Lordz of Brooklyn

Infobox musical artist
Name = Lordz Of Brooklyn / The Lordz


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Background = group_or_band
Origin = Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Genre = Hip Hop/Rock
Years_active = 1992–Present
Label = American Recordings/Ventrue, Island, Perfect Game
URL = http://www.lordzofbrooklyn.com/ http://www.thelordz.com/

Lordz Of Brooklyn (short L.O.B.) now known as The Lordz are a American crossover Hip hop/Rock group composed of brothers and childhood friends of mostly Irish American and Italian American descent from Brooklyn, New York. The original line up consisted of the McLeer brothers, Ad Money (aka DJ ADM) and (Mr.) Kaves, with Scotty Edge, Dino Bottz and Paulie Nugent (aka Paulie 2Times).

Throughout their career, the Lordz Of Brooklyn have collaborated with many artists, including Everlast, Busta Rhymes ("Forget Bout It Bout It"), Ozzy Osbourne (Busta Rhyme's "Iron Man" cover), KoRn ("White Trash" remix), Shanti ("Momma's Boy" new version), Danny Diablo ("PSK What Does It Mean" Schooly D cover) and others.

Biography

1992-1997

The group was initially formed in 1992. Signed to American Recordings/Ventrue, their first album, entitled "All In The Family", released in 1995, was a pure Hip Hop effort. It contained the underground hit single "Saturday Nite Fever", based on a sample of Guess Who's "American Woman".

While touring with House of Pain in mid 90s, the group befriended Everlast with whom they recorded "Gravesend (Lake Of Fire)" and some exclusive songs on their own for the 1997 indie film Gravesend. The song itself was remixed by Marshall Goodman from Sublime/Long Beach Dub Allstars fame, for Marshall Arts Music (MVP Version) and by Lord Finesse who added verses by himself and O.C., but cut Everlast's verse. A second Lord Finesse remix was made and added new verses by Everlast and Lordz Of Brooklyn, both versions, however, were only available on a promotional single. The edit was used in the end credits music for the videogame .

2000-2005

The Lord Finesse short remix was not released to the public until the Lordz Of Brooklyn next release, the 2000 Vinyl EP "The Lordz Of Brooklyn Meet Bumpy Knuckles", released on their own and distributed through Landspeed since Island Records purchased American Recordings and Venture got closed. The three track EP also featured a song with Ozzy Osbourne sampled in the chorus and a song with Freddie Foxxx aka Bumpy Knuckles and IP aka Ice Pirate.

2000 also saw the release of the Lordz Of Brooklyn cover version of Run DMC's Hip hop classic "Sucker MCs" on the tribute album "Take A Bite Outta Rhyme: A Rock Tribute To Rap". Their version featured Stoned Soul and Everlast and is reportedly Run's favorite Run DMC cover.

The group's next album release, "Graffiti Roc", was rather a compilation of various previously recorded tracks than a proper studio album, and followed in 2003. It featured Busta Rhymes, Korn, Rampage of the Flipmode Squad, and others. Now, the groups' style leaned towards a crossover sound of both Hip Hop and Rock influences. By that time, Scotty Edge, Dino Bottz and Paulie 2Times have already left, and the McLeer brothers added live musicians on guitar (Patrick Saccenti), bass and drums to tour festivals such as Vans Warped Tour in 2003, 2004 and 2005.

2006-Present

In 2006 the group shortened their name for the release of the third album "The Brooklyn Way". Featured artists are long time collaborator Everlast, Bedouin Soundclash, Jaret Reddick of Bowling for Soup and Tim Armstrong of Rancid. But not only the name has changed, the group's sound changed as well, there are only very few, if any, HipHop references. The majority of the songs are now rock-driven.

In 2007, Scotty Edge has rejoined the group for their spring tour with Fishbone.

In April 2008, The Lordz had their own reality TV show on Fuse entitled "The Brooklyn Way" which focused on the McLeer brothers' life and times since before 2006. They are currently playing all dates of the 2008 Vans Warped Tour and are currently on a US tour with Everlast.

External links

* [http://www.lordzofbrooklyn.com/ lordzofbrooklyn.com] original site
* [http://www.thelordz.com/ thelordz.com] new site
* [http://www.myspace.com/lordzofbrooklyn Lordz Of Brooklyn] at MySpace
* [http://not-in-our.name/lordzofbrooklyn/ Lordz Of Brooklyn/The Lordz: complete recordings] news and discography