72-425: " Clown Prince " is a song by Australian hip-hop band, the Hilltop Hoods . It was released in January 2006 as the lead single from their fourth studio album, The Hard Road . "Clown Price" peaked at #30 in the ARIA charts, becoming the first Hilltop Hoods song to appear on the ARIA Singles Chart . The song also charted at #23 on the Triple J Hottest 100, 2006 list. The main bassline used for "Clown Prince"
144-612: A State of the Art track, it was released on 22 October with the eponymous single. Filmed mostly in Adelaide, the former Adelaide Gaol was used as a "key location". In late November 2011, the band premiered the single, " I Love It ", on the Triple J breakfast show. Featuring Sia , the song peaked at No. 6 on the ARIA chart and was the lead single from their sixth album, Drinking from
216-504: A bit less limited. So we're going to have some session musos come in on this one and stuff like that". The album was released on 12 June, with the lead single, " Chase That Feeling ", issued as a digital download on 8 May, and featured a return guest appearance by a quartet from the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. The album debuted at number one on the albums chart while "Chase That Feeling" peaked at No. 8 on
288-415: A guest verse on "Deaf Can Hear". The track is credited to Lambert, Smith, Francis, Hare and Torrence. The album was released independently but with financial assistance from Arts SA – the band were inspired, in 2005, to set up their own Hilltop Hoods Initiative, to help local artists. After the album appeared, DJ Next left the group and moved to Melbourne. In 2004 he moved to London . In 1999 Debris, who
360-505: A link to their website where the EP can be downloaded for free. In July 2012, the video for the third single, " Shredding the Balloon ", was published on the band's YouTube channel. Directed by Selina Miles of Unity Sound and Visual, the video had received nearly 1.5 million views as of 1 October 2014. The single was released on 20 July 2012. In August 2012, Triple J uploaded video footage of
432-554: A one-day festival, it was organised by local Phillip Island resident, Angus Cameron, and his two cousins. They had approached the Bass Coast Shire council with the proposal which took two years to develop. Cameron recalled that they had underestimated the cost of establishing the festival. Lineup : John Butler Trio , Grinspoon , Stereo MC's , Xavier Rudd , Scribe, The Datsuns , Cog , Butterfingers , DJ Format , The Butterfly Effect , The Herd , Clare Bowditch &
504-504: A post on their official Facebook & Instagram pages, and announced they were working on a third installment in their 'restrung' releases, following The Hard Road Restrung (2007) and Drinking from the Sun and Walking Under Stars Restrung (2016). Accompanying photos of both of their previous restrung album covers, was an image containing songs for the third installment. In 2022, Hilltop Hoods reunited with Montaigne and Tom Thum and released
576-465: A sample on Drinking from the Sun that refers to a band writing with the clear intention of formulating enough material for two albums: "They were recording enough for two albums; that was premeditated." The sample appears on the track, "The Thirst Pt. 3 (Interlude)". In April 2013, the Hilltop Hoods stated that the development of Walking Under Stars was "well underway", with the trio calling
648-671: Is a remix of their previous studio album, The Hard Road , featuring the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and Okwerdz. It peaked at No. 8 on the ARIA Albums Chart. Like its predecessor The Hard Road , it took out "Best Urban Release" at the ARIA Awards of 2007 , with the group going back-to-back in the category. The lead single from the album "Recapturing the Vibe Restrung", its video clip
720-676: Is an Australian hip hop group that formed in 1996 in Blackwood , Adelaide , South Australia . They are regarded as pioneers of the " larrikin -like" style of Australian hip hop . The group was founded by Suffa (Matthew David Lambert) and Pressure (Daniel Howe Smith), who were joined by DJ Debris (Barry John M. Francis) after fellow founder, DJ Next (Ben John Hare), left in 1999. The group released its first extended play , Back Once Again , in 1997 and have subsequently released eight studio albums, two "restrung" albums and three DVDs. Six of their eight albums have peaked at number one on
792-554: Is sampled from "Laying Pipe" by Pornosonic . It was previously used in a 70's pornographic film , featuring Ron Jeremy . You'd have to ask DJ Debris how that happened. I think it did come from his personal collection. I'm really putting him in it, aren't I? The film was called Laying Pipe; it's about a plumber. Some kind of theme movie, I'm told. I haven't seen it, but I've heard the audio. It's pretty funny. It also contains vocal samples of The Notorious B.I.G. 's "Things Done Changed" and A Tribe Called Quest 's "Excursions". A remix of
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#1732779683719864-603: The ARIA Music Awards of 2006 they won "Best Independent Release" and "Best Urban Album" for The Hard Road . In 2007 , they won "Best Urban Album" for their remix album , The Hard Road: Restrung (2007). They won the same category in 2009 for State of the Art and in 2012 for Drinking from the Sun . In 2009, Debris also won " Engineer of the Year " for his work on State of the Art . The band received their seventh ARIA award in 2014 when Walking Under Stars won in
936-506: The Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA) Albums Charts , recently setting the record for most No. 1 Albums by an Australian band or group: The Hard Road (2006), State of the Art (2009), Drinking from the Sun (2012), Walking Under Stars (2014), Drinking from the Sun, Walking Under Stars Restrung (2016) and The Great Expanse (2019). Three tracks have reached the top 10 on
1008-684: The 'Drinking from the Sun, Walking Under the Stars' at Perth Arena.I On 13 July 2018, Hilltop Hoods released single " Clark Griswold " with Adrian Eagle , an ode to the character from the National Lampoon's Vacation movies. On 23 November 2018, Hilltop Hoods released the single " Leave Me Lonely " and announced their forthcoming 2019 album The Great Expanse . The album, which features platinum single "Leave Me Lonely," gold selling ARIA Award-winning single "Clark Griswold" ft. Adrian Eagle, and new single "Exit Sign" ft. Illy and Ecca Vandal ,
1080-435: The 2012 Golden Era mixtape. Similar to the band's previous album releases, numerous collaborators appear on Walking Under Stars . Lambert explained on 5 August that "we [Hilltop Hoods] try to do it in the same room" when guest artists record and, for the seventh studio album, the band worked with Sabre, New Zealand soul singer Aaradhna, Brother Ali, Dan Sultan , Drapht, Canadian voice-over artist Dave Pettitt and One Above,
1152-619: The ARIA Singles Chart—" Chase That Feeling " (2009), " I Love It ", featuring Sia (2011) and "Higher", featuring James Chatburn (2015) — while a further two tracks — " Cosby Sweater " (2014) and " 1955 " (2016) — reached the top 5. "1955", featuring Montaigne & Tom Thum, peaked at number 2 in the Australian charts. Hilltop Hoods have toured both in Australia and overseas, including playing at music festivals: T in
1224-416: The Adelaide producer who also worked on Drinking from the Sun . Lambert explained to TheMusic.com.au website that Sultan is a "gifted" artist who the band loves "as a person as well", and "it was really good to work with [Brother] Ali, who's an artist that we admire so much." Walking Under Stars debuted in the number-one position of the ARIA album charts during the week beginning 11 August 2014, providing
1296-471: The Animal Logic animation company; and independent Melbourne, Australia, film-maker Carl Allison. In January 2012, the group "leaked" a song from the sixth album following the emergence of interest on their Facebook page: "Let's have some fun. If we get 5000 likes on this post we're going to leak a track off Drinking from the Sun "—they received more than 7,500 likes within 10 minutes. Surprised with
1368-586: The Best Urban Album category at the 28th ARIA Awards. Two of Hilltop Hoods' founders first met in early 1990s when MC Suffa (aka Matthew David Lambert) and Pressure (Daniel Howe Smith) attended Blackwood High School in Eden Hills – a suburb of Adelaide. In 1996 they joined up with DJ Next (Ben John Hare) through a mutual friend and formed an Australian hip hop group. Their name was supplied by fellow local MC Flak (from Cross Bred Mongrels) –
1440-727: The Bros , Faker , Lior , Karnivool , Crazy Penis , TZU , True Live , Mia Dyson , Ash Grunwald , That 1 Guy , Sunk Loto , The Casanovas , Bomba , Bertie Blackman , Foreign Heights , K-Oscillate, Carus and The True Believers , Behind Crimson Eyes , The Josh Owen Band, Rob Sawyer , Jess McAvoy , The Loose Cannons, The Spazzy's , Bliss n Eso , Something with Numbers , The Red Eyes , Illzilla , Mammal , Sub Focus , Ben Quin , Durbeyfield, Lowrider , Digital Primate , Simon Sleiker , Bushido , The Legs , The Long Walk Home , Crimson Flames , Mushroom Giant , Des Peres , Dj Cecille , Lui Vegas, CWQ (Street performance) The 2006 festival
1512-687: The Canadian cities, Vancouver, Montreal, Calgary and Toronto; the tour was scheduled to end in Los Angeles on 9 May 2013. However, on 23 February 2013, the hip hop group announced the indefinite postponement of the entire tour due to a "serious family matter". The Hilltop Hoods were also one of the bands on the "Concerts" roster for the V8 Clipsal 500 Adelaide car racing event, held between 28 February 2013 and 3 March 2013—other Australian hip hop artists, such as Drapht and Vents , also performed at
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#17327796837191584-878: The Feeding Set, Sonic Animation , The Panics , Epicure , Airbourne , The Flairz , MO Black , The Morning Birds, Willow, Seven, The Restless, Custom Kings, Muph & Plutonic, British India , Ben Quin , Love Outside Andromeda, Trial Kennedy , Bodyjar , Art of Fighting , Gyroscope , Finkel has Fallen , Irix, Daytime, CWQ, N'FA (1200 Techniques) MC Trey & Maya Jupiter, Kid Confucius, Treva Whateva, Andy Smith, Tom Middleton, Bent DJ's, DJ Charlie Love, Lui, Daybreak Giants, MO Black, Cannon, Emdee, Gersey, Matt McLean vs Soren, Hermitude, Evil Nine, Spikey Tee, DJ Hype & MC Daddy Earl, Deep Child Lineup : The Living End , Silverchair , Xavier Rudd , Ugly Duckling , Evermore , The Freestylers , End of Fashion , Mylo Dj Set, The Grates , The Beautiful Girls , Brant Bjork and
1656-564: The Fuglemen. "Mankind Must Suffa" is credited to Lambert, Smith, Francis and Bradley. Back Once Again is out of print and unavailable for retail purchase. The group's debut studio album, A Matter of Time , was released in 1999 on CD only. As with Back Once Again , it is now unavailable for retail purchase. All scratching / turntablism is performed by DJ Next, a track, "Let Me Show You", has no vocals – solely showcasing his turntable skills. American MC Bukue One (Tion Torrence) appears for
1728-477: The Hilltop Hoods were one of two headlines acts (the other was American band, Blondie ) for the 2012 "Global Edition" of the popular Australian music, film, comedy and arts festival, Homebake . A North American "Drinking From The Sun" tour was announced in late February 2013 and the band revealed that it would perform in American cities such as Seattle (the tour's debut location), New York and San Francisco, and
1800-601: The Hip Hop Act of the Year Award at the Australian Dance Music Awards and again at the 3D World Music Awards in 2001 and 2002. In 2001 the group's second album, Left Foot, Right Foot , was released with Lambert, Francis and M. Veraquth producing. On 22 September 2003, Hilltop Hoods released their third album, The Calling , which became a commercial breakthrough. In an interview after
1872-668: The Park , Oxegen , the Big Day Out , Clipsal 500 , Southbound , The Great Escape , Splendour in the Grass , Bassinthegrass , Groovin' The Moo , Falls Festival , Pyramid Rock Festival , Rollercoaster , Come Together Festival and Make Poverty History . The band hold the record for the most recurrent artist in the history of the Triple J Hottest 100 , with 23 songs voted into the annual countdowns since their first appearance in 2003. At
1944-506: The Pharaoh's Annex featured lesser-known local acts, and in the later evening, the more dance-oriented acts of the festival. There was also a variety of market stalls. With declining attendees that stemmed from the embarrassing failure at the 2009/2010 festival to perform a New Year countdown and the last-minute cancellation of numerous acts, the festival was shelved for 2013 and as of September that year its promoters were "exploring options for
2016-502: The South Australian DMC championships multiple times. Hilltop Hoods recorded a demo, Highlanders , which was released on cassette tape only. As well as Pressure and Suffa on vocals, the group included MC Summit aka DJ Sum-1, but he did not appear on later Hilltop Hoods work. The group's first official release in 1997, available on vinyl and cassette only, was a seven-track extended play, Back Once Again . Production
2088-526: The Sun , which was released on 9 March 2012. During December 2011, they supported Eminem and Lil Wayne during the Australian leg of Eminem's world tour. The song has since been certified 4× Platinum by ARIA, denoting sales of more than 280,000 units. Three music videos for "I Love It" were published online in December 2011 by DJ Debris. Three versions were commissioned by the band, involving three different directors: Nash Edgerton of Blue Tongue Films;
2160-1009: The Sun , Van She , Grinspoon , Regurgitator , The Butterfly Effect , Cat Power , The Cat Empire , Ugly Duckling , Architecture in Helsinki , Faker , The Beautiful Girls , AMP Fiddler , Blue King Brown , Krafty Kuts , British India , The Drones , Tame Impala , Baddies , The Boxer Rebellion , Bluejuice , Grafton Primary , Clare Bowditch , Something With Numbers , Funkoars , Bumblebeez , Kram , Dead Letter Circus , Ponytail , Telepathe , The Juan Maclean , Phrase , The Fumes , Astronomy Class , Dallas Frasca , Sugar Army , Skipping Girl Vinegar , We Have Band, Cassette Kids , Red Riders , Sinden , Tom Ugly , Shockone , Diafrix , Jack Beats , Canyons , The Swiss , Bang Bang Eche , Bonjah , MM9 , Regular John , Calling All Cars , Red Ink, Melodics , The Smoke , Chestwig , DJ Cecille , In Sol Inside After almost three days of running as scheduled, three hours before New Year's Eve 2009,
2232-512: The United Kingdom, New Zealand and Benelux, while Golden Era continues its partnership with Fontana for the US release. Walking Under Stars was conceived before Drinking From the Sun was written and Lambert referred to the former as "a companion piece" in an August 2014 interview. Lambert also explained that "I'm a Ghost" is four-years-old, while a segment of "Brainbox" originally appeared on
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2304-519: The album Drinking from the Sun "part two"—the latter received a double platinum sales certification in the same month. Additionally, American clothing company Zoo York announced a partnership with the Hilltop Hoods in April 2013, in preparation for the brand's 20th-anniversary celebrations in 2014. Lambert explained: "We've always been fans of Zoo York, they understand hip hop culture, and that's why we can't wait to work with them." On 21 June 2014—after
2376-457: The band members and the difficulties of being in a relationship with touring musicians. The single's musical content features Italian singer Zucchero Fornaciari singing a rendition of Ph.D's hit " I Won't Let You Down ". During the band's performance at the 2014 Splendour in the Grass festival, held from 25 to 27 July in Byron Bay , Australia, Lambert exclaimed to the audience prior to
2448-597: The band successfully received the 20,000 likes they requested for a Facebook post—the first preview of Walking Under Stars , titled "The Art of the Handshake", was uploaded to the band's SoundCloud profile —the song is the fourth on the album's track-list. Lambert revealed on 6 August that the song was inspired by the Notes to Self song "All of the Above", which reminded him of "the ridiculous handshakes" of his youth. As part of
2520-422: The band with their fourth chart-topping album since The Hard Road in April 2006. As of 16 August 2014, the Hilltop Hoods have garnered a total of six weeks at the top of the ARIA charts from four number-one albums, three of which are Golden Era Records releases. During the promotion for a national Australian tour in late August 2014, the band revealed that a secret release will "manifest itself" in 2015 and will be
2592-467: The band: "While many loved it, plenty of Hoods fans at the very least declared it a radio friendly single that had little to do with hip-hop. Others outright disliked it." Lambert explained in media interviews during the week prior to the album's release that the song was recorded at the Red Bull Studios in both London, UK and New York City, US, while the lyrical content is about the partners of
2664-626: The culmination of a multi-album creative project that began with Drinking From The Sun . "Won't Let You Down" was performed live on the Australian AFL Footy Show television program on 7 August 2014, during an episode that was filmed in Adelaide. The music video for "Won't Let You Down" was published on the Hilltop Hoods YouTube channel on 19 August 2014. Directed by Richard Coburn of the Kojo production company,
2736-564: The event. The group performed at the 2014 occurrence of the Australian festival Splendour in the Grass, performing alongside other musicians, such as Illy , Outkast , and Lily Allen . The band announced an August–September 2014 North American tour in June 2014—including dates in Vancouver and Toronto, Canada, and San Francisco, US—with Minnesota , US, artist Sims , from Doomtree . Pyramid Rock Festival The Pyramid Rock Festival
2808-514: The festival to return in 2014". As of September 2020 this 'exploration' had still not resulted in any success. Lineup : Regurgitator , Dallas Crane , Magic Dirt , The Butterfly Effect , Resin Dogs , Cog , Dexter presents The Shook Daily Crew, The Casanovas, Nubreed, 2 Dogs, Bliss n Eso, Offcuts, Baggsmen, Antiskeptic, True Live, The Red Eyes, Ben Quin, The Format, Willow, Small Mercies, The Gravy Train and more. Originally held on 31 December as
2880-494: The festival was hit by a severe electrical storm on Phillip Island, although a much bigger storm hit the Fall's Festival that same night, which was incident-free. Organisers and bands in conjunction with security and emergency services personnel decided that moving the acts to the Pharaoh's Annex would be unsafe. Attendees who paid $ 300 for tickets to the event claimed "a lack of communication" left thousands of festival-goers stranded in
2952-445: The first Australian hip hop album to achieve platinum status. In March 2012, it re-entered the chart and peaked at No. 50 – eight-and-a-half years after its first release. It featured two singles, " The Nosebleed Section " and " Dumb Enough ", which were listed in the Triple J Hottest 100, 2003 . "The Nosebleed Section" was ranked No. 17 in the Triple J Hottest 100 of All Time in 2009. Hilltop Hoods' chart and commercial success
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3024-591: The group's tribute to Beastie Boys ' member, Adam "MCA" Yauch , who died in May 2012. The group selected " So What'cha Want ", from Beastie Boys' album, Check Your Head . In late September, the music video for "Rattling the Keys to the Kingdom" was published online. It featured numerous Australian hip-hop artists, including Drapht , Urthboy , Def Wish Cast, Dazastah, Layla, Maya Jupiter and Hunter. The band explained in
3096-466: The group's first top 5 ARIA single on 15 November 2014, during the fourth, Australian stage of the world tour, on the same date as the group's Melbourne performance at the Rod Laver Arena . "Cosby Sweater" was also performed at the 28th ARIA Awards ceremony on 26 November 2014, where the band also won the Best Urban Album award. On 30 April 2016, Hilltop Hoods performed their final concert of
3168-531: The group's rise in success and popularity. Also late in the year the band won the J Award for best album of the year from Triple J. They performed the Homebake Festival and Falls Festival before the end of the year. The Hard Road received the AIR Award for Best Independent Hip Hop/Urban Release in 2007. On 12 May 2007, Hilltop Hoods released their next album The Hard Road: Restrung which
3240-500: The magnitude of the response, the band subsequently posted: "Wow. Give me a minute." and posted a link to a new track, " Rattling the Keys to the Kingdom ", on YouTube shortly afterward. " Rattling the Keys to the Kingdom " was certified Gold by ARIA in 2018. Drinking from the Sun became their third number-one album in Australia and also charted on the New Zealand Albums Chart top 40. In mid-April 2012,
3312-550: The music video for "Speaking in Tongues", the album's second single, was published online. Directed by Toby Grimes, the video features Chali 2na and graffiti murals from Brisbane , Australia, artist Sofles. On 10 May 2012, Hilltop Hoods issued a new EP, The Good Life in the Sun , to celebrate the launch of the 'Speaking in Tongues Tour', which includes tracks from Drinking from the Sun remixed by Suffa. The post contained
3384-490: The official Hilltop Hoods Twitter and Facebook pages, following their Best Urban Album win at the 2012 ARIA Awards ceremony. The band's Facebook post read: So it's now one year to the day since we dropped 'I Love It' and started the 'Drinking from the Sun' journey. Thanks to everyone that's supported us over the last 12 months, it's been amazing. We hope you join us late next year for 'Walking Under Stars'. Thankyou, Suffa, Pressure & Debris The announcement corresponds with
3456-532: The pouring rain for hours. Performances by Empire of the Sun, Grinspoon, The Butterfly Effect and Van She were delayed, moved and then abruptly cancelled after the storm damaged lighting and sound equipment on the main stage. Lineup : N.E.R.D , The Temper Trap , Arrested Development , Chromeo , Xavier Rudd , Gyroscope , Midnight Juggernauts , Mystery Jets , Little Red , Trentemoller , Operator Please , Light Speed Champion, Miami Horror , Built to Spill , Shout out louds, Aeroplane, Tinie Tempah , Future of
3528-417: The production notes for the video: Not only did we want to do something unifying, we also wanted to use the platform we have to promote artists that we think deserve more exposure. Of course, not everyone involved in the filmclip needs exposure, as many of the artists involved have huge followings in their own right. But having these artists involved in the filmclip just further serves to unify and consolidate
3600-676: The related singles chart. By 2010 State of the Art was certified 2× platinum for shipment of 140,000 units. In early 2009 the Hilltop Hoods performed at the Groovin the Moo festival in Townsville , Maitland and Bendigo . They also performed at Triple J's One Night Stand in Sale, Victoria on 30 May, and at Fat as Butter festival in Newcastle on 25 October where they played several of
3672-636: The release of their fourth album, Suffa revealed that The Calling was recorded on his mother's computer and the simplicity of their 'studio' is the reason why some of the music on the album is in monaural ('mono') sound. The Calling entered the ARIA Albums Chart in March 2004 and reached No. 53 before exiting the top 100 in September of the same year. By December 2006 it was certified platinum for shipment of 70,000 units, becoming
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#17327796837193744-613: The same year, Hilltop Hoods performed at the Bass in the Grass music festival in Darwin alongside fellow hip hop group, The Herd . That same day they issued a second single, the title track from the album. Its video includes fellow members from the Certified Wise Crew – Cross Bred Mongrels, Terrafirma and Funkoars. Following the success of The Hard Road Tour in early 2006, the Hilltop Hoods began their second national tour for
3816-408: The scene ... We need to point out that this is by no means a representation of every relevant artist involved in the culture past or present. It's more a cross-section of who we have contact with, who was available and so on. In November 2012, Hilltop Hoods performed a live show on UStream and announced that the title of the group's next album would be Walking Under Stars —this was then confirmed on
3888-467: The sentiment in "Speaking in Tongues", is "very important" to the band. The band announced the release date for Walking Under Stars as 8 August 2014 in mid-July and, while the album is a Golden Era Records recording, Universal Music Australia acquired the exclusive licensing rights for the domestic market—Universal will also use the license to distribute the album in Canada, Austria, Germany, Switzerland,
3960-442: The song "A Whole Day's Night" on 26 August 2022. Hilltop Hoods have toured both in Australia and overseas, including playing at music festivals: T in the Park , Oxegen , the Big Day Out , Adelaide 500 , Southbound , The Great Escape , Splendour in the Grass , Bassinthegrass , Groovin' The Moo , Falls Festival , Pyramid Rock Festival , Rollercoaster , Come Together Festival and Make Poverty History . On 8 December 2012,
4032-458: The song "Speaking in Tongues", from the Drinking from the Sun album: The Hilltop Hoods do not give a fuck what race you are! The Hilltop Hoods do not give a fuck what religion you are! The Hilltop Hoods do not give a fuck what sex you are! The Hilltop Hoods do not give a fuck what sexuality you are! We are one people under the music! Lambert explained that his announcement, a reaffirmation of
4104-421: The song featuring the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra was also released on the Hilltop Hoods' 2007 remix album The Hard Road: Restrung . The music video for the song solely features animation. All tracks are written by Matthew Lambert ( Suffa ), Daniel Smith ( Pressure ), Barry Francis ( DJ Debris ) and Don Argott Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. Hilltop Hoods Hilltop Hoods
4176-463: The songwriting process, Lambert spent a day researching the status of the handshake in countries such as Sweden and India. The album's first official single, "Won't Let You Down"—featuring Irish singer Maverick Sabre —was released on 27 June 2014. Writing for the Faster Louder website, Matt Shea revealed in early August that the first single was met with a mixed reaction from existing fans of
4248-497: The suburb of Blackwood is known by locals as the Hilltop. The band's influences include American hip hop artists: Notorious B.I.G. , KRS-One , Gang Starr , Wu-Tang Clan and Public Enemy . At live shows DJ Next was the group's DJ , for recording he contributed audio engineering and all the scratching / turntablism on their early works. He regularly competed in the local DMC World DJ Championships (DMC) tournaments, winning
4320-525: The top 30 on the related ARIA Singles Chart. It featured guest verses from New York rapper, Omni, and British MCs, Mystro and Braintax . The Hilltop Hoods received the inaugural Australian Independent Record (AIR) Award for Independent Artist of the Year and Best Performing Independent Album for The Hard Road in 2006. The track, "The Blue Blooded", is a collaboration with Australian MCs: Funkoars, Hau from Koolism , Mortar, Vents, Drapht , Muph & Plutonic , Pegz and Robby Balboa. On 27 April of
4392-462: The tracks from the album. To promote its release the band started a national tour starting on 18 July and performed at most major cities including state capitals. The second national tour that year followed on 11 November with support provided by Vents. On 28 July 2010, Hilltop Hoods completed work on a zombie movie, Parade of the Dead , that the group wrote, filmed, and starred in. Using the title from
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#17327796837194464-474: The video features a narrative in which manufactured pigs heads are used. The music video for the "Cosby Sweater" single was released on the Hilltop Hoods YouTube channel while the group was engaged in the third stage of their 2014 world tour in North America. Published on 15 September, the video was again directed by Coburn and also features Golden Era artists Briggs , K21 and Trials. The single became
4536-470: The year, The Stopping All Stations Tour, which visited more regional areas of Australia as well as the capital cities. They were supported by Koolism and Mystro. Late that year, Hilltop Hoods released their third single from the album, "What a Great Night". The video shows the group at a club with camera shots panning up and down to reveal a new location. It used special effects and is one of the most expensive video clips for an Australian hip hop group, mirroring
4608-489: Was a turning point in the Australian Hip Hop scene because it demonstrated widespread support for the genre that reached beyond an underground fan base. On 1 April 2006, the group followed with their fourth album, The Hard Road , which peaked at number one. It was the first Australian hip hop album to do so. It was certified gold within a week of being released. Its lead single, " Clown Prince ", reached
4680-499: Was also a member of the Cross Bred Mongrels, replaced Next and became the Hilltop Hoods' full-time DJ. Hilltop Hoods founded the Certified Wise Crew – a hip-hop collaborative – with local groups Terra Firma, Cross Bred Mongrels and After Hours. Certified Wise Crew has since expanded to include MCs Trauma, Blockade, Kolaps, Flea, with Vents and Funkoars joining in later years. Hilltop Hoods received two nominations for
4752-513: Was an Australian New Year's Eve camp-out rock music festival at Ventnor on Phillip Island . The original festival in 2004 was organised by local resident, Angus Cameron, and his two cousins. Beginning as a single day, from its second year it was run over two nights with two stages – the Main Stage, and the Pharaoh's Annex. The Main Stage hosted the major local and international acts, while
4824-1229: Was announced on Monday 10 September, with the second line-up announcement being made on Tuesday 23 October. The Black Keys and Fun Lovin' Criminals were also due to play, but cancelled in late December. Lineup : The Black Keys (USA), The Living End , The Getaway Plan , Morcheeba (UK), Cut Copy , Fat Freddy's Drop (NZ), Midnight Juggernauts , The Vines , Stars (CAN), Digitalism (GER), Ladyhawke (NZ), Karnivool , Gyroscope , The Teenagers (FRA), The Herd , Dr. Dog (USA), Birds of Tokyo , Bob Evans , The Mess Hall , Little Red , Salmonella Dub (NZ), The Black Seeds (NZ), Resin Dogs , Platinum Pied Pipers (USA), Behind Crimson Eyes , Frightened Rabbit (UK), Drapht , Muph & Plutonic , Yo Majesty (USA), Bang Gang DJ's , Mammal , Children Collide , DJ Vadim & Yarah Bravo (USA), Downsyde , The Paper Scissors , Yves Klein Blue , Carus and The True Believers , Good Buddha , The Galvatrons , The Red Sun Band , Sugar Army , Beni, Kato and Oohee, Bonjah , The Scientists of Modern Music , Funkoars , Sunshine Brothers , Roger That , Hercules In NY , The Jezabels , Twelve Foot Ninja Lineup : Empire of
4896-409: Was handled by DJ Debris (Barry John M Francis), turntablism and audio engineering by DJ Next, vocals by Pressure and Suffa. The third track, "Shades of Grey", features Debris with a verse, and was co-written by Francis, Hare, Lambert and Smith. Fifth track, "Mankind Must Suffa" also features a guest verse from Quromystix (aka Quro , Andrew Michael Bradley) – a member of Finger Lickin' Good and later
4968-700: Was on high rotation on rage and jtv . That year the group performed at the Southbound Festival (WA), The Great Escape at Newington Armory over Easter, and embarked on a UK tour with a Sydney-based string quartet. They finished the year by headlining the Pyramid Rock Festival on Victoria's Phillip Island over New Year's Eve 2007. In 2008 they performed at the Big Day Out festivals, at Glastonbury Festival and Islington Academy in London. In December their DVD, The City of Light ,
5040-463: Was released and was nominated as Best Music DVD at the 2008 ARIA Awards . Hilltop Hoods left their longtime home of Obese Records to start their own label, Golden Era Records, to release their future material. In November 2008 Pressure announced on Triple J 's breakfast program that the next studio album, State of the Art , would be recorded with session musicians: "We realised with this one after doing Restrung and having an orchestra that we were
5112-488: Was released on 22 February 2019 and debuted at No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Charts. The chart debut made it the group's sixth number one, setting a new ARIA record for most No. 1 Albums by an Australian band or group. In March 2022, the Hilltop Hoods have released a new single with US soul singer Eamon "Show Business". On 15 May 2022, Hilltop Hoods celebrated the 15th anniversary of The Hard Road Restrung with
5184-996: Was the largest to date, with estimates of the crowd being as high as 15,000. Lineup : Hilltop Hoods , Grinspoon , The Cat Empire , You Am I , Apsci , Sneaky Sound System , Scribe, Chromeo , The Matches , Spank Rock , Shihad , Josh Pyke , Little Birdy , People Under The Stairs , Cog , Blue King Brown , Kora , Kisschasy , Buck 65 , True Live vs Bliss N Eso , The Audreys , Howling Bells , Wolf & Cub , That 1 Guy , Ash Grunwald , Airbourne , British India , Dappled Cities Fly , Koolism , Horsell Common , Caged Baby , APSC, Mammal, Dallas Frasca , The Scare , Symbiosis , The Exploders , Young and Restless , Damn Arms , Lowrider , Bluejuice , Dardanelles , The Getaway Plan , Loren , Ben Quin , The Go Set , Ghostwood , The Currency, Sparkadia, Plastic Palace Alice, DJ Perplex , Spikey Tee , Smash Bang , Nic Nac , Bass Bin Laden vs Farmer Suitical , And Burn The initial line-up
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