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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.

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tomothyLOL wrote:
yesterday morning

such a joke.

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vas130883 wrote:
Thursday morning

http://www.lastfm.ru/music/The+Belch

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DethWarrior216 wrote:
Wednesday evening

Amazing band glad to see they get attention :D

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cosmoretro wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

Guilty pleasure, goddamit

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Carungi wrote:
Wednesday morning

Manateen needs more plays

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ak407fla wrote:
Tuesday evening

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:
Monday morning

*HEADSPLOSION*

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gschampion wrote:
last week

seriously pizza is the most fun ever

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becker_90 wrote:
last week

Mustard.

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Beorn69 wrote:
last week

Jamie Stewart of Xiu Xiu, adds such an incredible amount of emotion in his part of Desperate Living.

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icecoldroom wrote:
last week

they were live so brilliant awesome band

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Hyracotherium wrote:
last week

Jon Karel plays on one track, Desperate Living.

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Metal_Austin wrote:
last week

Listening to their album up on Myspace. Frikin hilarious. Bunnies. >_< Funniest thing ever. Definitely see how Arsonists Get All The Girls takes their influence from this band, especially on the first album.

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prophetpope wrote:
last week

The new album is actually pretty cool, i never gave it proper listen until now for some reason

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Thorens wrote:
13 days ago

New album is epic on so many levels. Need to see them live ASAP.

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q0q wrote:
13 days ago

Liked them somewhat, then after seeing them live I found a whole new level of respect for them [2]

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Post-snips wrote:
13 days ago

Live = mega-win

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obtusellama wrote:
14 days ago

Well I got the new album and musically it's probably the best they have ever done, I was going to say it lacked the "charm" of the earlier albums but I couldn't stop listening to it...After a while i realised it was just a bit different. Shapeshift really stands out.

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0rion wrote:
14 days ago

yea karel didnt play on natural death, but does anyone of you know in which song on Desperate Living i can hear him playing? i know he plays somewhere as guest, but i cant figure out where...

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putridputrid wrote:
15 days ago

i didnt think jon played drums on a natural death, i though that was only live?

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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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