Two (2) emcees and a band from St. Louis, Missouri. Hip Hop and Rock, infused with Jazz and Funk.

19 MP3 Songs
HIP HOP/RAP: Alternative Hip Hop, ROCK: Modern Rock



Details:
Line Up
BC: vocals
So'N'So : vocals
johnny.prophet: bass guitar
TK: lead guitar
Zoe Prophet: drums

With hip-hop roots like a hundred-year oak, and a nu-metal bite that tears through any hip-hop preconception, the steely-eyed quintet from South St. Louis known as Midwest Avengers has returned with some chromed-out speed funk.

More Bad Brains than Brand New Heavies, their music is as at home on both alt-rock and progressive hip-hop stages. The vocalists/emcees were all that was left of the all-emcee version of Midwest Avengers. After creative dissonance and deaths of two of the group members, something needed to change, and choosing between hip-hop's 'keep it real' elitism and the industry's preference for high-polish was limiting their vision.

In 2004, just before the all-emcee version dispanded, they released "Bounce," a scorching track remixed by Midwest Avengers with rap-rock Mr. I. The song won several cage matches on the (former)105.7 The Pointe, and was #1 on the station for two weeks, beating out national acts like Rage against the Machine and Smashing Pumpkins.

During a two year hiatus, BC and So'n'So recruited bassist johnny.prophet, guitarist TK, and drummer Zo for a new version of Midwest Avengers, one where the band is the group, and not just playing music behind the emcees. Today, with over 50 new songs and a 19-track CD, Evil Superheroes, Midwest Avengers are reborn, and here to rock you.