Pointed message Apr 10, 2008
Franti began his musical life as a highly agitated MC with a Darth Vader voice and a penchant for layering dense, tumbling rhymes over a Public Enemy-size wall of noise; with the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, he sprayed fire at an increasingly tuned-out society (Television, Drug of the Nation) and more direct targets (in his funky reworking of the Dead Kennedys California Uber Alles). But the intervening years with the organic, soulful band Spearhead cooled Franti out and found him... (Anchorage Daily News)
Nine Inch Nails Announce Tour Apr 1, 2008
It was a legendary year for hip-hop Gang Starr, Arrested Development, EPMD, Pharycyde, Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, Kriss Kross, House of Pain and yet these acts are all gone, most forgotten. Swedish math-metallers Meshuggah havent quite been themselves the past couple albums. (Exclaim!)
Franti - vegan ruckus raiser - to headline 48Straight Mar 15, 2008
Franti has long been an outspoken advocate for peace and social justice issues, his biting progressive lyrics dating back to his time as a member of the so-called Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy in the early 1990s. He formed Spearhead in 1994 and the group has released a handful of albums, including Home, Chocolate Supa Highway, Everyone Deserves Music, Songs from the Front Porch and Stay Human. (Wood River Journal, ID)
Breathe in, breathe out. Then get crazy. Jan 28, 2008
Which may explain how the former front man for industrial noise band the Beatnigs and in-your-face protest band Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy could end up at a yoga conference. Many people come to yoga to get fit; others need relief. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Michael Franti: A New Bob Marley? Jun 1, 2007
The Beatnigs, The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy. Franti started off in underground afro-industrial band The Beatnigs (1986-90) on the Dead Kennedys label Alternative Tentacles, before gaining widespread acclaim with conscious industrial/hip-hop act The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy (1991-3). (Suite101.com)
DEITSCH: The best, worst of NFL broadcasting in 2006 Feb 10, 2007
If television is indeed the drug of the nation, as the hip-hop band Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy once declared, then we're all doomed with our dependence on the NFL. No programming is more popular among Americans -- more people watched this year's AFC championship game than last year's Academy Awards -- and the NFL enjoyed record viewership in 2006. The national doubleheader games on Fox were the most watched programs on all of television and the network drew the largest NFC championship... (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
