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Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy
Band United States Active 1990–1993
Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy formed in 1990 in the United States and was active until 1993. Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy has 7 chart appearances on 6 radio countdowns from 2 stations on RockLists, spanning 1992–2006. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Television The Drug of A Nation”, which appears on 5 lists with a best position of #38. The station that charted Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy most often is WOXY 97X (Cincinnati, OH), with 5 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1992.
The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy came out of the San Francisco Bay Area preaching over a clanging, industrial-strength beat. Michael Franti, on vocals, production and whatever else was lying around, and Rono Tse, on drums, percussion and programming, had worked together in the Beatnigs before forming the group in 1990, and their first live show came at the Kennel Club in San Francisco on August 23, 1991.
Franti half-speaks his lines with the gravity of a street-corner preacher, a style that put people in mind of Gil Scott-Heron, and the messages were political and right up front. "Television, the Drug of a Nation" is the calling card, a clattering broadside with its target named in the title, and "The Language of Violence" stands right beside it. Their album Hypocrisy Is the Greatest Luxury came out in 1992 to critical acclaim, and Spare Ass Annie and Other Tales, a collaboration with William S. Burroughs, followed in 1993. Guitarist Charlie Hunter made his recording debut with them before going on to fame in jazz.
They ran with House of Pain and Pop Will Eat Itself, opened for U2 on the Zoo TV Tour and for Rage Against the Machine, Nirvana and Arrested Development, and then called it quits in 1993.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Television The Drug of A Nation | 5 | #38 | – | 1992 | |
| 2 | The Language Of Violence | 1 | #30 | – | 1992 | |
| 3 | Television, Drug of a Nation | 1 | #500 | – | – |
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