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Flobots
Sign in to saveFlobots is an experimental hip hop band from Denver, Colorado, formed in 2005 by Jamie Laurie. The band's origins date back 5 years earlier to a similar project by Laurie. Flobots found mainstream success with their major label debut Fight with Tools (2007), featuring the single "Handlebars", which became a popular hit on Modern Rock radio in April 2008. The band has released four studio albums and one EP, with their latest Noenemies being released in May 2017.
Key facts
- Musical artist.name
- Flobots
- Musical artist.image
- FlobotsLiveTucson08.jpg
- Musical artist.caption
- Flobots at KFMA Day in Tucson, Arizona on May 16, 2008. From left to right: Andy Guerrero, Jesse Walker, Jamie Laurie, Stephen Brackett, MacKenzie Gault
- Musical artist.landscape
- yes
- Musical artist.background
- group_or_band
- Musical artist.origin
- Denver, Colorado, US
- Musical artist.years_active
- 2000–present
- Musical artist.label
- Flobots Music, LLC (current) Universal Republic, Island Def Jam, Shanachie Records (former)
- Musical artist.website
- www.flobots.com
- Musical artist.current_members
- Jamie "Jonny 5" LaurieStephen "Brer Rabbit" Brackett Kenny "KennyO" Ortiz Andy "Rok" Guerrero
- Musical artist.past_members
- Joe FerroneMackenzie GaultAndrew "AK" NortonJesse Walker
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
17 sectionsContents
- History
- Origins (1996–2005)
- ''Platypus'' and ''Fight with Tools'' (2005–2008)
- ''Survival Story'' and ''The Circle in the Square'' (2009–2014)
- ''Noenemies'' (2015–present)
- Webcomics
- ''Rise of the Flobots''
- Band members
- Discography
- Studio albums
- Extended plays
- Singles
- Music videos
- Appearances in compilations
- Notes
- References
- External links
Flobots is an experimental hip hop band from Denver, Colorado, formed in 2005 by Jamie Laurie. The band's origins date back 5 years earlier to a similar project by Laurie. Flobots found mainstream success with their major label debut Fight with Tools (2007), featuring the single "Handlebars", which became a popular hit on Modern Rock radio in April 2008. The band has released four studio albums and one EP, with their latest Noenemies being released in May 2017.
==History== === Origins (1996–2005)=== The Flobots project started in the mid-1990s, with two albums self-released on cassette tape in 1996 and 1998. The personnel and aliases varied between the albums, but by the second album James Laurie was using the alias "Johnny Five". In 2000, James Laurie now going by "Jonny 5", teamed up with producer Farhad Ebrahimi, a.k.a. Yahktoe (who had contributed to the previous Flobots cassette as musician, producer and cover designer). Together they released Onomatopoeia in 2001 under the alias "Jonny 5 + Yak", and the title track ended up in a compilation by the MIT Songwriting Club at Yahktoe's alma mater. In that compilation, the band was still credited as "Flobots" (and as "Flobots (a.k.a. Jonny5 and Yak)" in the liner notes). The title track featured guitar player David Gralow, cello player Terrence Favors, and bass player Jaymz Haynes.