Biographies
Posted by GwD
Now veterans of the Sioux City scene, these two emcees and one DJ are known for their funkdafied jungle beats, dope freestyles, philosophical musings, wild instrumentation, and off-the-wall lyrics…The Gateway Drug is an epidemic threatening to take over the whole world. So, get a hit right now.
The Gateway Drug has appeared in the Siouxland Weekender and on the front page of the Sioux City Journal. Members formerly DJ’ed and / or appeared on both Sioux City college radio stations- Briar Cliff’s KLIF ‘The Buzz’ Radio and Morningside’s KMSC Fusion 88.3 FM. In addition, The Gateway Drug has shared stages with Kanser, The ReMINDers, Soulcrate Music, Blue Felix, Ernie Rhodes, Truth & Adapt, Lazer Rocket Arm, and many more!!
Be on the lookout for The Gateway Drug’s brand new album ‘Times New Roman’. AVAILABLE NOW!!
POSITION: Emcee extraordinaire- the pen gripper and pad ripper
ALSO KNOWN AS: Brubake, The Portuguese Man O’Whore, Morton Lowry, Brumer Esiason, Corndog, “hey you”
HOMETOWN: Sioux City, Northside, Midtown– whatever you wanna call it
FAVORITE MCS: Del the Funkee Homosapien, Masta Ace, MokaOnly, Tame One, The Weathermen, Hieroglyphics, Wu-Tang, some local cats ‘around here
FAVORITE PRODUCERS: MadLib, Pete Rock, 9th Wonder, MF Doom, Large Professor, my friends
FIRST ALBUM: Pearl Jam and Kriss Kross tapes, way early ’90’s
FAVORITE ALBUM: ‘Legend’ by Bob Marley
FORMER GROUPS: Click, The Unexpected
FORMERLY KNOWN AS: Trace, Dieverse
OTHER FACTS: started writing verses in middle school and always carries a notebook around to this day, has fronted two punk rock bands (in middle school and high school), is an avid fisherman, chases women with a net, loves skateboarding, shooting pool, drinking imported beer, progress, and freestyling for the love and fun of it.
POSITION: Emcee, verbalist (his musical instrument of choice is the mouth)
ALSO KNOWN AS: E-Dub, Dub-Nation, Civili, E-Classic, E-Hustle 40 Fonzirealli, Street Love, The Original Billy the Kid, The No-Named MC, Johnny Kincaid, NaCl (Sodium Chloride), Top C, Osta The Rasta
HOMETOWN: Sioux City, IA- more specifically, GOD’s Country
TOOLS: crayons and post-it notes
FAVORITE MCs: Sage Francis, Slug, Eyedea, Talib Kweli, Zach De La Rocha
FIRST ALBUM: something by Aaron Neville or ‘19 Naughty III’ by Naughty by Nature
FAVORITE ALBUM: ‘Stand By Your Van’ by Sublime
OTHER FACTS: is 8 Step Preying Mantis Kung-Fu Black Belt and instructor, is Shyun Style Tai Chi instructor, claims to be the best frisbee player ever, graduated college after seven years with a Philosophy/Psychology degree, and once started a riot at Iowa State University.
POSITION: Producer, shoeless DJ, turntablist transformer
ALSO KNOWN AS: Slippy, The Chiropractor (always pushin’ crack), Poyo Jenkins
HOMETOWN: 7-1-2, the Northside
ORIGIN: Born in Nigeria, was later found naked in the Scottish Highlands in 1764 claiming to be from the future, and ended up in Sioux City where he was arrested as a transient in 1976 [[according to The Top Civilian-- may or may not all be true]].
TOOLS: Kazoo, Roland 307
INSPIRATIONS: sunsets, swing sets, singlets, pharmaceuticals, and the number 3
FAVORITE PRODUCERS: Rick Rubin
FAVORITE DJs: DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJ Illicit, Dino Velvet, Ad.Rock, The Glove, Loki…but hates Eboli
FAVORITE MCs: Q-Tip, PA Maseo, ODB, Flavor Flav, Spliff C., and…Eboli
FIRST ALBUM: ‘Rockit’ 12” by Herbie Hancock (before CDs even existed)
FAVORITE ALBUM: ‘Electric Ladyland’ by Jimi Hendrix
FORMER GROUPS: Deceptikon Kollective [dk.712]
OTHER FACTS: like to sit in a soundproof room and craft beats until he gets the sounds out of his head, likes anything edible, has DJ’ed at clubs and raves all over the Upper Midwest, and thinks the best breakdancing moves are the Smurf and the Nightmare Windmill.
The Gateway Drug has rocked and shared stages at Red’s Pub, The Chesterfield, Bill’s Bar, Marty’s Tap, Grandview Park, Meet Virginia, Court Street Tavern, The Syd, Olson Cultural Events Center, Nippers, Sioux City Skate Park, Lewis Bowl Annex, Cattle Club Collective, Hot Topic, Bar Games, Leeds Legion, and Morningside College with Bacon Big Mista, Biggz, Blaze-1, Blue Felix, Chad ‘Tiny’ Severson, Cirrus Minor, Dead Mans Hand, Daisy Makes the Grade, Destino, DJ BowLz, DJ Butters, DJ Last Word, DJ Richie Daggers, DJ Ron Gotti, Drum N Bass Henderson, Eboli, Ernie Rhodes, Gaiden Gadema, HawnSawmp, HearsKra-Z, Horizon, Huxley Maxwell Exit, Ill Chemistry, Izzy Dunfore, J-Smalls, Jon-E, Jon Jubilee, Jonesy, Kanser, Kaotic, Kelly Quinn Band, Killing Floor, Kisor Flowsay, Lazer Rocket Arm, Lindsey Davis-Gutierrez, Man Eats Bear, MC Tom the Bartender, MC_Loki, Midwest Crackers, Natalie Fine, Of Their Blood, OMB, Parallax, Philcoholic, Prof, Ridiculous, Royal Flush, Sail by the Stars, Saul, Scap Chapel, Casey Schroeder, Sick Dose, Soulcrate Music, Spliff Tones, T.R.O., Tha Family, Tha Protige, The Driven, The Lifeless Design, The ReMINDers, The Sound In$urgent, The Syndicate, The Warm Storms, Three Dog Knife, Trey Lane, Truth & ADapt, Vinchie, Vital Hourz, WeLiveInSodHouses, Y Hate Nation, and probably more!!
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October 9th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
GwD forever