HORSE the band

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<tr><th>Origin</th><td>Lake Forest, California</td></tr><tr><th>Years active</th><td>2001–present</td></tr><tr><th>Genres</th><td>Nintendocore
Metalcore
Experimental</td></tr><tr><th>Labels</th><td>Combat Records</td></tr><tr><th>Members</th><td> Nathan Winneke
Chris Prophet
David Isen
Dashiell 'Dash' Arkenstone
Erik Engstrom</td></tr><tr><th>Past members</th><td> Eli Green
Andy Stokes
Jason Karuza
Adam Crook</td></tr>

HORSE the band

HORSE the band is an experimental metalcore band. Their keyboardist uses the Korg MS2000 synthesizer to get a very Nintendo-influenced sound.

HORSE the band have been labeled "Nintendocore" (by themselves) because of their references to certain Nintendo characters, including Cut man, from the popular 8-bit NES game Mega Man in the song "Cutsman"; Birdo, one of the bosses from the NES game Super Mario Bros. 2, in the song "Birdo"; and the rabbit-like nemesis from Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda in the song "Pol's Voice".

1 Song Lyrics
2 History
3 Band Members
- 3.1 Current Members
- 3.2 Former Members
4 Discography
5 Further reading
6 External links

[edit] Song Lyrics

Although the focus of HORSE's lyrics can be considered slightly trivial at times, often they are used metaphorically, to suggest other topics, personal or otherwise.

Not all of HORSE the band's lyrics are referencing Nintendo characters. According to vocalist Nathan Winneke, self-proclaimed "Beef Sore," "...There are only three of our songs which reference Nintendo characters. I was reading some review of our new album and this guy was trying to link all our songs to Nintendo, I was like, 'What the fuck!?'..."^{[citation needed]}

[edit] History

The band booked their own DIY tours starting the summer of 2002, including a 3-month world tour spanning 7 countries. They headlined nearly all of the shows they played. After being picked up by the Agency Group, they began to appear on more legitimate packages, first touring with the Dillinger Escape Plan, Hella, and Between the Buried and Me in late 2005.

Throughout 2006 they have toured with a diverse assortment of artists. They toured around the country first with The Fall of Troy, Poison the Well, and Criteria. Then, a month after this tour finished, they got on the road again, and on May 28, 2006, started their tour with Gatsby's American Dream, Portugal. The Man, and Forgive Durden.

The band dropped off of the tour early, proclaiming that the reason they couldn't continue because they were in Chicago eating pizza, and claiming that it was the best pizza they had ever eaten. For this reason, HORSE the band recorded their EP, Pizza. The EP was released on September 5, 2006.

After dropping out of the tour, the band went on to perform at the Warped Tour, as well as the Sounds of the Underground tour. During these tours, they recorded the Pizza EP, and played shows with GWAR.

During the fall of 2006, the band have continued touring to support the Pizza EP. Their old drummer exclaimed in their MySpace page's About Me section that they were excited to be doing this tour, as they are supporting metalcore band All That Remains and British power metal band DragonForce, but they kicked him out. The tour began in Los Angeles, California on September 8, 2006.

After the fall tour with All That Remains and DragonForce, the band will begin writing their new album, and hope to have it recorded by March 2007.