The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy – Television (the drug of a nation)

Aanstekelijke song mét een boodschap.  Thank you, Michael Franti!

Iets meer achtergrondinformatie over de groep, as found on youtube.com:

The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy was a rap/hip-hop band active during the early 1990s. The band was formed in 1990 by Michael F The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy was a rap/hip-hop band active during the early 1990s. The band was formed in 1990 by Michael Franti and Rono Tse, and introduced the phenomenal work of guitarist Charlie Hunter. The band’s name was derived in part from the phrase “The Disposable Heroes of Hypocrisy”, used in some Socialist literature.
“Television,” which received wide airplay on college and alternative radio stations, had previously been recorded by Michael Franti’s first band, The Beatnigs.

In common with other bands of the time on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy used sampling and scratching as a primary tool of music recording, and mixed Rock, Hip-Hop, Rap, and Jazz in combinations that were ground breaking for the time.

Among their contemporaries, the band had strong artistic, political, and personal ties to both Meat Beat Manifesto and Consolidated. The recording of Hypocrisy is the Greatest Luxury was co-produced by Consolidated’s Mark Pistel, and prolific Meat Beat Manifesto frontman Jack Dangers assisted with mixing.

In 1993 the duo worked with William S. Burroughs, recording music for a collaborative album entitled Spare Ass Annie and Other Tales. This album diverged greatly from the style of the band’s previous work, as they were largely providing musical background and accompaniment to Burroughs’ spoken readings from several of his books. The Disposable Heroes split up shortly after. Michael Franti formed Spearhead, who (to date) have released 7 albums and are still a going concern, while Tse worked with the Mystick Journeymen.

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