MC Lars
Background information
Birth name	Andrew Roberto Nielsen
Born	October 6, 1982 (1982-10-06) (age 25)
Origin	Berkeley, California, U.S.
Genre(s)	Nerdcore Rapcore Hip Hop
Instrument(s)	Vocals guitar
Years active	1999-present
Label(s)	Horris Records
Associated acts	Amphoteric
Website	Official Site MySpace

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In 2006, he released the single "Download This Song" with it entering the Australian Singles Chart at number 29. " Download This Song " is the second single from MC Lars ' fifth Studio album, The Graduate, and features

Contents 1 Career 2 Biography 3 Style and culture 4 Discography 4.1 Albums and EPs 4.2 Singles 4.3 DVDs 4.4 Books 5 Other 6 References 7 External links

Career

Lars has toured with many different bands, including The Matches, Something With Numbers, Simple Plan, Bowling for Soup, Army of Freshmen, Gym Class Heroes, Say Anything, Streetlight Manifesto, Suburban Legends, Test Icicles, Jack's Mannequin, Patent Pending, Bayside, Fightstar, Make It Better Later, MC Frontalot, Wheatus, and The Aquabats. The Matches are a rock band based in America. The band formed in Oakland California, in 1997 and currently comprises vocalist and rhythm guitarist Simple Plan is a French Canadian Pop punk band based in Montreal, Quebec. Bowling for Soup is an American Rock band who originally formed in Wichita Falls, Texas in 1994. Gym Class Heroes are an American band from Geneva New York. The group formed when Travis "Schleprok" McCoy met drummer Matt McGinley Streetlight Manifesto is an American ska band from East Brunswick Township New Jersey under the creative leadership of Tomas Kalnoky. Suburban Legends are a seven piece pop / rock / Third wave ska band from Orange County California. Test Icicles were a short-lived Rock band formed in England, primarily influenced by Indie rock but containing musical elements from a variety of genres Jack's Mannequin is a Piano rock band from Orange County California. Patent Pending is a Pop punk band from Mt Sinai New York. The band has been together since 2001 and has played hundreds of shows all across the United States Bayside is an American punk rock band signed to Victory Records from Bayside, Queens, New York, from which their named is derived Fightstar are a four-piece Post-hardcore band from London, England. Make It Better Later (or MIBL) are a pop-punk/ska band from York who formed in October 2004 Damian Hess (born December 3 1973) known by Stage name MC Frontalot, is a San Francisco Hip hop musician and self-proclaimed Wheatus is an American Pop punk group from Northport New York. The Aquabats (often written as The Aquabats!) are an American rock band formed in 1994 in Huntington Beach California and currently recording Some of these bands play the part of Hearts That Hate for the song Signing Emo at live shows.

He has recorded for Truck Records in the UK and his Laptop EP is licensed to Sidecho Records in the USA. Truck Records is an Independent record label based in Oxford, England. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located SideCho Records is an Independent record label based in Long Beach California. He was formerly known as MC Lars Horris but changed his pseudonym to MC Lars in 2004 for purposes of simplicity. MC Lars currently resides in California. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean.

Nielsen will appear in the 2008 independent film Community College as MC Lars.

Biography

Lars was born in Berkeley, California. Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in Northern California, in the United States. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Lars is of Swedish and Australian descent. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. His father is Australian and his mother is Swedish-American. Nielsen obtained his stage name Lars from Tom Hodges' character in the 1995 movie Heavyweights. Thomas D Hodges (b April 5, 1972 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American Artist. Heavyweights is a 1995 Comedy film about a Fat camp for kids that is taken over by a fitness Guru named Tony Perkis ( Ben

He attended Stevenson School and was the co-founder of the Monterey Bay Area punk rock band Amphoteric^[1]. Stevenson School (formerly known as "Robert Louis Stevenson School" and hence "RLS" for short is a private coeducational K-12 school for boarding and day students This article is about the bay near Monterey CA For other uses see Monterey Bay Aquarium, California State University Monterey Bay Amphoteric is a Progressive rock band from Monterey California. He would later leave and the group would switch directions and gain a progressive metal following (especially amongst Internet listeners). Although the line-up has changed entirely, the group still resides in central California and continues to release albums independently. While at Stevenson he had a morning radio show through the school's radio station, KSPB. KSPB (919 FM) is a Radio station broadcasting a Variety format The show was called "Morning Madness", which featured Andrew and his co-host, Chris Gates.

Lars moved on as an English studies-major student of Stanford University in California who went on international study at Corpus Christi College, Oxford University in England^[1]. English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of Literatures written in the English language (including literatures from the U Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University or simply Stanford, is a private Research university located in Corpus Christi College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland During his time at Stanford, MC Lars and fellow band member and Stanford student, Mike Love, co-created and appeared in Good Morning Tresidder Union^[2] which appeared on Stanford Cardinal Broadcasting Network (SCBN). While at Stanford, Lars drew a comic strip called 27th Street for the Stanford Daily. 27th Street is a prominent Street in Manhattan 's Chelsea Neighborhood. The Stanford Daily is the student-run, independent daily Newspaper serving Stanford University. Following his graduation in 2005, it became a webcomic. Webcomics, online comics, or Internet comics are Comics Published on a Website, often exclusively providing easy access to an ^[3] He had a radio show on Stanford's radio station KZSU, playing nerdcore hip hop old school rap, prior to being discovered by Truck Records. KZSU is a freeform FM Radio station broadcasting from the campus of Stanford University in Stanford California, USA Nerdcore is a subgenre of Hip hop music characterized by themes and subject matter considered to be of general interest to Nerds though it can appeal to

Style and culture

Originally releasing tracks under the name Lars Horris, he eventually dropped Horris which later became the name of his record label, in order to become MC Lars. In the past, MC Lars was backed by a single friend who handled laptop duties. However, today's MC Lars live experience is very different. With a punk rock band (Rob Piccininni, Jr - bass/backup vocals; Jon Shiffman - drums; Steve Connelly - guitar/backup vocals) set to back him up, MC Lars plays a hip-hop set to a true punk rock background (a joining which he refers to as "post-punk laptop rap"). His bandmates play live over the samples and loops contained in his recorded music - all stored on his laptop computer.

As with many other rap and Hip-Hop acts, samples play a key role in MC Lars' music. Hip hop music, also referred to as rap music, is a Music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rap which is accompanied with In Music, sampling is the act of taking a portion or sample, of one Sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or element of a new recording But, with intent to preserve his rock roots, MC Lars chooses to sample alternative bands such as the British band Supergrass and Long Island, New York's Brand New. Supergrass are an English Alternative rock band from Oxford. The band consists of brothers Gaz ( Guitar and Lead vocals Brand New is an Alternative rock band based in the United States.

MC Lars has also shown an interest in using lyrics and song titles based on English and American literature. The term English literature refers to Literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by Writers not necessarily from American literature refers to written or literary work produced in the area of the United States and Colonial America. "Rapbeth"'s title parodies that of William Shakespeare's play Macbeth whilst "Mr. William Shakespeare ( baptised Macbeth is among the best-known of William Shakespeare 's plays, and is his shortest tragedy, believed to have been written some time between Raven" is inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven. Edgar Allan Poe (January 19 1809 – October 7 1849 was an American poet, short-story Writer, editor and Literary critic, " The Raven " is a narrative poem by the American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in January 1845 " Also, the song "Ahab", which features on his latest release The Graduate, sees Lars rapping about the novel Moby Dick.

The term iGeneration, used to describe the generation born primarily in the mid-to-late 1980s, was not actually coined by MC Lars, but it was used in his song of the same name, which was given out for free to Facebook users in August 2006 in conjunction with iTunes. Facebook is a social networking Website launched on February 4 2004 iTunes is a proprietary digital media player application introduced by Apple Inc

MC Lars' MySpace profile includes exclusive tracks related to the MySpace social scene of the iGeneration: "Internet Relationships", "Hot Topic is Not Punk Rock", "Download This Song" and "Signing Emo". MySpace is a popular social networking Website offering an interactive user-submitted network of friends personal profiles blogs groups photos music and " Download This Song " is the second single from MC Lars ' fifth Studio album, The Graduate, and features Hearts That Hate, whose song "Cry Tonight" is sampled in Lars' "Signing Emo", is a fictional group created by the rapper. Hearts that Hate are a fictional band created by acclaimed hip-hop artist MC Lars. The Grammy-nominated Texan band Bowling for Soup performed as Hearts That Hate when MC Lars has supported them on tour. Bowling for Soup is an American Rock band who originally formed in Wichita Falls, Texas in 1994. A full version of "Cry Tonight" is available as a B-side to the UK "Signing Emo" single. A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of 7 inch Vinyl records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s

In early 2006, his song, Download This Song, was featured on the pop-culture CBC Radio show, Definitely Not The Opera, during an exposé on geeks. " Download This Song " is the second single from MC Lars ' fifth Studio album, The Graduate, and features CBC Radio is the Radio division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The word geek is a Slang term noting individuals as "a peculiar or otherwise odd person especially one who is perceived to be overly obsessed with one or more things

In 2006, Lars worked with the Canadian independent record label Nettwerk Records to release The Graduate. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Nettwerk is a large Vancouver British Columbia based Record label and music management firm The Graduate is the fifth Studio album of MC Lars released on ITunes February 14 2005 and in stores March 21 Following this release, Lars toured extensively throughout the U.S. and the UK and even did shows in Japan^[1], and Australia. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Not long after the album was released on iTunes, Lars received an e-mail from a 15-year-old fan Elisa Greubel on his web forum saying she identified with "Download This Song" since her family was one of many being sued by the Recording Industry Association of America. iTunes is a proprietary digital media player application introduced by Apple Inc Electronic mail, often abbreviated to e-mail, email, or originally eMail, is a Store-and-forward method of writing sending receiving This led to Nettwerk executive Terry McBride and a team of major-label artists managed by Nettwerk to support the Greubels with their case. Terry McBride (born ca 1960 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a founder and current CEO of the Canadian-based music company Nettwerk Music Group

MC Lars returned to the UK in October 2006, due to popular demand, to play more shows in support of his "Ahab" single and video.

In April 2007, MC Lars and Nettwerk made the component tracks for his single "White Kids Aren't Hyphy" available for remix under a by-nc-sa Creative Commons license on the Jamglue online mixing site as a contest. Andrew Robert Nielsen (born October 6 1982) is an American rapper, known by his Stage name MC Lars. Creative Commons licenses are several Copyright licenses released on December 16, 2002 by Creative Commons, a U Creative Commons (CC is a Non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share [1]

In May 2007, MC Lars toured the UK on the third installment of the Good To Go Tour. The Good To Go Tour is a British multi-artist package Concert tour that features a mix of established acts from the American punk/rock/ska/pop genres and rising UK bands

In July 2007, Lars recorded his new album with Wheatus frontman Brendan B. Brown, at Brown's own studio. Wheatus is an American Pop punk group from Northport New York. Brendan B Brown (born October 11, 1973) is an American Musician from Northport New York.

In November 2007, Lars returned to the UK on tour with pop-punk band Last Letter Read who performed their own set and then on stage with Lars.

Discography

Albums and EPs

• Nothing to Fear (Noseman Records, 1999)
• Insectivorous (Noseman Records, 2000)
• Radio Pet Fencing (Truck Records, 2003)
• The Laptop EP (Truck Records/Sidecho Records, 2004)
• The Graduate (Horris Records/Nettwerk Records, 2006)
• This Gigantic Robot Kills, 2008

Singles

• "iGeneration" (Truck Records/Sidecho Records, 2005)
• "Signing Emo" (Truck Records, 2005)
• "Hot Topic Is Not Punk Rock", 2006
• "Download This Song" (Horris Records, 2006) #29 Australia
• "Ahab" (Horris Records, 2006)
• "White Kids Aren't Hyphy", 2007
• "Change The World (Black Precedent)", 2008

DVDs

• "This DVD Is Not Punk Rock" (Horris Films, 2007)

Books

• 27th Street: A Book of Cartoons by MC Lars (Horris Books, 2006)
• Bukowski in Love: A Book of Poems by MC Lars (Horris Books, 2007)

Other

• A Winter's Night (Nettwerk) - "Gary" (2005)
• Greetings from Norcal - The Northern California Compilation- "Geeked Out" (2006)

References

External links

• Official site
• Official blog
• Andrew Nielsen at the Internet Movie Database
• Hearts That Hate dummy site
• MC Lars at MySpace
• MTV.com site
• Purevolume
• Nettwerk Records
• Full Effect: Spotlight on MC Lars
• Creative Commons remix contest on Jamglue
• MC Lars's videos
• Exclusive interview from his '07 UK tour

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