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(1) Pedestrian (AKA The Pedestrian) is the pseudonym of rapper James Brandon Best. Possibly the least well known of anticon’s co-founders, his first release, the 12” “The Toss & Turn”, wasn’t issued until 2004, though he had made several appearances on compilations and was part of one-off groups Stuffed Animals & Object Beings. Pedestrian’s full-length debut, Unindian Songs, Vol. 1, came out in 2005. Asides from guest spots on records by other anticon accomplices such as Telephone Jim Jesus and Themselves, he has not released anything since.

(2) Pedestrian is a rock band from Los Angeles consisting of: Joel Shearer (vocals, guitars) Zac Rae (keyboards, guitars) Blair Sinta (drums) and Joe Karnes (bass). Members have contributed as session and touring musicians to the music of: Alanis Morissette, Damien Rice, Our Lady Peace, Annie Lennox, John Cale, Fiona Apple, Gnarls Barkley, Dido, JANE’S ADDICTION, Carly Simon, and Lindsey Buckingham. They have 4 independently released CDs: the Electric and Acoustic EPs (2003) Ghostly Life (2006) and their newest album Sidegeist (2008)

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  • johnonymous

    Which Pedestrian is responsible for Hei Poa?

    7 May 2012 Reply
  • brewqua

    ахтунг!

    11 Jan 2012 Reply
  • polisherci

    what's with the lack of capital? [2]

    19 Dec 2011 Reply
  • CoralSkywalker

    what's with the lack of capital?

    21 Jul 2011 Reply
  • HGMontgomery

    wish he'd do another record, one of my favourite rappers and he's curiously underrepresented on the actual song front. there's a couple of really good unofficial mixtapes knocking around if anyone's interested...

    25 Jan 2011 Reply
  • MikeAgain

    until the LA- Pedestrian boys are back with new music... They sound great as the backing band on Laura Jansen's new album "Single Girls"

    16 Jun 2009 Reply
  • reversecentaur

    itd be nice if pedestrian could do an album thats actually his, ive heard dose and why? on every other anticon song already, i just wanna hear pedestrian flow on his own

    19 Feb 2009 Reply
  • ronpaul2008

    yeah i bet that motherfucking Dr_MoonOrGun is going to have an unbiased opinion on the lyrical skill of the anticon. emcees..... piss off

    18 Jan 2009 Reply
  • Dr_MoonOrGun

    Pedestrian is nowhere near the best writer with anticon.

    9 Jan 2009 Reply
  • ronpaul2008

    yeah how the fuck is the la band notable at all fuck that shit! j.b. best rapes bullshit la band on top tracks! Fuck!!

    24 Dec 2008 Reply
  • PsychoBells

    nikki is really ugly. the anticon pedestrian is the only one that matters.

    9 Sep 2008 Reply
  • nikki4982

    Ouch! A month? Glad you have it now, though. :) I agree with everything you said. Well put.

    6 Aug 2008 Reply
  • soulengine

    i got it too - it took a month to arrive in italy :( it's amazing, a perfect album. it was hard to make a better album than ghostly life, but they did... great band, i hope they can get the success they deserve and go for a worldwide tour soon...

    25 Jul 2008 Reply
  • nikki4982

    I got it today! It's fantastic. Ohhhh I can't wait to listen to it again, but now I gotta sleep. Stupid sleep! Getting in the way of my Pedestrian listening!!!

    14 Jul 2008 Reply
  • myownsatellite

    Don't have any money but what I've heard from MySpace and various people is really good :)

    10 Jul 2008 Reply
  • nikki4982

    Woo!! I got way too excited when I saw it as default just now on my page. Haha. *dork* Anyway, now we can chat about music on here. :) Anyone get the new (band) Pedestrian album yet? I ordered it, no idea when it'll be here. I can't wait.

    7 Jul 2008 Reply
  • myownsatellite

    I gave it a thumbs-up and now it's the default. Yay for compromise!

    7 Jul 2008 Reply
  • nikki4982

    Thank you, ViolenceUpfront. :) I'm disheartened that the split image was only the default for a matter of days after I added it and rallied for people to vote for it. Fighting over which image is correct, when they both are, is just silly. Can't we all just get along? ;)

    17 Jun 2008 Reply
  • ViolenceUpfront

    i think the split image is preferable - otherwise we're just going to have people disputing it in the shoutbox. a bit of a waste don't you think? we should be extolling these motherfuckers! anticon pedestrian rules, by the way :D!!

    13 Mar 2008 Reply
  • soulengine

    finally the right picture for this profile! great joel

    11 Oct 2007 Reply
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