Ho99o9 (Horror) Debut New Zealand Shows Announced

Crowds at Tāmaki Makaurau's Neck of the Woods and Pōneke's San Fran will be getting seriously twisted this May, partying to the maniacal sonic onslaught that is New Jersey's Ho99o9 (pronounced "horror"). Brought to you by the WavyLand crew, Ho99o9 is the project of theOGM and Yeti Bones — hybridising elements of industrial, hardcore punk, hip hop and techno into warped new shapes, as expressed on such long players as 2017's United States Of Horror and 2022's SKIN ("mosh pit music for the end of the world that keeps the needle buried deep in the red"). Famed for their stage diving / scaffolding climbing antics, the genre-mashing duo have worked with The Prodigy, Travis Barker (Blink 182), Corey Taylor of Slipknot (with whom they've just wrapped up a 20+ date tour), Saul Williams and Bun B, and toured with the likes of Prophets of Rage and Korn. You'd be nuts to miss Ho99o9's maximum energy debut live appearances in Aotearoa — grip the details below...

Ho99o9

Saturday 6th May - Neck Of The Woods, Auckland
Sunday 7th May - San Fran, Wellington

Tickets available HERE via UTR

Experience 'BITE MY FACE' featuring Corey Taylor from Ho99o9's 2022 album SKIN...

Press release

Wavyland proudly presents Ho99o9, pronounced horror, the sound of the American nightmare. The duo composed of theOGM and Yeti Bones hold a ten year history between them, demonspawn born in the DIY spaces of New Jersey. Their background in punk and hardcore hip-hop spaces make them difficult performers to keep on stage: more inclined to writhe in the mosh than to stand above them...

Ho99o9 are what you might find at the intersection of DMX, Black Flag, Odd Future and Death Grips. Chaotic and multi-faceted, the duo are mostly uncategorisable: but some descriptors work. Anarchic. Hardcore. Industrial. Demonic. Self-described as X-Men (mutants who don’t belong), Ho99o9 bring a sense of unapologetic political anarchy that favours instability to order. They’re not your saviours or scholars, instead reacting to the world around them, one that never feels like it’s genuinely changing for the better. So what else to do than mosh as hard as you possibly can?

As students of music, Ho99o9 are a living timeline and lexicon of punk rock, touring with Slaves, Prophets of Rage and Korn, all while working with The Prodigy, Travis Barker and Corey Taylor. The duo would never be so close-minded as to stick to one sound however, collaborations with rappers Saul Wiliams and underground king Bun B acting as some of the more compelling moments on 2022’s Skin. Five years after United States of Horror, Skin emphasised Ho99o9’s forward-thinking approach, a restatement of their philosophy with music that demands introspection as much as it demands head banging.

Ho99o9’s five-year hiatus was dedicated to extensive touring, building a live show that rocks as much as it raps, a plethora of samples, 808s and heavy guitar riffs at its core. Their first live show a fake stage set-up next to Afropunk’s main stage in 2013, Ho99o9’s DIY spirit is abundant and this year marks their debut appearance on Australian and New Zealand shores. Ho99o9’s live experience is unconcerned with politeness, Yeti Bones a regular stage diver and scaffolding climber. The burdens of the new world are taken apart: Ho99o9 are almost here.