photo by Britta Johanson
photo by Britta Johanson
Photo by BEN FREDRICKSON
photo by Britta Johanson
ICE ROD is..
Michael Gaughan
of (Brother and Sister)
(Destructive Animals)
(NOW)
(Mc Tidal Wave)
(Booty Regulator)
(Freaky Puppy)
(Wound Calendar)
(the Radical Rock n Roller)
Influences
HOT GIRLS, Peaches, Mazta i, SNAKEBIRD, Kool Keith, Beck, Wesley Willis, Screaming Jay Hawkins, Ol Dirty Bastard, Big Quarters, Los Nativos, VESH, Bony Limberg, Ill 3, E & A, Ernest Bryant, Sir C, Dragon Tooth, plus many many more!!!!
RAP MOTHERFUCKER!!!!
Biography
I graduated from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 2002.
Based out of Minneapolis MN, I have been rapping as ICE ROD since 2002, and have gotten some good press and attention. I balance my time between "ICE ROD", my rock group with my sister "BROTHER AND SISTER" and my visual artwork.
I am coming from a positive place. I find myself making music to bring something positive to other people's lives, to create something enjoyable for people to experience.
I use original humor and personal imagery to convey themes of sexual openness, family, fun, and defiance. My personal ideals of feminism, equality, open sexuality, and my respect for community; combined with my disgust with following rules (and authority in general) influence my visual, performance based, rap music. I like creating work that audiences can interact with such as my "Paper Airplanes" rap where I pass out paper to a crowd, rap instructions how to make paper airplanes and then rap about the importance of recycling.
ICE ROD is about sex and hip hop. Good rhymes, lots of skill, lots of fun.
ICE ROD it's about sex and hip hop AUDIO CD 17 original tracks $12.99 s/h included in USA
ICE ROD Entice Squad American Apparel Tank Top $17.99 s/h included in USA
ICE ROD Entice Squad Tshirt $12.99 s/h included in USA
Oh my GOD. Is part of this image from the movie RAD? If so I'm seeing that movie for the first time tonight and I'm so stoked. How have you been Michael? So excited you are coming back to Mpls for a bit! Will definitely check out your art show and possibly a performance as well. Hope all is well!
hey! Michael!! THANK YOU for the telephone call. It really made my day. Sorry I seem to be away when ever you have called....I get out for school shit and work with the ankle bracelet so I try and do those things alot. AWESOME poster you made for KNIFE WORLD! Did you catch the City pages article about them? My bracelet comes off March 8. Sorry we never had the show at my house. I'll just be glad to be freeeeeeee.
In late 2007 Mux Mool took on the challenge of making a beat a day for a week. The Drum EP is the result of that experiment, and is lo-fi hip-hop at its finest.
Download it now in zip format, and donate (via paypal) whatever you can, or however much you think it’s worth: $7, $3.50, $15, even $0. The money goes straight into Mux Mool’s bank account, so he can buy some new gear, or cigarettes, or do with it whatever he wants. There are no greedy record label middlemen. ;)
Yo Yo Yo... So my friend who came with me to see you at the Viper Room bought all your music and has been sharing it w/ friends. He's your latest convert! Call me soon! I wanna go for a hike or something...
FAGGOT, the best band in Minneapolis, will be playing live in the theater of the 9:30 screening of TROMA'S NEWEST masterpiece, POULTRYGEIST night of the chicken dead. POULTRYGEIST was directed by TROMA president and co-founder Lloyd Kaufman, who will be presenting the film in person!
The show is Friday, Feb 15th at the Saint Anthony Main Theater - 115 Main street SE. There will be an after party featuring Metal Legends IMPALER and local heros TRAILER PARK QUEEN at STASIUS bar in NE Minneapolis....
