Jay
Siegan and Sean Healy Present
DIGITAL UNDERGROUND
While hip-hop was consumed by the hardcore, noisy political
rap of Public Enemy and the gangsta rap of N.W.A., Digital Underground
sneaked out of Oakland with their bizarre, funky homage to Parliament-Funkadelic.
Digital Underground built most of their music from P-Funk samples
and developed a similarly weird sense of style and humor, highlighted
by Shock-G's outrageous costumes and the whole band's parade
of alter egos. Of all these alter egos, Shock-G's Humpty Hump
-- a ridiculous comical figure with a Groucho Marx nose and
glasses and a goofy, stuttering voice -- was the most famous,
especially since he was immortalized on their breakthrough single,
"The Humpty Dance."
Over the course of their career, Digital Underground have featured
a numerous members, including Tupac, but throughout it all,
Shock-G has remained at their core, developing the band's sound
and style, which they had from the outset, as their 1990 debut,
Sex Packets, proved.
Sex Packets was an instant hit, thanks the loopy single "The
Humpty Dance," and while they never scaled such commercial
heights ever again, their role in popularizing George Clinton's
elastic funk made them one of the most important hip-hop groups
of their era.
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Date: Friday, October 17, 2003
Doors: 8:00pm
TICKET INFORMATION
night of show tickets: $22.00
no more advance tickets
some tickets will be available at the door tonight 8:00pm
RESTRICTIONS
21 and up only
2 drink minimum
no audio / video equipment aloud
limited seating availble.