MC Lars, Mega Ryan, MC Frontalot, Schaffer the Darklord
Schedule
Thu Sep 09 2021 at 09:30 pm
Location
2501 Kettner Blvd San Diego CA 92101 | San Diego, CA
MC Lars is the creator of post punk laptop rap and lit hop, which he hasextended and powered into a fusion of rap, punk, rock, ska, pop, and other
genres. He is post-modern -- combining his music with powerful and present
lyrics, and packing concert venues with raps about everything from the
iGeneration to Guitar Hero to Edgar Allen Poe to Game of Thrones, the Simpsons
and Cyberbullying. He speaks to and for people of all ages, lifestyles, and
perspectives, and is a story-teller, covering love, life, loss, confusion, and
hope. He does so with energy and wit, joined with a strong sense of humor and
perspective. He is an engaging, exciting and compelling performer, and was
selected by 12 Street Press as one of the top 7 nerd rock artists to see live.
He tours in the US, the UK and the rest of Europe, Australia, and Japan. His
latest tour, the fall 2017 MC Lars Awesome Adventure Friendship Tour, opens in
Denver in September, and continues through 20 shows in the US, England, and
Scotland. In addition to touring, he has performed at Carnegie Hall in New York,
at South by Southwest, ComicCon, Slam Dunk Festival, Truck Festival, Orlando
Nerd Fest, and as part of Vans Warped Tour. He has performed on stage with
numerous artists, including Bowling for Soup, MC Frontalot, mc chris, Wheatus,
Say Anything, Gym Class Heroes, Brand New, Simple Plan, T-Pain, Snoop Dogg, Nas,
and Koo Koo Kangaroo. He is a DIY Indie artist and a number of his albums have
been funded by his fans through Kickstarter, at record-breaking levels. His work
(albums, EPs, and music videos) includes collabs with a wide range of musicians
– among them, "Weird Al" Yankovic, KRS-One, Sage Francis, Watsky, Mega Ran,
Jaret Reddick of Bowling for Soup, Wheatus, the Matches, Ash Wednesday, Kool
Keith, Spose, MC Chris, MC Frontalot, YT Cracker, E 40, Schäffer the Dark Lord,
Beefy, and K.Flay. He is an active and successful player in the music industry’s
new media digital world; and has a strong presence with his fans through
Patreon, Bandcamp, iTunes, Spotify, YouTube, and his own label, Horris Records.
He is wired and connected, worldwide, through his active social media presence,
his website, and his online store at Hello Merch. His “MC Lars: The Video Game,”
accessible through Steam, showcases his songs in an engaging and fun-to-play
beat-driven story about the compelling triumph of indie music. Lars teaches and
lectures, too, and his songs are used by fellow teachers in classrooms
throughout the US. He has presented on TEDx and at numerous colleges and high
schools. He has worked on a public-service basis with the American Heart
Association, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, the Nantucket
Historical Association, the Edgar Allen Poe House and Museum, the New York City
public school system, and the Los Angeles public school system through the USC
Annenberg School for Communication. He is one of the artists featured in the
Cambridge University Press “Companion to Hip-Hop,” and has close relationships
with faculty members at Stanford and USC.
Mega Ran
With more than a decade of professional music-making behind him, Mega Ran was
able to not just weather and survive the Covid-19 pandemic, but the celebrated
rapper was able to actually thrive in it. When March 2020 forced an
unprecedented career pivot from focusing on live shows and recorded music, to
focus on digital content and fan interaction Mega Ran seamlessly transformed his
style to adapt to the times. From his wildly successful run with his own web
show Random House Studios to the monthly online only 4 Eyed Horsemen Specials,
to releasing his first book, and doubling down on his podcast Mega Ran has spent
the pandemic innovating his approach while keeping an eye on the horizon for his
opportunity to get back in front of his diehard fans all of the world.
Schaffer the Darklord
Schaffer the Darklord (or STD) is a New York City-based rapper, drummer and
comedian with material best-suited for nerdy and/or hedonistic audiences. With
manic energy fueling a cartoonishly commanding stage presence, STD skewers such
topics as substance abuse, sexual compulsion, urban anxiety and obsessive
cat-enthusiasts. Imagine a Frankenstein-esque monster assembled from equal parts
Bill Hicks, Adam Yauch, Joey Ramone and Prince, stitched together inside the
shell of a maniacal heavy metal ex-patriot. STD has released eight albums
(2004's "Meet My Maker," 2007's "Mark of the Beast," 2009's "Manslaughterer,"
2012's "Junk Drawer," 2013's "Sick Passenger,” 2015's "Sex Rhymes," 2017’s “Junk
Drawer Vol. 2” and 2018’s “The Department of Darkness”) and toured the country
with such artists as MC Chris, MC Frontalot, Mega Ran and MC Lars. When he's not
on the road, he produces and co-hosts The Epic Piecast on the Nerdy Show Podcast
Network. STD continues to write, record and perform with great frequency and has
no intention of stopping until his masochistic rock-n-roll lifestyle destroys
him.
Where is it happening?
2501 Kettner Blvd San Diego CA 92101, San Diego, United States