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Lake Forest, Los Angeles CA, United States (1999 – present)
HORSE the band is a band from Lake Forest, California that formed in 1999. They are known for their 8-bit Nintendo influenced sound combined with metalcore, which frontman Nathan Winneke once jokingly referred to as 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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gingersonny wrote:
just came across these guys whoa this is my sorta shit! loving it in uk
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DangerManger wrote:
We just have to wait.
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conditionals wrote:
But they change their facebook profile photo frequently. That's a major sign of... nothing, really. But still.
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DangerManger wrote:
They are not really touring, they are playing some secret or little shows from time to time. As I've read most of the time.
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trollllllllllll wrote:
but they're touring right now they haven't been on hiatus for at least two months
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conditionals wrote:
（ーー；）
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rown10 wrote:
dash is the best
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PrimalDirective wrote:
I guess I will consolate myself by listening to Beautiful Songs by Men on repeat
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rown10 wrote:
hiatus :(
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xrottingheartx wrote:
Damn! This band turns me on, but how much I can't even know, just eargasmic.
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DangerManger wrote:
Unfortunaly not...he didn't said they will not make something in the future, but they didn't really started working on stuff. I fucking want a new album badly.
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PrimalDirective wrote:
@DangerManger. No... you liiieeee!!!
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stank-ass wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FluTsQAmlGg
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chrisgeld wrote:
I need a new album.
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DangerManger wrote:
Just got some news from Ricky (Iwrestledabearonce) yesterday that HTB is currently not really working on music and such. They are all kinda split up, doing whatever they want to do and play some secret shows from time to time.
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conditionals wrote:
v didn't know about the tumblr. It's awesome, thanks.
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Audiobinge wrote:
HORSE the band drummer index: http://themechanicalband.tumblr.com/post/12838876166/today-we-start-the-htb-drum-index-while-there, http://themechanicalband.tumblr.com/post/13773821488/htb-drum-index-bonus-round-this-guy-served-as, http://themechanicalband.tumblr.com/post/12934925259/part-2-of-the-htb-drum-index-eli-green-so-after, http://themechanicalband.tumblr.com/post/12972077591/today-in-the-htb-drum-index-we-explore-the-tragedy, http://themechanicalband.tumblr.com/post/13088758695/the-htb-drum-index-rolls-on-jon-karel-while and http://themechanicalband.tumblr.com/post/13150593082/the-drum-index-concludes-daniel-the-truth.
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Audiobinge wrote:
This! http://www.lastfm.pl/music/HORSE+The+Band/+images/57382243
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rown10 wrote:
who the fuck cares about other bands?
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The General: http://vimeo.com/1771359
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Russia/Caucasus/Europe Tourdates Summer 2010
18 May 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/horsetheband
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dates!Russia Tour 2010:03.06.10 Russia Rostov(Podzemka) CLUB
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