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NO-HOPERS

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About Me

UP COMING SHOWS......
PAST SHOWS......
We join our friends on the edge of their greatest adventure...
So who are these No-Hopers?
No-Hopers are a London based gang of reprobates who share a love of beats, beer and birds. Commercial Suicide is their first body of work, recorded in bedroom studios with hours snatched away from menial day jobs.
With a shared appreciation for rock drumbreaks, Juice Crew braggadocio and Beastie Boys goofiness, No-Hopers two MCs bring you GENUINELY funny punch-lines mixed with honest introspective lyrics. Oh, and they good looking.
Rapper/producer Real Life Styles met rapper Skelator LeBeau through mutual friends outside Londons legendary Deal Real Records, freestyling and sinking 40's. Discovering a like-minded disdain of fakers, haters and perpetrators, Mr Styles and Mr LeBeau combined like cheese and pickle to make a truly extraordinary sandwich...
While honing the No-Hopers live show it became apparent the sandwich needed another ingredient. Cue The Beast, a DJ to hold down the beats. Armed with turntable skills beamed live from 1982 and an insatiable hunger, it was clear that The Beast was the third No-Hoper.
The Commercial Suicide EP is the first installment of the No-Hopers story and has already been described as insane, catchy and original by those who know what theyre talking about.
No-Hopers are a force to be reckoned with live. Strictly two turntables and two mics, these guys know how to rock a crowd. Do you remember when hip hop was fun? No-Hopers do...
**SUPPORT INDEPENDENT MUSIC** NO-HOPERS: THE COMMERCIAL SUICIDE EP. AVAILABLE NOW ON 12" Vinyl
£5 INCLUDING POSTAGE...

DEFINITELY THE FUTURE OF UK HIP-HOP... THEY CAN GRAB THAT QUOTE FOR THE NEXT PRESS RELEASE
DAN GREENPEACE: HIP-HOP CONNECTION
SKINNYMAN, RODNEY P AND JEHST THEYRE NOT, THATS WHAT MAKES THEM GREAT
MIKE LEWIS: LEWIS RECORDINGS.

OUR LOGOS WERE INVENTED BY MARK WARD: www.graphiknonsense.com

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Member Since: 12/7/2005
Band Members:Comprising three members, Skelator leBeau, The Beast and Real Life Styles, No Hopers are keeing it two turntables two mic's...
Influences: John Barnes, REO Speedwagon, Three men and a little lady, Def Leppard, Frank Stallone, Joey Travolta, Billy Dee Williams, Andy Cole, Kenny Loggins, John Parr, Heart, Rush, Commando, F.Murray Abraham, Derek B, Richie Cunningham, Guns and ammo magazine, inventors quarterly, Black tail, Nunzio, Charles Murphy, Toto, Arthur Bostrom, Barry Van Dyke, Scott Baio and Scott Bakula...
Sounds Like: Juice Crew, Beastie Boys, Gunshot, Tom Waits, John Cougar Mellencamp
Record Label: Handsome Strangers Entertainment
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

"Adventures at the Leopard Lodge" Our new monthly club night...

YaSeeMe...So this Thursday heralds the beginning of our brand new musical extravaganzer!Adventures at the Leopard Lodge is a new monthly event we are hosting along side our good friends Wrongtom and G...
Posted by NO-HOPERS on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 01:13:00 PST

"carnival special"

hey hey hey.... the no-no played yo-yo last night,place was sold out!(soz to anyone who couldn't get in the door)dance floor was heaving!(so was the bosom....) peace to dom(safe on the tab,dude),leo(a...
Posted by NO-HOPERS on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 03:27:00 PST

YOYO Carnival Special

Ladies and Gents, Boys and Girls, Granny's Grandads's...After missing out on playing last year we're honoured to be playing the truly legendary YOYO Carnival party on Sunday 26th August.We all love ca...
Posted by NO-HOPERS on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 07:46:00 PST

NEW MATERIAL!!(insert gunshot sound effect here.)

see above.
Posted by NO-HOPERS on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 10:37:00 PST

one minute to midnite.

in the words of sir joey boswell,GREETINGS....a massive missive to let all you lovely folkers know that our long awaited(my whole life)first e.p. is now availiable to buy via the magic of the interweb...
Posted by NO-HOPERS on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 01:06:00 PST

No-HOPE SUNDAE: BEATS & BEER & BBQ's @93 FEET EAST

Yesh Yesh...So Tomorrow we'll be having a Sunday day session with the best laid plans crew @ 93 Feet East on Brick Lane, A slight change of plan from the flyer, were on atround 8pm in the LIVE ROOM, T...
Posted by NO-HOPERS on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 10:52:00 PST

just a lil thank you.

to all no-hopers,thanks for reaching yoyo,and thanks for making it a great night for us,too.   remember,we have vinyl for sale,cds to give away,and the next show for real is BROADER THAN BROADWAY...
Posted by NO-HOPERS on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:52:00 PST

HEED OUR WORDS! a little update...

Ladies and Gentlemen, Guys and Broads... does anybody actually read these? i sincerely hope so. So after a brief time off the radar,with our boy Skelator LeBeau sunning his cheeks westside in San...
Posted by NO-HOPERS on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 02:30:00 PST

brappbrapp!!!!

party people.thanks for reaching the show last week.had a blast.looking forward to seeing you all this thursday at the notting hill arts club's famous YO YO night.expect mayhem. .e.p availiable to pur...
Posted by NO-HOPERS on Mon, 07 Aug 2006 02:24:00 PST

unblog the toilet,the No-hopers story continues....

yo....party people.no-hoper number one in full and total effect. just to let folks know that wer'e back inthe lab,but fortunately WITH a mic to grab,and working hard on that new material for the next ...
Posted by NO-HOPERS on Thu, 15 Jun 2006 01:39:00 PST