Name: Downtown Circus Gang
Brand: Proper Grounds

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

MOVLP2944C

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Colour

green

Colour details

Translucent Green

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Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

180 Gram Vinyl. Individually Numbered.

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

1000

Release date

2022-03-18

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Little Amber Fish

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

8719262020481

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / green

Artist

Proper Grounds

Genre GB

Hip Hop

Label GB

Music On Vinyl

Proper Grounds was an alternative rap-metal band from Los Angeles that first formed in 1988. After being discovered by Madonna and signing to Maverick Records, they released their first and last studio album Downtown Circus Gang in 1993. Proper Grounds was able to merge the gritty realities of life on the street with the intensity and velocity of heavy metal. Formed by frontman The Sandman (who is also on the cover of the album) and bass player/producer Danny Saber, they had a deep-rooted social consciousness that neatly subverted the mindless violence and material worship that engulfed rap in the Nineties. They called their particular brand of noise “anguish rap metal”. Soon after the release of Downtown Circus Gang, Proper Grounds disbanded and rap-metal moved to the suburbs where iconic bands such as System Of A Down and Papa Roach found their origin.

Downtown Circus Gang

Music GB