In the middle of summer, 2009, the Seattle Weekly published a long-form story that traced the meteoric rise of local hip-hop quartet Mad Rad. At the time, the band was the talk of the Crescent City – not only because they’d managed to build an enormous local following in that notoriously fickle and subdivided scene; but also because, in doing so, they’d managed to get themselves banned from performing at virtually every notable live-music club in the Capitol Hill district.
“They rose to fame, seemingly at warp speed, within certain pockets of the local music scene for their blatant who-gives-a-(explitive) attitude and their reputation for playing shows that felt more like hair-metal house parties on the Sunset Strip than official gigs,” wrote journalist Jonathan Cunningham. “As the city’s hipsters fell in love with their eclectic brew of synthed-out electro production and outrageously crass rhymes, Mad Rad had the feel of a group that was of the people rather than above them…By the time they dropped their debut LP, “White Gold,” near the end of (2008), it seemed like the crew could do no wrong.” [Read More...]
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