band bio
Inspired by the riot grrl female aggression music
revolution, Riot This came to be. After our tries of
playing from our individual previous bands(Reckless
Youth, Sonia and the kidney stones, The Feud, and
Procrastination) we decided to put our musical talents
together and create the next generation of "riot grrls".
Inspired by bands such as bikini kill, sleater kinney,
L7, lunachicks,melt banana and so on, we smashed
our brains together and created RIOT THIS. We come
from the Baldwin Park, Norwalk, So Cal scene and we
wanna put some actual intelliagence into the "punk"
scene. We're tired of seeing all the same bands who
got nothing better to say then fuck this and fuck that.
We wanna revolutionize and open your eyes to the
real deal of whats goin on in our world. We're hear to
tell you that women still to do suffer, that there is still
no complete equality between mankind, that there are
leaders in our countries and states who are stealing
money and sending us to our deaths. Besides that
though we are also a kick ass band! The vocals can
rage, the guitar can rip, the bass can jam, and the
drums can destroy! Riot This will stand up for human
rights and bring the equality we search for and with no
doubt rock your fucking ass off!
Socialized Crucifixion started off in 04', the current line
up has been around for probably over a year now.
This band stands for a variety of different causes such
as anti-war, animal rights, anti-exploitation,
anti-government, anti-sexism, and anti-violence to
name a few. We believe in destroying power, not
people. We encourage a Vegan Straight Edge life
style, but we will not exclude anyone who chooses not
to be. We do not treat people with different beliefs
differently than people who share our beliefs because
we feel that ideas will never spread without tolerance
and understanding. We believe you have something
to learn from everyone and everyone has something
to learn from you. We do not view Socialized
Crucifixion as just Jeannette, Roy, Manny and Manda.
In our eyes it goes much deeper. We would not be a
band without our true friends who have sacrificed so
much just to be there at our shows and letting us
know they support us. Our hearts truly go out to those
people!! We hope that all types of people, not just
punks will listen to our music. Our music is for those
who can make a change, and that is EVERYONE. We
hope that our music brings out your inner anger and
we hope that we somehow inspire you to confront and
challenge the authority that has been dictating our
lives for far too long. We wish peace, love and anarchy
to you all! P.S. Factories don't burn down themselves!
Autonomy formed in the early 90's, featuring members
of Media Children. We are a political anarcho//peace
punk band. Our lyrical content deals with all forms
of animal and human rights issues (ie. vivisection,
feminism, anti-war, abuse of political authority, etc.).
The emotional backbone both musically and lyrically
encompasses experiences of loss and death filtered
through a profound respect for life. Moreover, we are
an art punk band that utilizes film footage,
banners/posters, and live theatrics to convey our
messages. The band line up is Tricia - lead vocals,
Shant - high bass and backing vocals, Hector - guitar
and Derek- drums. Our musical influences are
Crass, Omega Tribe, Flux of Pink Indians, Poison
Girls, Zounds, The Apostles, Lost Cherrees, and UK
Anarcho Peace bands.
In one of the rooms in the hip-hop culture house
engraved on the walls is a live account of the ..1 Super
Soul Sista, who has the blessing to be dubbed “the
Angela Davis of hip-hop.” Starting off MCing as a 16-
year old pop-locker, Medusa continues to cultivate hip-
hop seeds across the country in unprecedented
numbers. The love of hip-hop encouraged her to
follow higher callings than her knowing. Pop-lockin
with the groove-atrons gave her talents a platform to
win the Beset Female Dancer in the 1st Hip Hop
Dance Awards at The Paladium and the Rap Sheet
Emcee World Championship. Medusa’s diversity
goes unchallenged as she has been compared to a
medley of amazing artist, including, Gil-Scott Heron for
their ways of expressing the revolutionary state of
mind, Chuck D. (imagine a female Chuck D.), Lauren
Hill for having the ability to posses an international
talent in the voice world and like the Game, who’s a
versatile heavy hitter on speaking his life’s truth’s,
Medusa gives you the key to real truth and allows you
to feel it and even though the comparisons could go
on, Medusa is on a Goddess list of her own. You will
find no other who will bring it to you like this, someone’
s music that makes you feel strong, proud, and
encourages with the manner of ONE Love. Coming up
in the LA scene, she honed her skills at the Good Life
café and Leimert Park’s “Project Blowed” Workshop,
around Freestyle Fellowship, Black Eye Peas, Macy
Grey, and Xzibit, being the first in the LA hip hop scene
with a live band. After blessing her already growing
fans with her EP, “Do It The Way You Feel It”, Medusa
gained an even stronger fan base overseas, in the
country, on college campuses across the nation, and
has virtually become a guru to the underground hip-
hop scene and artistic community. She is respected
and adored as a Queen to the word and power of her
music and what she stands for, not just the fact that
she’s the undisputed Queen of West Coast
underground hip-hop. Medusa has shared the stage
with lyrical heavyweights KRS-ONE, George Clinton,
Dead Prez, Public Enemy, Blackalicious, Erykah Badu,
Roy Ayers, Dilated Peoples, Speech, Common,
Pharoahe Monch, Meshell Ndeegeocello, Fishbone,
MC Lyte, Bahamadia, and Blk Thought of the Roots.
Selling out at every venue and killing the mic on every
stage, holding it down independent-indie style hasn’t
been hard when you’re doing it for the love of music,
the reason and unity. She is also a motivational
speaker being asked to give her knowledge and
opinion at colleges and seminars on the effect of hip-
hop on children, women, in relations to culture and life.
