Horrorshow are a two-piece hip-hop

Australian hip hop

Australian hip hop music began in the early 1980s; originally it was primarily influenced by hip hop music and culture imported via radio and television from the United States of America. However, since the 1990s, a distinctive local style has developed. Australian hip hop is an underground music...

 group from Sydney

Sydney

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, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

, comprising Nick Bryant-Smith (Solo) as emcee and Adit Gauchan (Adit) providing the beats as DJ

Disc jockey

A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...

. Both members grew up in the inner-west suburbs of Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

, attending Fort Street High School. In 2007 at the age of 19 they began writing their music and are now among the most recent signings to independent Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n hip-hop

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

 label Elefant Traks

Elefant Traks

Elefant Traks is an Australian hip hop record label based in Sydney, Australia. Elefant Traks are distributed nationally through Inertia Distribution.-History:...

. Their first album, The Grey Space was released through Elefant Traks

Elefant Traks

Elefant Traks is an Australian hip hop record label based in Sydney, Australia. Elefant Traks are distributed nationally through Inertia Distribution.-History:...

 on the 20th August, 2008, and was nominated for an ARIA Award

ARIA Music Awards

The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Australian Recording Industry Association...

 for Best Urban Album. Promoting this, they gained countrywide attention in supporting The Herd

The Herd

The Herd may be:* The Herd , the 1960s UK band that launched Peter Frampton's career* The Herd , a hip-hop outfit from the suburbs of Sydney, Australia* The Herd , a 1978 Turkish film...

 on their national tour. Horrorshow's second album Inside Story was released 2 October 2009 - also through Elefant Traks and to nationwide acclaim. To help promote Inside Story, during 2009 Horrorshow joined label-mate Urthboy on his "Spitshine" national tour, comprising 32 dates across the country.

Discography

• The Grey Space - Elefant Traks
  Elefant Traks
  Elefant Traks is an Australian hip hop record label based in Sydney, Australia. Elefant Traks are distributed nationally through Inertia Distribution.-History:...
  
   (20 August 2008)
• Inside Story - Elefant Traks (2 October 2009)