History Music / DeathGrips

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* LongTitle:
** "[[Music/BobDylan You might think he loves you for your money but I know what he really loves you for it's your brand new leopard skin pillbox hat]]", which is often abbreviated simply as "You Might Think", "Pillbox Hat" or sometimes just "Hat".
** "I Break Mirrors with My Face in the United States" also qualifies.

** "I Break Mirrors With My Face In The United States" is uninterrupted footage of the band rehearsing the song taken from cameras attached to the band members' wrists. The first time, it's shown from Andy's camera; then, the same footage is shown from Ride's camera.

*** The main riff of 'Come Up and Get Me' gets ''insanely'' syncopated around the middle before abruptly coming back at the end.
*** "Full Moon (Death Classic)" is crazily offbeat, having some parts where Ride ignores the rhythm entirely (i.e. the 'buck buck buck buck' bit).
*** The first verse and last hook of "You Might Think..." both seem to kind of ignore the rhythm behind them. (Additionally, it's in 6/8.)
*** The notes that the guitar plays in the verses and choruses in "Birds" are of incredibly uneven and unnatural lengths. Same with the synths in the second section of "Bootleg (Don't Need Your Help)".

* VisualPun: The upload of "Black Paint" on the official Death Grips [=YouTube=] channel features an image of someone dressed as the Grim Reaper holding a can of black paint. [[spoiler:Death grips black paint]].

-->''Please stay legend.''

* BadassBaritone:
** Ride, when he isn't screaming.
** Applies to Stefan as well when he's talking normally, like in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kWdpEnJfxI the Pitchfork interview.]]

* DreamTeam: Special guests have included Music/{{Bjork}}, [[Music/{{Primus}} Les Claypool]], Nick Reinhardt, [[Music/{{Tool}} Justin Chancellor]] and [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible Justice]] [[HarshNoise Yeldham]].

** Common in live shows, often involving "Takyon".

*** The digital turntable scratches at the end of "Cut Throat" segue quite nicely into the opening of "Klink", which starts with an analogue turntable scratch.

* AngryBlackMan: MC Ride, so much.

** "Eh," which (in keeping with the song's theme) the entire band phoned in.

** ''Year of the Snitch''; even the songs on the album can vary from one another (compare [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXM65yCN7Qg "Black Paint"]] to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2enV5WIjrRY "The Fear"]] or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J32L6dgbA-U "Streaky"]]).

** The physical release of ''No Love Deep Web'' packages the album in an outer black nylon bag to obscure the cover photo of Zack Hill's penis, borrowing a technique from both Music/RoxyMusic (for ''Music/CountryLife'', albeit with a green bag) and fellow Creator/HarvestRecords alum Music/PinkFloyd (for ''Music/WishYouWereHere'', also with a black bag).

** "Black Paint" is likely a reference to "[[Music/TheRollingStones Paint It Black]]".

* AngryBlackMan: MC Ride, [[UpToEleven so much]].

** ''Year of the Snitch'' takes this UpToEleven, as even the songs on the album can vary from one another (compare [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXM65yCN7Qg "Black Paint"]] to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2enV5WIjrRY "The Fear"]] or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J32L6dgbA-U "Streaky"]]).

** "No Love" is a PerformanceVideo with the footage split into two parts put up against each other; one part is completely tinted red, and the other is tinted green. Not to mention the sliding captions at the bottom that are in an order such as this: "on the first day I gave a fuck", "on the second day I did not give a fuck", "on the third day I gave a fuck". This then leads to the song and video sometimes being interrupted by a caption that reads: "[[UpTo11 1000%!!! I USED TO GIVE A FUCK]]" and a video-only metal-esque guitar riff.

* UpToEleven: To the point where anything below 11 is highly out of the blue. As [[WebVideo/TheNeedleDrop Anthony Fantano]] stated, when it comes to them, "everything becomes ''extreme.''"

* AwesomeMcCoolname: MC Ride

*** "I Want It I Need It" primarily samples Music/PinkFloyd's "Interstellar Overdrive".

Formed in December of 2010, Death Grips is an [[AlternativeHipHop experimental hip hop]] group that consists of rapper Stefan Burnett (aka MC Ride), drummer Zach Hill (of the band Music/{{Hella}}) and producer Andy Morin (sometimes referred to by the stage name Flatlander).

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent:
** The song "Birds" is weird, [[UpToEleven even for their standards.]] Partially because it's probably the ''least abrasive song they've ever made.''
** "Steroids" is a 20-minute gabber song.
** ''Gmail and the Restraining Orders'' is a half-hour full of extreme drumming and harsh noise, featuring skipping and repeating MC Ride soundbites that are akin to ''Government Plates''.
** Some of the ''Powers That B'' tracks ("On GP" comes to mind) [[OutOfGenreExperience go from the band's usual experimental rap style and goes into full-on rap rock.]] It's essentially something you'd find on ''Exmilitary'', but on steroids and crack.

Formed in December of 2010, Death Grips is an [[AlternativeHipHop experimental hip hop]] group that consists of rapper Stefan Burnett (aka MC Ride), drummer Zach Hill (of the band Music/{{Hella}}) and producer Andy Morin.

!!Discography

The band has a [[https://www.facebook.com/deathgripz Facebook]], [[https://twitter.com/bbpoltergiest Twitter]], and [[https://instagram.com/bbpoltergiest Instagram]]. Andy also has [[https://twitter.com/a_2_b_2 an individual Twitter]] and [[https://www.instagram.com/andy_morin/?hl=en an individual Instagram]]; Zach also has [[https://www.instagram.com/gottagoogle/?hl=en an individual Instagram]].

*** "Beware" closes with a sampled voicemail message that ends with "It goes, it goes, it goes, it goes, YUH!", which is the hook of the next track, "Guillotine".

* PowersThatBe: They have an double album called ''The Powers That B''.

* MinisculeRocking: "5D" and "Cut Throat", both off of ''Exmilitary''.
* MoodWhiplash: "Shitshow" off ''Year of the Snitch'' is sandwiched between "Hahaha" and "Streaky", making it a double whammy.

* SensoryAbuse: Sometimes, mostly on ''Exmilitary'', which is probably the loudest of their releases.
** The odd, screechy synth section towards the end of "Guillotine" stands out.
** The instrumental of "Punk Weight" is as abrasive as all hell, and sounds like it's being played through fucked-up speakers.

*** Most of their videos have intentional glitches and spaced-out effects, such as visual static. "Full Moon" and "Flies" are probably the most glaring examples of straight-on optical abuse, considering a good portion of the Ride footage in those videos is played while flickering intensely.

** "Shitshow" (which was actually removed from Youtube for its [[ToiletHumor 'sexually provocative content' and 'fetishes',]] and re-uploaded onto [[https://player.vimeo.com/video/276180877 Vimeo]], so obviously NSFW) contains a fuckload of weird and downright [[{{Squick}} disgusting]] imagery:

** "Shitshow" (which was actually removed from Youtube for its [[OhCrap 'sexually provocative content' and 'fetishes',]] and re-uploaded onto [[https://player.vimeo.com/video/276180877 Vimeo]], so obviously NSFW) contains a fuckload of weird and downright [[{{Squick}} disgusting]] imagery:

* ContemptibleCover: To the point of MemeticMutation in most cases.
** ''The Money Store'' features {{animesque}} art of a smoking female sadist holding a topless female masochist by a leash; the masochist is wearing a dog gimp mask and has the band name carved into her chest.
** ''NO LOVE DEEP WEB'', to much more controversy, showcased the album title written in marker across Zach Hill's erect penis.
*** Even the "clean" ''NLDW'' cover (a picture of a pair of socks with "SUCK MY DICK" embroidered on them) still fits here.

** "Death Grips (Next Grips)" and "Spread Eagle Cross The Block."

* WidgetSeries: They are most definitely a WAT.

* MohsScaleOfLyricalHardness: Usually close to the harder end of the scale, with the 9-10 range being ideal and common.
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Usually in the 7-10 range, with "Birds" and "Get Got" falling back to around a 4. Some of their songs go all the way to 11.

-->--'''"Death Grips (Next Grips)"'''