by Bram Teitelman | Aug 15, 2014 | Interviews, News
In the ’90s, Downset emerged from the Los Angeles underground, blending hardcore and hip hop influences. The band’s issue oriented songs about the Los Angeles riots (“Anger”) and graffiti (“Pocket Full of Fatcaps”) brought them...
by Bram Teitelman | Jul 30, 2014 | News, Video
For those of you around during the early ’90s, Downset was inescapable. A band that mixed hardcore influences with metal and some rap, they were like a more hardcore Rage Against the Machine. For their first album in 10 years, the band have chosen to debut the...
by Bram Teitelman | Jun 26, 2014 | News
When we last heard from Downset, we heard from two Downsets. The ’90s hardcore/rap-metal band, who’d broken up in 2009, reformed with a version that featured former members and toured in Europe. However, the band’s original singer and guitarist, Rey...