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Lake Forest, Los Angeles CA, United States (1999 – present)
HORSE the band is a metalcore band from Lake Forest, California that formed in 1999. They are known for their 8-bit Nintendo influenced sound, which frontman Nathan Winneke calls nintendocore. They are currently signed to Vagrant Records.
HORSE the band’s lyrics are chaotic and colorful metaphors for vocalist Nathan Winneke’s life, often with humorous or abstract pop culture reference titles and bases. Winneke has referred to his style on multiple occasions as “lynchian” in reference to his favorite film director David Lynch and his obtuse narrative style.
The band had jokingly labeled themselves “Nintendocore” very early on in their career in reference to the synth sound they had adopted. Some Nintendo characters that are metaphorically referred to include Cut Man from Mega Man, although the song is spelled “Cutsman” because the song was about a childhood friend Winneke grew up with and that was how they had said the character’s name in youth; “Birdo”, one of the bosses from the NES game Super Mario Bros. 2, in the song “Birdo” which was actually about Winneke’s distaste for eggs and traumatic experiences with his stepfather early in his life ; and the rabbit-like nemesis from The Legend of Zelda in the song “Pol’s Voice” which is about Winneke’s early loathing of the sound of his own voice. Similarly, the song “A Million Exploding Suns” refers to the Marvel Comics character Sentry, a schizophrenic and agoraphobic hero with this abundance of power, pertaining to Winneke’s double life as a musician and as a video rental clerk.
HORSE the band’s lyrics are chaotic and colorful metaphors for vocalist Nathan Winneke’s life, often with humorous or abstract pop culture reference titles and bases. Winneke has referred to his style on multiple occasions as “lynchian” in reference to his favorite film director David Lynch and his obtuse narrative style.
The band had jokingly labeled themselves “Nintendocore” very early on in their career in reference to the synth sound they had adopted. Some Nintendo characters that are metaphorically referred to include Cut Man from Mega Man, although the song is spelled “Cutsman” because the song was about a childhood friend Winneke grew up with and that was how they had said the character’s name in youth; “Birdo”, one of the bosses from the NES game Super Mario Bros. 2, in the song “Birdo” which was actually about Winneke’s distaste for eggs and traumatic experiences with his stepfather early in his life ; and the rabbit-like nemesis from The Legend of Zelda in the song “Pol’s Voice” which is about Winneke’s early loathing of the sound of his own voice. Similarly, the song “A Million Exploding Suns” refers to the Marvel Comics character Sentry, a schizophrenic and agoraphobic hero with this abundance of power, pertaining to Winneke’s double life as a musician and as a video rental clerk.
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The Mechanical Hand
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Desperate Living
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Desperate Living
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Science Police
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The Failure Of All Things
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Between The Trees
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Arrive
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Shoutbox
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putridputrid wrote:
desperate living is my favourite album released this year
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hidden_ninja wrote:
LIVING AT THE TOP!!! >_< WHEN YOU'RE AT THE FUCKING BOTTOM!!!!
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gyilokkapitany wrote:
kill kill kill!
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MaidenPriest420 wrote:
PIZZA IZ GOOD!!!!!!!!!
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zoejuana wrote:
Fucking love this band
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retardcore wrote:
new album is lame, but i can't stop listening to it :o
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rown10 wrote:
FUCKING BEST SHIT!
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MaidenPriest420 wrote:
THROW IT BACK!!!!
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teagzz wrote:
fucking fuck rules
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Applesauceninja wrote:
HORSE the Band metalcore? What the fuck
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Mr_Greaves wrote:
exactly... that's what makes them good dipshit.
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tomothyLOL wrote:
such a joke.
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vas130883 wrote:
http://www.lastfm.ru/music/The+Belch
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DethWarrior216 wrote:
Amazing band glad to see they get attention :D
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cosmoretro wrote:
Guilty pleasure, goddamit
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Carungi wrote:
Manateen needs more plays
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ak407fla wrote:
I am a self proclaimed Hip-Hop head, but I have seen these dudes live a few years back. Awesome Show with a distinct sound! In fact, I was so impressed I had to get my groupie on and buy a shirt. Cutsman FTW!
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Anarx wrote:
*HEADSPLOSION*
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gschampion wrote:
seriously pizza is the most fun ever
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becker_90 wrote:
Mustard.
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Events
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Dec
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Norma Jean
Reggie's Rock Club, Chicago, IL, Chicago, United States
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Norma Jean
Peabody's Downunder, Cleveland OH, United States
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| 12 attendees
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Dec
7
Norma Jean
Altar Bar, Pittsburgh, United States
3 shouts
| 20 attendees
News
Desperate Living Full Album Stream & Promo Video
29 Sep 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/horsetheband
Desperate Living is streaming at www.metalsucks.netPlease update your myspace, facebook, twitter, blog, mailing list, and text everyone you know about this and our upcoming tours, DVDs, and double vin. …
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EDAMONSEDAMONS tagged HORSE the band with post-hardcore, experimental, hardcore and one other tag. 38 minutes ago
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Syntaxcore tagged HORSE the band with experimental, hardcore and nintendocore. 1 hour ago
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hyperchonder tagged HORSE the band with ‘electronica’. yesterday evening
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