't ignore us

do.it.yourself- the ethic of just pick it up-start!-(picking up some craft along the way is nice but not a requirement). not a hobby or trend or pose on the way to the majors-no no no's. When the goal is clearly defined: to live a life where your art sustains you and lets you create and share it without the sort of compromises that make it hard to look at yourself in the a.m.-that's when those three letters convey less lifestyle and more way of life. Rebematic can lay claim to the name because they play the way they live: to diy.

get up and go!

You can be my friend if...

Your Got A Open Mind And a Open Heart... And if your not Afraid to Experience Energetic Music That Grooves the Body Moves Soothes The Heart Grooves the soul and Frees your Mind.

Website :

http://coffeegrindmedia.com

Occupation:

Artistpenuer, Working Musician, Author, Magican

Favorite bands:

Sly Stone, Bad Brains, P.E., James Brown, Fishbone, Curtis Mayfeild,Cro-mags, N.W.A, Geto Boys, Wu-tang, Onyx, Biggie, Pac,
G-rap, Kane, Suicidal tendencies, Break down, Motorhead, Jimi, The Doors,Jane's Addiction, Minor Threat,Coltrane, Mobb Deep, Outkast, Boot Camp click,Ramones, Eugene Mcdaniels, Sick of it all, Early Metallica, Possessed, 24-7spyz, Gangstarr, Pharcyde, Nas, Eric b n Rakim, Krs-one, the Clash,blackamercia, Triflicts, Mike ladd, sonic sum

Favorite movies:

Education of Sonny Carson, The Spook That Sat By The Door, Carlito's 'Way, Rockers,

Favorite books:

Man Child in the Promise land, Black Boy, Dopefiend, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, 48 laws of power, Blink, Tipping Point,
The Underdog's Manifesto ; A Guerilla's path to Independence, Blind Man With A Pistol, Fire Next Time,

Favorite Magazines:

Wax Poetic, Frank 151,

Orientation:

Straight

Zodiac Sign

scorpio

Kids?:

Rebelmatic Loves The kids

Smoke/Drink?

no/ no

Band Question - Genre:

Indie Punk Metal Hip-Hop

Band Question -Band Members:

Creature - Vocals
Omar Burnz- Bass
Alkatraz- Guitar /Vocals
Stiks- Drums

Band Question - Sounds like:

The Collison of Sonic infleunes that help define life in New York City
Hardcore Punk, Funk Hip- Hop like you havnt heard yet.

Band Question - Musical Influences:

Bad Brains, Sly and The Family Stone, Rick James, The Doors, Motorhead

Band Question - Record label:

Indie, DIY, Self-Distro