Subconscious Sounds
Presents
Shotty Horroh Live
Birmingham Leg of his 'Salt Of The Earth' Album Tour
British Recording Artist, Singer/Songwriter and Actor.
Shotty Horroh signed a four album record deal with SONY MUSIC and released his
major label debut album titled 'Salt of the Earth' this year along with
his acting debut in the British film "VS"
The acid-tongued, viral battle rap legend, is dead; Long live Shotty Horroh The Rock n’ Roll star.
On debut album Salt of the Earth, Horroh arrives like the fire-breathing love child of Liam Gallagher,
Alex Turner and Sid Vicious: spilling the true blood of Manchester’s
council estates, snarling at a system built to hold him down atop
crunchy, melodic riffs; it’s the sound of a nation -- indeed, a world --
in crisis, told by its prodigal son.
Born Adam Rooney in 1986 in the
Manchester inner-city of Harpurhey (an area Oxford University honoured
with the title “most deprived neighbourhood in England”), Horroh grew up
the middle of three brothers to a single mother, raised on a steady
diet of Manchester City football, Stone Roses and Oasis.
A working class hustler, Horroh discovered he had a natural talent for technical
rhyming whilst whittling days away on the street corner, and, when a
local rival bet he couldn’t beat Eminem’s
favourite battle rapper Dizaster, the beyond green M.C. paid to have
the legend flown in, only to embarrass him in battle. As Horroh recalls:
“He told me he’d never been beaten so badly and asked how many times
I’d battled. I felt bad telling him this was my first time ever.”
Only
a year later, he took on the “undefeated” Arsonal Da Rebel in what is
considered the best and most viewed English language battle of all time.
Before long, deadmau5 came calling and soon he was hanging with JAY-Z, moving to Toronto and becoming a star of King Of The Dot Entertainment but for Horroh, that era came to a sudden halt in May of 2017, when terrorists attacked
his
hometown.Suddenly, being a boastful M.C. wasn’t him anymore. And, as a
great man once sang, he needed to be himself, he couldn’t be no one
else. “I had to come to Canada and miss home to realise how special my
upbringing, my personality and character was; the council estate was,”
he says. “What a gift my mother, me brothers, me friends and me enemies
have given me. I had to realise that not being like everybody else is
what makes me special. I needed to be telling that story.”
When a
guitar broke out one night in practice, it all fell into place and the
kernels of Salt of the Earth began to pop. What emerged was the sound of
his musical roots. On songs such as “Shudehill,” “Alien” and “Dirty Old
Town,” Horroh digs deep into the reality and rubbish of modern life: at
times passionate, aggressive and intense, others heartbreaking and
tender.
“Back home, rock and roll’s always been working class music.
As a Mancunian, that sound just resonates more than anything else.” he
says.
“This is the first time in my career I’m showing people Adam.
For years I became Shotty Horroh for safety. Salt of the Earth is
stories about Adam. And that’s how it’ll be from now till the end of
time.”
Shotty also has his debut movie performance entitled “VS”
on release in the UK, to add to his musical talents he can now showcase
his acting abilities to the world.
NME has just premiered
Shotty’s new video for his single Frank & Stein along with an
interview that discusses both his film debut and new album released via
Sony Music.
18+ ONLY
Doors 7pm (no entry after 10pm)
Music Curfew 11pm (downstairs bar closes at 1am)
Tickets:
£6 *SOLD OUT
£9 *SOLD OUT
£12
Meet & Greet £25 *SOLD OUT
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