House of Krazees
| House of Krazees | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Detroit, Michigan, United States |
| Genres | Horrorcore, hardcore hip hop, indie hip hop |
| Years active | 1992–1997, 1999 |
| Labels | Latnem Entertainment 1993–1997, 1999 |
| Associated acts | Twiztid, Halfbreed, Level Jumpers, The Howse, Skrapz, Zodiac MPrint, Drive-By, Insane Clown Posse, Prozak, DJ Clay, King Gordy, Kottonmouth Kings, Blaze Ya Dead Homie, Anybody Killa, Big Hoodoo, Legz Diamond, Tha Hav Knots |
| Members |
Sol (1992-1997; 1999) Skrapz (1999) |
| Past members |
Mr. Bones (1992–1997) Hektic (1992–1997) |
House of Krazees was an American hip hop group from Detroit, Michigan. The group was originally composed of emcees The R.O.C. (Raps On Contact), (later known as Sol), (Mr. Bones and Hektic). House of Krazees performed a style of hardcore hip hop known as horrorcore or The Wicked Shit and was originally active from 1992 until 1997.
Hektic and Mr. Bones left the group in 1997 to form Twiztid, changing their stage names respectively to Monoxide and Jamie Madrox, which put the group on a temporary hiatus. In 1999, The R.O.C. resurrected House of Krazees, changed his stage name to Sol and continued to perform under the House of Krazees name (for one album, to fulfill contractual obligations for one more H.O.K. album) with rapper Skrapz. This new edition of House of Krazees released one album in 1999, "The Night They Kame Home", and the House of Krazees name was retired by the fall of 1999. Sol and Skrapz left their old manager "Uncle Kreepy", and formed the duo HaLFBrEEd, releasing the majority of its material on their own record label, Virus Independent. HaLFBrEEd was active up until 2003, after only four years of activity. In 2013, it was rumored and semi-announced that HaLFBrEEd was reuniting after a decade apart. Similarly, it was rumored around this time that House of Krazees were reuniting as well with the original lineup of Sol (who later changed his name back to The R.O.C.), Jamie Madrox and Monoxide. However, nothing came about from these rumors, despite another House of Krazees compilation album being released in 2013, "Casket Cutz", which was sold through Twiztid's online store.
House of Krazees was formed by R.O.C. (Raps On Contact) in 1992, with Paul Methric and Jamie Spaniolo performing under the names EXP and Big J, later changing their names to Hektic and Mr. Bones respectively. House of Krazees' catalog was only released on Compact Cassette until the group signed to Latnem Entertainment. Problems between House of Krazees and Latnem led the group to leave the label following its 1996 album, Head Trauma. That year, the group was scheduled to tour with Insane Clown Posse and Myzery, serving as an opening act for ICP. The tour was cancelled after Insane Clown Posse was dropped by Hollywood Records. They did tour with ICP and Myzery after the Great Milenko tour finally started after Island records bought the contract from Hollywood records. House of Krazees was only on a select number of dates because of tensions within the group. Methric and Spaniolo left House of Krazees in 1997, due to conflicts with the group's manager, Walter Stepanenko.
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