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-DUSTY WALLETS-
"The Iggy Pop of Hip-Hop". Live shows are full of mic swinging, beer chugging, shirt ripping good times. A very eclectic mix of styles transformed into hip-hop, with a punk rock identity crisis. Picture Fugazi, meets the Wu-Tang Clan, or Black Flag, meets the Beastie Boys. No chains & guns rap here.
-BIO-
Jason Karr a.k.a. "Spark1duh?" was born to two young parents some might refer to as hippies, who although had no actual music instrument playing abilities, still instilled the love of music in the household. With his mother singing and recording songs with him as a child, a radio always on the 70's rock station somewhere in the house, and his grandmother playing country music on the acoustic guitar. He later moved next door to life-long friend Gene Louis of (Bullets & Octane), whose father was a well known jazz drummer and older brother was a teenager at the time, listening to all of the early 80's rock, pop, and rap. His first cassette tape was almost "Guns 'n' Roses- Appetite for Destruction, but his grandmother advised against it, and instead by a stroke of luck he snuck "The Beastie Boys"- License to Ill, under their radars. Although his love for hip-hop and rock music steadily grew, he quickly found himself immersed in skateboarding and the punk-rock music that dominated the scene at that time. "Punk was raw and angry and anti-everything almost, and that's how I felt. Like I had no connection to the world, and I was gonna change the rest of the world, to my liking. I've seen so many punk shows, I don't remember half of them. Fugazi, Circle Jerks, Sick of it All, Face to Face etc. This is when the mosh pits were war, and sometimes full of skinheads, trying to catch any random person unaware of their surroundings with a stray elbow or fist. Before I get all punk-righteous, I need to humble myself by telling you this, if you were wondering, my first concert ever was "Poison" for the "Open Up & Say Ahh" Tour. Before you laugh, remember, I was only 9 years old, so think about what you liked when you were nine, then you can judge me. I also was at the infamous G'N'R/ Skid Row riot concert in St. Louis, when I was in the 7th grade." From there I listened to everything from Ice Cube to Megadeth, from 2pac to Primus, Cypress Hill to Nine Inch Nails.etc. Anyways, eventually around 92' or 93', skateboarding was overtaken by the revival of East Coast style hip-hop, that was bringing more of a conscious vibe, with a jazz influence, and was totally speaking to me on a wave-length that the West Coast Rap, and Grunge Rock were not catering to any longer.
He bought "A Tribe Called Quest"- the Low End Theory, and "Wu-Tang Clan"- Enter the 36 Chambers and from there it was Nas, Biggie, Digable Planets, Jay-Z etc. The list goes on forever. I don't know what it was that drew me to Hip-Hop. I think aside from the infectious groove, it's the truthfulness of the lyrics. "That's the way it is, and it's like that."
