Sexually Attractive Butterflies?
 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q77YB...eature=related

this track is in heavy rotation for me atm

These guys were blowing up a couple months ago on a forum I used to post on from time to time... I'm not a huge rap fan, but do listen to a bit.. these guys just do nothing for me though. I really don't see the appeal.

Kind of crazy how a popular youtube video can make a band these days though.

Die Antwoord is being signed to Interscope.

http://boingboing.net/2010/03/12/die...rd-signed.html

I thought this was all a big joke.

Sweet jesus, my ears! MY EYES!!!

In a way it is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Antwoord

It's just an act, one of this guy's many personas.
It's like art school hip hop.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mj2s33jQ5I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRy6pBpwVbk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QcYxqvWCgg

All the Die Antwoord interview videos like this are just a ruse:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx1cYUb-0f4

Also this is not their neighborhood:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q77YB...eature=related
Yolandi is actually his wife and that chubby kid is not their DJ.


It's quite ingenious actually. Soon as I found all this out my respect for them grew exponentially.

Not that anybody cares but I found it interesting.

/veto. They are far from the first group of people that has used shock or oddity to sell music. David Bowie (Ziggy Stardust) did that shit way back in the day. So did Freddy Mercury, Alice Cooper, Ozzy, Manson, Lady Gaga.... just rebranding the same thing all those people did.

Only difference is that Bowie was way more talented :)

Have to disagree with you here. I don't see the use of shock or oddity anywhere in their music. Die Antwoord is basically just doing a parody of Zef which is the South African version of "trailer trash rap".

If you take a look at the other stuff they have done, this guy is an artist, he makes stuffed animals, bizzaro art videos, etc. maxnormal.tv in particular has all sorts of interesting stuff.

I know it has been done before, but I fail to see how that should detract from what this guy is doing. He fooled tons of people and at the end of the day he's doing performance art. Also some of the people you mentioned had 1 new shtick and that was it. Cooper, Manson, Gaga, etc. This guy has changed like 5 times now. Also Ziggy Stardust was at a time when androgyny was in to begin with (ie: new York Dolls). Don't get me wrong though, I love old Bowie!

I think the main reason I respect it is because he's not following any sort of fad to make quick money. He just does whatever and is fairly convincing. I'm not saying he's a musical genius or anything like that but it is fun (and I like his stuffed animals :p .)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watkin_Tudor_Jones

All this music is fuckin garbage.