MC Lars
Background information
Birth name	Andrew Robert Nielsen
Born	October 6, 1982
Origin	Berkeley, California, USA
Genre(s)	Hip hop Nerdcore Rapcore
Instrument(s)	Microphone guitar
Years active	1999-present
Label(s)	Horris Records
Website	Official Site MySpace

Andrew Robert Nielsen (born October 6, 1982) is an American rapper, known by his stage name MC Lars. He is the self-proclaimed originator of "post-punk laptop rap". He has collaborated with many different artists, including Non-Phixion's Ill Bill and nerdcore rapper mc chris, and was one of the first underground rappers to sample and reference emo bands. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 375 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (977 × 1561 pixel, file size: 605 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... is the 279th day of the year (280th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in northern California, in the United States. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Hip hop is a cultural movement that began amongst urban African American youth in New York and has since spread around the world. ... Nerdcore hip hop is a musical genre. ... Rapcore is a musical genre that fuses the techniques of hip hop, hardcore punk (hence the core in the name), heavy metal, alternative rock and sometimes funk. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... A microphone, sometimes referred to as a mike or mic (both IPA pronunciation: ), is an acoustic to electric transducer or sensor that converts sound into an electrical signal. ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... is the 279th day of the year (280th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Rapping, also known as Emceeing, MCing, Rhyme spitting, Spitting, or Rhyming, is the rhythmic delivery of rhymes, one of the central elements of hip hop music and culture. ... A stage name, also called a screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, comedians, musicians, djs, clowns, and professional wrestlers. ... Ill Bill (right) and Sabac Red William Braunstein (born 1972), better known as Ill Bill is a politically minded MC from Brooklyn, New York. ... This article or section includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Chris Ward (born September 2, 1975), otherwise known as mc chris, is a nerdcore rapper, voice actor, and improvisational comedian born in Illinois, USA. He currently self releases on his own label Jet Pack Industries, LLC. His trademarks include the synthesis of his geek heritage with the gangster image associated...

Lars has toured with many different bands, including Simple Plan, Bowling for Soup, Gym Class Heroes, Say Anything, Streetlight Manifesto, Suburban Legends, Test Icicles, Jack's Mannequin, Patent Pending, Fightstar, MC Frontalot, and Wheatus. Simple Plan is a pop-punk band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada—all five members are French-Canadians who were born in the province of Quebec. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... Gym Class Heroes are a hip hop band from Geneva, New York. ... This page is about the film Say Anything. ... Streetlight Manifesto is an American ska punk band from East Brunswick Township, New Jersey. ... Suburban Legends is a seven piece third wave ska band from Orange County, California. ... Test Icicles were a band formed in the UK, primarily influenced by indiecore but containing musical elements from a variety of genres (notably rapcore, hip-hop, crossover thrash and punk). ... Jacks Mannequin is a rock band from Orange County, California. ... Patent Pending is a ska punk band from Mt. ... Fightstar is a four-piece Post-Hardcore band from London, England. ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ... Wheatus is an American pop rock group from Long Island, New York. ...

He has recorded for Truck Records in the UK and his Laptop EP is licensed to Sidecho Records in the USA. 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. Truck Records is an independent record label based in Oxford, England. ... SideCho Records is an independent record label based in Long Beach, California. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ...

Lars is of Swedish and Australian descent. 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^{[citation needed]}. Thomas D. Hodges (b. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Biography

Lars was born in Berkeley, California. He attended Stevenson School and was the co-founder of the Monterey Bay Area punk rock band Amphoteric^[1]. 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. The show was called "Morning Madness", which featured Andrew and his co-host, Chris Gates. Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in northern California, in the United States. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... 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. ... A view Monterey Bay Monterey Bay is a bay of the Pacific Ocean, on the coast of California, south of San Francisco. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Left to right: Bryan Blair (bass,) Hart Hancock (vocals, guitar, keyboards,) Craig Brown (drums) Amphoteric is a progressive rock band from Monterey, California. ...

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]. 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. Following his graduation in 2005, it became a webcomic.^[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. English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language (including literatures from the U.K., U.S., Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, the Philippines, India, South Africa, and the Middle East, among other areas), English linguistics (including English phonetics, phonology... Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University (or simply Stanford), is a private university located approximately 37 miles (60 kilometers) southeast of San Francisco and approximately 20 miles northwest of San José in Stanford, California. ... College name Corpus Christi College Named after Corpus Christi, Body of Christ Established 1517 Sister College Corpus Christi College President Sir Tim Lankester JCR President Binyamin Even Undergraduates 239 Graduates 126 Homepage Corpus Christi College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... Look for 27th Street on one of Wikipedias sister projects: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... It has been suggested that The Stanford Daily be merged into this article or section. ... Webcomics, also known as online comics and internet comics, are comics that are available to read on the Internet. ... KZSU is a freeform FM radio station broadcasting from the campus of Stanford University in Stanford, California, USA. KZSU broadcasts in stereo at 90. ... This article or section includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ...

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. 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. Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... For the witnesses who betray information about associated criminals, see Supergrass (informer). ... Brand New is an alternative rock band comprised of lead vocalist, guitarist, and lyricist Jesse Lacey, guitarist Vincent Accardi, bass guitarist Garrett Tierney and drummer Brian Lane. ...

MC Lars has also shown an interest in using lyrics and song titles based on English and American literature. "Rapbeth"'s title parodies that of William Shakespeare's play Macbeth whilst "Mr. Raven" is inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven." Also, the song "Ahab", which features on his latest release The Graduate, sees Lars rapping about the novel Moby Dick. The term English literature refers to literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; Joseph Conrad was Polish, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, Salman Rushdie is Indian, V.S... American literature refers to written or literary work produced in the area of the United States and Colonial America. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Macbeth and Banquo meeting the witches on the heath by Théodore Chassériau. ... Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, editor, critic and one of the leaders of the American Romantic Movement. ... The Raven as illustrated by Gustave Doré. The Raven is a narrative poem by American writer and poet Edgar Allan Poe. ...

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. Also known as Generation M, iGeneration is a term used to describe the generation born primarily in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto Facebook is a social networking website which was launched on February 4, 2004. ... This article is about the iTunes application. ...

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". Hearts That Hate, whose song "Cry Tonight" is sampled in Lars' "Signing Emo", is a fictional group created by the rapper. The Grammy-nominated Texan band Bowling for Soup performed as Hearts That Hate when MC Lars has supported them on tour. A full version of "Cry Tonight" is available as a B-side to the UK "Signing Emo" single. MySpace is a social networking website offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music, and videos. ... Download This Song is the second single from MC Lars fifth studio album, The Graduate, and features Jaret Reddick of Bowling for Soup. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... In recorded music, the terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which singles have been released since 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 Jaret Reddick of Bowling for Soup. ... CBC Radio is the English language radio division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. ... A geek is a person who is fascinated, perhaps obsessively, by technology and imagination. ...

In 2006, Lars worked with the Canadian independent record label Nettwerk Records to release The Graduate. Following this release, Lars toured extensively throughout the USA and the UK and even did shows in Japan^[1], and Australia. 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. This led to Nettwerk executive Terry McBride and a team of major-label artists managed by Nettwerk to support the Greubels with their case. 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, 2006. ... This article is about the iTunes application. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The RIAA Logo. ... Terry McBride (born ca. ...

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.[1] Andrew Robert Nielsen (born October 6, 1982) is an American rapper, known by his stage name MC Lars. ... Creative Commons, some rights reserved. ... The Creative Commons (CC) is a non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative work available for others legally to build upon and share. ...

In July 2007 Lars recorded his new album with Wheatus frontman Brenden Brown, at Browns own studio

Discography's

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

Nothing to Fear was the first home produced album that MC Lars, then known as Lars Horris, released under his first label in high school Noseman Records. It was limited to 200 copies and was distributed amongst classmates at Robert Louis Stevenson School and his Junipero dorm room at Stanford... See also: 1999 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1999 Record labels established in 1999 // January 7 After eight years of marriage, Rod Stewart and supermodel wife Rachel Hunter announce their separation. ... Insectivorous was an album by MC Lars, released under the name Lars Horris in the summer of 2000. ... See also: 2000 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 2000 Record labels established in 2000 2000s in music. ... Radio Pet Fencing is the third record by rapper MC Lars, the last record released with his former stage surname Horris, and his first record to be released outside of the United States. ... Truck Records is an independent record label based in Oxford, England. ... See also: 2003 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 2003 Record labels established in 2003 // January - following an investigation by The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and London detectives, police raids in England and the Netherlands recover nearly 500 original Beatles studio tapes, recorded during the Let It... The Laptop EP is the fourth record by MC Lars. ... Truck Records is an independent record label based in Oxford, England. ... SideCho Records is an independent record label based in Long Beach, California. ... See also: 2004 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 2004 Record labels established in 2004 2000s in music. ... The Graduate is the fifth studio album of MC Lars released on iTunes February 14, 2005 and in stores March 21, 2006. ... Nettwerk is a large Vancouver, British Columbia based record label and music management firm. ... See also: 2006 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 2006 Record labels established in 2006 Ti // January – James Nicholl, drummer of Pay*Ola became ill and was admitted to hospital. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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

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DVDs

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

This DVD Is Not Punk Rock is the first DVD by indie rapper MC Lars. ...

Books

• "27th Street: A Book of Cartoons by MC Lars" (Horris Books, 2006)

Other

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

Nettwerk is a large Vancouver, British Columbia based record label and music management firm. ...

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Spotlight Artist: MC Lars", Full Effect Magazine, 2006-03-16. Retrieved on 2007-04-05. 
2. ^ Good Morning Tresidder Union
3. ^ 27th Street

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External links

• Official site
• Official blog
• Hearts That Hate dummy site
• MySpace Profile
• MTV.com site
• Purevolume
• Nettwerk Records
• Full Effect: Spotlight on MC Lars
• Creative Commons remix contest on Jamglue