A Coachella Alphabet: Busdriver

Busdriver

Name: Busdriver
Genre: Rap
Day: Friday

Wikipedia sez: “Busdriver (born Regan Farquhar) is a hip-hop artist from Los Angeles. He is known for his staccato, jazzy, free-association rap, and the eccentric personality he expresses through it. Busdriver released his first album, Memoirs of the Elephant Man, in 2001, followed by This Machine Kills Fashion Tips and Temporary Forever in 2002. 2003 brought a collaboration with fellow underground artists Radioinactive and Daedelus for the experimental LP The Weather. His most recent releases are 2004’s Cosmic Cleavage (produced by longtime collaborator Daddy Kev) and Fear of a Black TangentThe Unicorns’ offshoot project, Th’ Corn Gangg. He later appeared on the Islands’ album in 2005 . In 2005 he was also enlisted (along with Vic Booz and Subtitle) as a Corn Ganggster, rapping with Return to the Sea, on the song Where There’s A Will There’s A Whalebone.”

Busdriver came to prodomently on Australian radio with the track Unemployed Black Astronaut, which is crazy for two reasons: 1 - Australian radio playing rap/hip-hop and 2- Australia radio playing someone as insane as Busdriver.? Busdriver makes abstract rap, his lyrics don’t make sense for the most part and quite often you wonder what the hell he is on about. Personally that’s what makes him so great to me, you never know what your going to get when he performs.

Likelyhood of Seeing at Coachella: Likely

Read on to view Busdriver live videos…

Busdriver -? Unemployed Black Astronaut (Live at the Metro, Chicago IL)

Busdriver - Kill Your Employer (live)

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