Rabbit Junk
Encyclopedia
Rabbit Junk is a Seattle based digital hardcore
band, that formed in 2004 by former Shizit
frontman JP Anderson. Taking influences from such diverse music genres such as hip hop
, black metal
and new wave
, JP has called this sound "Hardclash"
and released the follow-up to their debut album called REframe
, which gained the band a stronger and more broad fan base.
They showcased heavier sound and influences from different styles, such as Black metal
and Industrial metal
/Digital hardcore
band The Mad Capsule Markets
. A video for the song "In your head no one can hear you scream" was produced by the Kandycore Design Company. The project would later become a Live band, as JP added live guitarist
s and percussion to live shows.
After REframe was released, Rabbit Junk contributed the song "Industrial IS Dead" to the Glitch Mode compilation CD Hordes of the Elite. Later, a cover of Atari Teenage Riot's "Start The Riot" appeared on the D-Trash Records Atari Teenage Riot
tribute album called "The Virus Has Been Spread".
, Nine Inch Nails
and The Bloodhound Gang
), when the band signed onto the record label known as Full Effect. The band released a follow-up to REframe entitled This Life Is Where You Get Fucked
on April 28, 2008. The album is a concept album, which consists around three 'suites', having their own themes drawing from specific influences for each facet. "Ghetto Blasphemer", "This Death Is Where You Get Life" and "The Struggle" are the three separate pieces that formed the album This Life is Where you get F*cked into an entire presentation.
In September 2008, Rabbit Junk released 3 new songs on their MySpace
page for download, titled "Power", "Blood" and "Home".
The second part of Rabbit Junk's "Ghetto Blasphemer" suite, based on the works of HP Lovecraft, were released in July 2009 on their official site.
The second part of "This Death Is Where You Get Life" is finished and can be listened to on the band's MySpace. However, Anderson has not released the songs for download due to talks with his record label about a possible "Project Nonagon" album release.
Extended plays
Digital hardcore
Digital hardcore is a subgenre of hardcore punk incorporating influences from electronic music. Digital hardcore fuses elements of hardcore punk with various forms of electronic music...
band, that formed in 2004 by former Shizit
The Shizit
The Shizit was a digital hardcore act from Seattle, Washington, USA, initially formed by J.P. Anderson and Brian Shrader in 1999. The music was an intense mix of gabber, breakbeat, drum and bass, hardcore techno, hardcore and heavy metal guitars, amped up with aggressive political lyrics...
frontman JP Anderson. Taking influences from such diverse music genres such as hip hop
Hip hop
Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...
, black metal
Black metal
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....
and new wave
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
, JP has called this sound "Hardclash"
History
Rabbit Junk started in 2004 after the dissolvation of JP's first band, The Shizit. After adding additional vocalist Jeniffer "Sum Grrl" Bernett to the band, the two man project released their self-titled debut album called Rabbit Junk in 2004. One year later, the band signed to Glitch Mode RecordingsGlitch Mode Recordings
Glitch Mode Recordings is a music collective based in Chicago, Illinois. The label releases heavy electronic music in a variety of genres, including industrial music, industrial rock, power noise, and digital hardcore...
and released the follow-up to their debut album called REframe
Reframe
REframe is the second album from Seattle based Hardclash band, Rabbit Junk. the sound on this album has further matured than the self-titled album, and features Anderson taking the band into a new variety of styles such as black metal, speed metal and breakbeat....
, which gained the band a stronger and more broad fan base.
They showcased heavier sound and influences from different styles, such as Black metal
Black metal
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....
and Industrial metal
Industrial metal
Industrial metal is a musical genre that draws from industrial music and many different types of heavy metal, using repeating metal guitar riffs, sampling, synthesizer or sequencer lines, and distorted vocals. Founding industrial metal acts include Ministry, Godflesh, and KMFDM.Industrial metal's...
/Digital hardcore
Digital hardcore
Digital hardcore is a subgenre of hardcore punk incorporating influences from electronic music. Digital hardcore fuses elements of hardcore punk with various forms of electronic music...
band The Mad Capsule Markets
The Mad Capsule Markets
The Mad Capsule Markets were a Japanese band that formed in 1990 and were active until 2006...
. A video for the song "In your head no one can hear you scream" was produced by the Kandycore Design Company. The project would later become a Live band, as JP added live guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
s and percussion to live shows.
After REframe was released, Rabbit Junk contributed the song "Industrial IS Dead" to the Glitch Mode compilation CD Hordes of the Elite. Later, a cover of Atari Teenage Riot's "Start The Riot" appeared on the D-Trash Records Atari Teenage Riot
Atari Teenage Riot
'Atari Teenage Riot' is a German digital hardcore group formed in Berlin in 1992. The name was taken from a Portuguese Joe song 'Teenage Riot' from the 'Teen-age Riot' album, with the word 'Atari' added as an Atari ST computer was used to create compositions...
tribute album called "The Virus Has Been Spread".
2007 and onwards
In October 2007, the first two Rabbit Junk albums were remastered by Tom Baker (who has worked with Marilyn MansonMarilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson may refer to:* Marilyn Manson , an American rock musician* Marilyn Manson , the American rock band led by the singer of the same name...
, Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails is an American industrial rock project, founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio. As its main producer, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Reznor is the only official member of Nine Inch Nails and remains solely responsible for its direction...
and The Bloodhound Gang
The Bloodhound Gang
The Bloodhound Gang may be a reference to:*The Bloodhound Gang , a segment on the program 3-2-1 Contact*The Bloodhound Gang, a band that took its name from the TV show segment...
), when the band signed onto the record label known as Full Effect. The band released a follow-up to REframe entitled This Life Is Where You Get Fucked
This Life Is Where You Get Fucked
This Life Is Where You Get Fucked is the third studio album by the Seattle based Digital Hardcore band Rabbit Junk, and their first released on the Full Effect Records label. It is a concept album, divided into three separate parts which are only very loosely tied together...
on April 28, 2008. The album is a concept album, which consists around three 'suites', having their own themes drawing from specific influences for each facet. "Ghetto Blasphemer", "This Death Is Where You Get Life" and "The Struggle" are the three separate pieces that formed the album This Life is Where you get F*cked into an entire presentation.
In September 2008, Rabbit Junk released 3 new songs on their MySpace
MySpace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
page for download, titled "Power", "Blood" and "Home".
The second part of Rabbit Junk's "Ghetto Blasphemer" suite, based on the works of HP Lovecraft, were released in July 2009 on their official site.
The second part of "This Death Is Where You Get Life" is finished and can be listened to on the band's MySpace. However, Anderson has not released the songs for download due to talks with his record label about a possible "Project Nonagon" album release.
Discography
Studio albums- Rabbit Junk (2004)
- ReframeReframeREframe is the second album from Seattle based Hardclash band, Rabbit Junk. the sound on this album has further matured than the self-titled album, and features Anderson taking the band into a new variety of styles such as black metal, speed metal and breakbeat....
(2006) - This Life Is Where You Get FuckedThis Life Is Where You Get FuckedThis Life Is Where You Get Fucked is the third studio album by the Seattle based Digital Hardcore band Rabbit Junk, and their first released on the Full Effect Records label. It is a concept album, divided into three separate parts which are only very loosely tied together...
(2008) - Project NonagonProject NonagonProject Nonagon is the fourth studio album by the Seattle based digital hardcore band Rabbit Junk. It is a sequel to band's previous album This Life Is Where You Get Fucked.-Tracklisting:...
(2010)
Extended plays
- Hare Brained: The RemixesHare Brained: The RemixesHare Brained: The Remixes is an EP by Seattle based Digital Hardcore band Rabbit Junk. The album features 3 remixes by Rabbit Junk fan and unsigned artist Asbestos , and a hidden joke acoustic track called "Die Die Die", which was recorded with JP Anderson, Sum Grrl and some of their friends...
(Unofficial release) (2005) - Project Nonagon: The Struggle II (2008)
- Drek Kick: Cyanotic vs Rabbit Junk (2009)
- Project Nonagon: Ghetto Blasphemer II – From the Stars (2009)