La Rock Inc. Collective profile picture

La Rock Inc. Collective

About Me


LRI GOES ALL OUT WITH ADVERTISING:
12 Deep was a blog series designed to spotlight the artists who appeared on the Necker Cube 2 compilation. We will do this again in the future for Necker Cube 3.
READ ALL 26! BROWSE THE "12 DEEP" ARCHIVES!
1: JLR/MM & DEAF BY ARMS COLLABO RECORDING SESSION
2: SOAPBOX PROPHET RECORDING SESSION
3: JLR & CHRISMICK MIXDOWN SESSION
4: JLR'S NECKER CUBE 2 TOUR ALBUM
5: FURFACE'S NC2 TOUR ALBUM
6: DBA'S NC2 TOUR ALBUM
7: DBA IN THE STUDIO
NEW! 8: LRI COMMERCIAL VIDEO
NECKER CUBE 2 AVAILABLE NOW ON CD OR AS AN MP3 DOWNLOAD!
ALSO AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FROM iTUNES!
ORDER THE FIRST NECKER CUBE ON CD - RELEASED IN 2007!
ABOUT US
LRI was formed by Johnny La Rock (Eddie Fleisher) as a plan to help promote his own projects as well as his friends' music. It's purpose is to expose GOOD music and to show people that there's really alot going on in Cleveland, if people would just look for it. It's like a collective that also happens to release music too. With so much to do, Fleisher joined forces with Aaron Donahoo (aka Mush Mouth) on the project, who acts as the label's VP - bringing his solid Sales skills to the mix. Mush is the social one, La Rock is the man behind the scenes. They make all major decisions together. Chris Mick (or chrismick) serves as the dude who helps Fleisher to make things sound good - CM is an audio genius. Vinnie Furman (aka FURFACE) designs amazing looking album covers, merch, and other things Fleisher (who also designs stuff) isn't fancy enough for. The DBA crew takes care of posting flyers everywhere. And, last but not least, Pugmaster Pokey acts as a security guard, although not a very good one :)
CURRENT LRI ARTISTS
chrismick - Sampler Soul
FURFACE - Synthesized Love Making
Mush Mouth - Funky Hip-Hop
MC Homeless - Political Rhymer
Johnny La Rock - Prog-Rap
Presque Vu - Post-Rap
Deaf By Arms - Def Jam Had Slayer...
The Revisitor (Formerly $¥$™F©K®) - Psychedelic Raps
Soapbox Prophet - Folk-Punk
INACTIVE ARTISTS:
Johnny La Rock & Mush Mouth - Old School Rap Jams
SUPER FRIENDS OF LRI
The following aren't signed to LRI, but appear on our Necker Cube compilations (either Volume 1 or Volume 2): Subroc (a former LRI artist) , MC Lars , Dual Core , Wombat, AmeriKKKan Hostage ( Davey Dreadnot & DJ Shortrock ), Domer , Ill Poetic , Ceschi , Prof. Falcon, David Ramos , The Dad Of Rock f/ Jarmara, The Electric Grandmother , Square Wail , Bobby Exodus , Leeni , The Long Haul , Swordplay , Parsley Flakes , PT Burnem , Spoken Nerd , and The Woovs . Obviously, we think they're amazing, and so should you.
DEMOS
We are currently NOT accepting any demos, as our workload is going to be intense with upcoming releases. Sorry.
CATALOG
BE SURE TO VISIT THE LRI ONLINE STORE @ CDBABY.COM !
NOTE: The first 5 LRI releases are now out of print. They were comprised of mostly One Day We Die releases (an indie rock band featuring people who would become Johnny La Rock & Mush Mouth and Subroc), as well as a collection of Johnny La Rock solo electronic tracks, and a JLR/MM Live @ Midnight Mixer instrumental set. We no longer carry these. Our current catalog consists of the following....
- LRI006 Johnny La Rock & Mush Mouth How To Survive.. CD EP [2005]
- LRI007 Subroc Duck & Cover CD EP [2005]
- LRI008 Johnny La Rock & Mush Mouth Hip-Hop Needs Us CD EP [2006]
- LRI009 Various Artists The Necker Cube Volume One CD [2007]
- DIYBANDITS* MC Homeless Trapped Under An Ohio Sky CD [2007]
* = Not an LRI release, we're assisting with promo.
- LRI010 Various Artists The Necker Cube Volume Two CD/MP3 [2008]
NC2 also available from iTunes!
- LRI011 Mush Mouth To Be Continued CD EP [2009]
- LRI012 Soapbox Prophet Sermons On The Subtleties Of Love And Hate CD EP [2009]
- LRI013 Presque Vu Capgras CD LP [2009]
PLEASE NOTE: Discs that don't have a link to order online are only available at shows for that artist.
MUSH MOUTH, SOAPBOX PROPHET, AND PRESQUE VU'S DEBUT RELEASES WILL BE AVAILABLE ONLINE - IN BOTH PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL FORM - SOON!
IN THE FUTURE:
Deaf By Arms - Makeshifting The Arts LP CD/Digital
FURFACE - Debut EP CD/Digital
Various Artists - Necker Cube 3 LP CD/Digital
PRESS:
JLR/MM - ALTERNATIVE PRESS TOP UNSIGNED ARTISTS
JLR/MM - FREE TIMES ARTIST OF THE WEEK
PUNK PLANET REVIEW OF JLR/MM'S HIP-HOP NEEDS US
JLR PICKS FAVE CD'S FOR SCENE
FREE TIMES REVIEW OF JLR/MM'S HIP-HOP NEEDS US
SCENE REVIEW OF JLR/MM'S HIP-HOP NEEDS US
SCENE NYE SPECIAL WITH JLR
SCENE STORY ON NECKER CUBE 1
FREE TIMES STORY ON NECKER CUBE 1
SCENE REVIEW OF NECKER CUBE 1
MC HOMELESS' PINK UNICORNS - SCENE BEST OF '06
JLR/MM PROFILE FOR SCENE MUSIC FEST
THE PHOENIX STORY ON MC HOMELESS
AC INTERVIEW WITH MC HOMELESS
GAME MUSIC 4 ALL STORY ON NECKER CUBE 2
FREE TIMES STORY ON NECKER CUBE 2
SCENE STORY ON NECKER CUBE 2
SCENE BLOG ON PRESQUE VU
COOL SHIT
JLR/MM ON NPR
JLR/MM ON THE MC LARS SHOW
JLR/MM ON THE VAN'S WARPED TOUR
JLR'S NECKER CUBE 2 TOUR ALBUM
FURFACE'S NC2 TOUR ALBUM
DBA'S NC2 TOUR ALBUM
PRESQUE VU'S FIRST SHOW PICS
NEW! JLR'S DIARY FOR THE OUTSIDERS TOUR '09
NEW! SOAPBOX PROPHET'S DIARY FOR THE OUTSIDERS TOUR '09

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 19/10/2006
Band Members:
CURRENT LRI ARTISTS:

- Presque Vu
(Post Rap)

- chrismick
(Sampler Soul)

- FURFACE

(Synthesized Love Making)

- Johnny La Rock

(Prog-Rap)

- Mush Mouth

(Funky Hip-Hop)

- MC Homeless

(Political Rhymer)

- Deaf By Arms

(Def Jam Had Slayer...)

- The Revisitor (Formerly $¥$™F©K®)

(Psychedelic Raps)

- Soapbox Prophet

(Folk-Punk)

INACTIVE ARTISTS:

- Johnny La Rock & Mush Mouth
(Old School Rap Jams)

Influences: Stuff we dig: Burritos, soda, old school hip-hop, 90’s dance music, prog-rock, EARLY 90’s boy bands / pop acts, old video games, bargain bins, Alesis Micron, Halloween, dogs, books, magazines, shopping for "bannas", arguing over the meaning of various words, making fun of Myspace addicts, Adobe Audition, money problems, politics, turntablism, "Tha Crossroads" by Bone Thugs, "just sayin’ ", electronic music, Arrested Development, 90’s r&b, Chex Mix, Akai MPC 500, making fun of Chris for always forgetting to save shit, forgetting how to set up stuff, Gas Station Taquitos, driving in swamps, FL Studio, ACID, SP-303, Jackie Chens, YO! MTV Raps, what people sometimes call pop-rap, Reason, the production in modern rap (but not the lyrics!), cassettes, Steve Winwood’s "Higher Love", Mint Cafe, cucumber water, Roland Fantom, animals, bad keyboards, leaving each other dumb voicemails in bad accents, bad horror movies, documentary films, indie movie theaters, "Rhythm Is A Dancer" by Snap!, hummus, 90’s alt-rock, sunshine, summer, Shawshank Redemption, Upright Citizens Brigade, House Party, Aqua Teen, tea, ghetto tea, Mongolian Barbeque, Taco Bell, Record Den’s tape bin, late night Guy’s Pizza runs, laughing, shitty cars, ice cream at 2am, World Market, booty bass, thinking we can sing, t-shirts, classic country, touring, embarrassing each other while grocery shopping by saying shit like "do WE need milk?", getting our own LRI track jackets, Jimmy Johns, girlfriends, mothers, rocking out, Toronto, Dj Shadow, and a bazillion other things.
Sounds Like: We sound like alot of different things. We aren't close minded. There's something for everyone on our roster. We gravitate towards hip-hop, but it's a different type of hip-hop. We don't back music that sticks a knife in the heart of rap. It's time that people see that hip-hop isn't just what they hear on the radio. It's an artform that's basically being murdered by the mainstream. You may hear some of our artists and say "that's not hip-hop". But, you'd be wrong. We'll school your ass. We also dabble in electronic music, rock "ish" type stuff, and even weirdness like chip tunes. We don't strive to make #1 hits (though no doubt we'd embrace it), just music people can respect and enjoy. Word.
Record Label: We ARE the record label...
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

FALL IS HERE: AN UPDATE

It's Fall now. Here's what we'll be working on here at LRI.- We'll be moving. We were going to be moving in October, but some setbacks have pushed that to November. Either way, LRI's new HQ is coming ...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:19:00 GMT

ALBUM UPDATES AND BIG NEWS....LRI IS MOVING!

Hello!First off, thanks to those who came to the CD party the other week. It was a really good time.We will be getting the albums up on iTunes in October. For now, grab one at a show, or send us a mes...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:58:00 GMT

LRI MENTIONED IN SCENE THIS WEEK!

Click here!
Posted by on Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:14:00 GMT

THE OUTSIDERS TOUR 2009: RAY ZEN'S TOUR DIARY

Click here to read Ray Zen's tour diary!
Posted by on Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:55:00 GMT

CD RELEASE PARTY 8.28!

...
Posted by on Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:58:00 GMT

THE OUTSIDERS TOUR 2009: JLR'S TOUR DIARY

Check out Johnny La Rock's blog about The Outsiders Tour:http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view &friendId=3661184&blogId=505928065Others on the tour are working on their own diaries, a...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:30:00 GMT

NEW TRACKS UP FROM PRESQUE VU AND MUSH MOUTH!

Get a sneak preview at the new albums from Presque Vu and Mush Mouth!There's one song from each of their records up on the LRI page now!-JLR
Posted by on Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:38:00 GMT

NEW FURFACE TRACK!

LRI's favorite Al Borlan look-a-like, FURFACE, has a brand spankin' new track up online. The tune is called "Jackmode," and features geetar from former Shady Living-er Will Hooper.Check it out @ myspa...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:47:00 GMT

LRI PRESENTS "THE OUTSIDERS TOUR" + CD RELEASE PARTY INFO

The dates for LRI's "The Outsiders Tour" are up on the page now. The tour features MC Homeless & Jinx, Presque Vu, Mush Mouth, and Soapbox Prophet. If you are in any of the cities we're visiting, plea...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:52:00 GMT

THE TRUTH IN ADVERTISING

To promote LRI's overload of releases this Summer, we decided to splurge on some advertising. In the spirit of ads like McDonalds' "I'm lovin' it" and Walmart's "Live better," we hope this ad will bec...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Jul 2009 08:17:00 GMT