ARTIST - Real Industry Assassins

Founded

2/2003

City

Cleveland, OH

About

We are regional touring group totally independent from Cleveland, Ohio.. 2005-2008 We have opened up for many groups/ national acts like, Kottonmouth Kings, ICP, Tech N9ne, Paul Wall, Mike Jones, John Cena, Head P.E. , D12, Common, Method Man, Ghost Face Killah, Ying Yang Twins, Ray Cash, Bone Thugs 'n' Harmony, Bizzy Bone, and Many Many More In April of 2006 Released first album Battleground Sold 3456 copies to date In May of 2006 Nominated Hip Hop/Rap Group of The Year Scene Magazine (Village Voice) In July of 2006 headlined one night a Peabody's Downunder for CMJ In August of 2006 Won Gorilla Productions Battle of The Bands Cleveland, Ohio In September of 2006 headlined one night for Cleveland Music Festival In Feb of 2007 we were nominated best hip hop/rap group in Cleveland by the Freetimes Magazine In May of 2007 we were nominated Rap group of the year by Scene Magazine (Village Voice) In June of 2007 we did a small tour run with Tech N9ne. In July of 2007 we placed second in an online video contest called famecast.com In August of this year we played ICP's Annual Gathering of the Juggalos In Oct. of this 2007 we released a CD on our own called "Destruction" it has features on it from the likes of Tech N9ne (Strange Music), Potluck (Suburban Noize Records), Waylon Jevis of Mushroomhead (Mega Force) and Loki (Detrimental Records). The CD has so far been successful as far as an independent level is concerned. We have sold 1200 copies locally and I know this is not a huge amount compared to some national artists. (Which we could re-release on your label) Feb of 2008 nominated again by the Freetimes for hip hop/ rap group of the year. We have started in the studio on the follow-up album to that CD called "Inspiration Isn't Cheap" which already has a feature on it from Bizzy Bone (Virgin Records).

Band Members

Shawn Walker - Rapper
Nyland Coughlin - Rapper
Dave Tatowitz - Rapper
Victor Ross - Rapper
John Sustar - DJ/Producer

Styles

Underground Rap, Hardcore Rap, Rap-Metal, Turntablism

Sounds Like

Insane Clown Posse, Kottonmouth Kings, Tech N9ne, Paul Wall

Influences

Insane Clown Posse, Beastie Boys, Twiztid, House of Pain, Mushroomhead

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