The commanders in charge of hip hop, New Yorker's Public Enemy are coming to shake up the West Holts stage with their all-conquering rhymes.
Signed to Def Jam in its early years after Rick Rubin was given a Chuck D track by Doctor Dre, they started life opening for the Beastie Boys and have since won a reputation of changing lives and educating millions with their incredible live performances.
Gaining people's attention with their abrasive social commentary and rock-heavy sound, 1988 saw the release of It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back. Pitchfork praised it highly, saying 'As a political statement, as a sonic experience, as a hip-hop album, and as music, period, it just doesn't get much better '.
Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Professor Griff and DJ Lord have gone on to influence A Tribe Called Quest, Tricky and Gang Starr amongst hundreds plus win a whole new generation of fans when their single Harder Than You Think was used as the soundtrack for the 2012 Paralympics.
Do believe the hype.
The commanders in charge of hip hop, New Yorker's Public Enemy are coming to shake up the West Holts stage with their all-conquering rhymes.
Signed to Def Jam in its early years after Rick Rubin was given a Chuck D track by Doctor Dre, they started life opening for the Beastie Boys and have since won a reputation of changing lives and educating millions with their incredible live performances.
Gaining people's attention with their abrasive social commentary and rock-heavy sound, 1988 saw the release of It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back. Pitchfork praised it highly, saying 'As a political statement, as a sonic experience, as a hip-hop album, and as music, period, it just doesn't get much better '.
Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Professor Griff and DJ Lord have gone on to influence A Tribe Called Quest, Tricky and Gang Starr amongst hundreds plus win a whole new generation of fans when their single Harder Than You Think was used as the soundtrack for the 2012 Paralympics.
Do believe the hype.
