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Threat From Outer Space (East Vancouver, 1947)
Late one night, as the rats scurried in the alleys and the missus was sleeping deeply, I heard a noise down the hallway that woke me with a start. I slipped on my robe and followed the noise down the hall, into the study. The air was smoky and the clic clac of an old electric typewriter echoed amongst the oak shelves and old books. There, in my creaky chair, sat Tameem B, brilliant scholar and cultural auteur. Writing a manifesto of the imminent threat that faced our nation, and in fact, the entire world. “What is it?”, I asked.
“There’s no time to explain,” he said. “Take this to the mimeograph, press 10,000 copies, and hit the streets running. The people must know!” With that, he ripped the paper from the teeth of the typewriter, handed it to me, and slid off slickly into the night. Oh, I tried to tell them…but they just weren’t ready.

Threat From Outer Space, a Vancouver-based 5 piece has evolved over 10 years into being one of Vancouver’s most hyped and unwavering live outfits, playing in every venue in its hometown, and crushing the Canadian hinterland with legendary nights to remember. Having criss-crossed the country more than Terry Fox, TFOS have got the grass roots infected like zombies. Their live show is a barn burning dance floor graveyard, the style mash up so groove-ridden, so Friday Night Lights, that there is actually no room for benchwarming. Its game time, baby, and those that sit, get hit.

A decade deep, with music that has always straddled the genre divide, these boys bring the noise with a heavy blurring of hip hop, rock, jazz and funk. Its rock’n’roll with a melodic horn section, rugged breakbeats, razor lyrics and room shaking grooves.

With a past body of work that has always pushed a consciousness and a message based approach, TFOS has refined its handiwork and brought forth their strongest songwriting to date. Threat from Outer Space is real, and it's warbling out of my AM radio speakers even as we speak.

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Member Since: 2/14/2006
Band Website: threatfromouterspace.com
Band Members: tameem b matt c josh h kristian n ryan c dennis c
Influences: life
Record Label: konseptikon rekords
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

North American Radio, New Ep, Radio Special


Posted by Threat From Outer Space on Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:56:00 PST

Cairo, Rome, New York, Auckland


Posted by Threat From Outer Space on Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:47:00 PST

RIP Shirley Case

I worked with Shirley Case a few years ago while I was running youth programs in Richmond B.C.. Shirley was restless and wanted to move around. She felt that Richmond was too privileged and wanted to ...
Posted by Threat From Outer Space on Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:43:00 PST

new new new

hey, so, here's the deal. we've been doing the low budget thing for awhile now (just over a decade) and it's time to 'spruce it up' around here! as you may know or not or care or not, we have been the...
Posted by Threat From Outer Space on Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:17:00 PST

Amber Webbers Hot

Hey, We're back! Dawson City Yukon was our collective home for the past week as we travelled way the f--k up there (600 km's north of Whitehorse) for the 30th Annual Dawson City Music Festival. We sha...
Posted by Threat From Outer Space on Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:15:00 PST

it’s not that easy!

aw hell, i know what you're thinkin'. money for nothing and the chicks for free, right? well let me tell you, it ain't easy, the life of a strugglin' rock rap rapper. first there's the getting up in t...
Posted by Threat From Outer Space on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:20:00 PST

lenny bruce

i fuckin' love lenny bruce. he makes me want to run down the street and scream every single obscenity my wasted brain can manifest! oh did i mention that it would be great to be naked to boot! i was w...
Posted by Threat From Outer Space on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:33:00 PST

my brand new vocation

Well, I've done it. I've left my J-O-B with the hopes of finding fame and fortune in the fractured and animosity producing music industry. If you have advice, money, herb, or pretty well anything else...
Posted by Threat From Outer Space on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:31:00 PST

Super Summer BBQ

Well we just had our annual Rib fest! Two buckets of ribs and bottomless punch, I think salad was in there somewhere too. Anyway, this was an act of gratitude for alot of hard work. The Threat crew h...
Posted by Threat From Outer Space on Fri, 23 May 2008 09:24:00 PST

TV WEEK

If you're in Vancouver, check out this week's edition of TV WEEK. They've put up a review of Bleeding the Dying Elephant. That's all for now...carry on. PaxT
Posted by Threat From Outer Space on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 02:41:00 PST