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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 . 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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  • Ravenous_Rhinos

    отцы, боги, гении <3

    10 May 8:38pm Reply

  • jalapeno-peppa

    bands so fuckin underated, desperate living's just a classic, srs

    5 May 3:40pm Reply

  • Krak-en

    Those fuckin' bunnnnies!!!

    29 Apr 10:36am Reply

  • ashleyRiot243

    люблю их...

    27 Apr 5:20am Reply

  • butterbahn

    Блять, они вообще живы? Чо-то совсем затихли.

    13 Apr 9:00pm Reply

  • HaveHeart1k

    Нового альбома не будет, судя по всему.

    13 Apr 4:56pm Reply

  • BreakfastPills

    TURTLE POWER

    5 Apr 3:50pm Reply

  • uLiiqore

    Anti-pizza ♥

    2 Apr 12:29am Reply

  • plothead31

    I breathe wind and eat rocks, no fucking biggie.

    25 Mar 3:23am Reply

  • conditionals

    I had no idea there was a Skrillex remix of Golden Mummy Golden Bird.

    21 Mar 4:50am Reply

  • lion3r

    Earth Tour 2. ++++

    3 Mar 6:05pm Reply

  • irishtim

    Does anyone know what they're to... new material/album/tour?

    3 Mar 6:41am Reply

  • Evil_Deicider

    Murder!!

    1 Mar 4:53am Reply

  • PS2boy

    Блясука! КОГДА НОВЫЙ АЛЬБОМ????!!!!!

    23 Feb 6:52pm Reply

  • we_r_beautiful

    LET ME AT THE DOG

    27 Jan 5:54pm Reply

  • Treats4TheSOUL

    the best part of Earth Tour was in the beginning of Part 6, the show in Poland where Nathan was playing with a broken shoulder. The way he finished Lord Gold Throneroom in the most anguish ridden way ive ever seen. Then Gary used the end of Mr. Bungles song 'The Bends' as he further unraveled, Erik laughing in his face. It was a great scene.

    24 Jan 7:00am Reply

  • Salyutin

    SEQUEL TO EARTH TOUR? WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT

    22 Jan 7:32am Reply

  • conditionals

    Also my ex went to Stanford with Isen. I think he's a bit of an asshole, and definitely my least favourite core member. mavenjones is still cool though.

    11 Jan 1:33pm Reply

  • conditionals

    I think The General is amazing, but he was definitely the most vulnerable person on Earth Tour. It really showed his insecurities, an awesome character piece. For the record, I also think the current rhythm section is very tight and inventive. BTW if Lucky_Lungz posts The Most Stoked here people will think you're trolling. Better put Knuckles the Echidna on the cover.

    11 Jan 1:30pm Reply

  • Lucky_Lungz

    Holy shit conditionals post makes me wat even more than Treats does. Brb starting a band called The Most Stoked only to release a 3 song EP all about how stoked I'll be if an Earth Tour 2 comes out

    10 Jan 9:53pm Reply
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