Food for Animals is a band formed near Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

. The group features Vulture Voltaire (Andrew Field-Pickering), Ricky Rabbit (Nick Rivetti), Dr. Dan (Daniel Helmer), and HY (Sterling Warren). Their music is generally categorized as indie hip hop

Indie hip hop

Indie hip hop is hip hop music that primarily exists in the independent music scene.The term "underground hip hop" has been used to describe both indie hip hop as well as alternative hip hop Indie hip hop (also known as indie rap) is hip hop music that primarily exists in the independent music...

 and subcategorized as noise music

Noise music

Noise music is a term used to describe varieties of avant-garde music and sound art that may use elements such as cacophony, dissonance, atonality, noise, indeterminacy, and repetition in their realization. Noise music can feature distortion, various types of acoustically or electronically...

. The current albums feature a sound best appreciated by "those with a high tolerance for serial grime and a taste for the sharper, harder edge of hip-hop".

History

Field Pickering, a Washington, D.C. DJ, and Ricky Rabbit formed the band and quickly booked gigs along the East Coast

East Coast of the United States

The East Coast of the United States, also known as the Eastern Seaboard, refers to the easternmost coastal states in the United States, which touch the Atlantic Ocean and stretch up to Canada. The term includes the U.S...

, shows which occasionally caused comparisons with Public Enemy and found praise from critics.

Discography

• Belly (2007, HOSS/Cockrockdisco)
• Scavengers (2004, Muckamuck Produce/Upper Class)

External links

• Muckamuck
• Cock Rock Disco
• Cokemachineglow