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Posted 10/21/2009 by TeamIGA
“LMFAO is a lifestyle. It’s a way of looking at the world through party lenses,” Redfoo told Pollstar.
Partying is the name of the game for Redfoo and his nephew Sky Blu, which is evident in everything from the title of the group’s full-length debut album, Party Rock, to LMFAO’s live shows to the duo’s social network, PartyRockPeople.com. The party rock lifestyle also comes with a uniform, conveniently located for purchase through the band’s website. On stage LMFAO proudly sport their own merch, including the signature, lens-less plastic glasses, yellow zebra print spandex shorts and bright T-shirts.
Music has long been an important part of the guys’ lives as Motown Records founder Berry Gordy is the father of Redfoo (Stefan Kendall Gordy) and the grandfather of Sky Blu (Skyler Gordy).
“I feel like I was an expert at the business before I even got into the business just because I’d heard all the stories,” Redfoo said. “And now I draw from a lot of the stories that I’ve heard as far as building our business and moving forward as an artist and entrepreneur. So [my father] definitely inspired me.”
Redfoo and Sky Blu are pretty close in age but Redfoo won’t give up their exact age difference because he says they “like to keep it a mystery. But if you saw us naked, you’d definitely know that I was the uncle.
Although the guys obviously have a silly sense of humor, it’s really Sky Blu’s grandmother’s fault the duo is named after the Internet acronym for “Laughing My Fucking Ass Off.” During an iChat conversation, Sky Blu told his grandmother the guys were thinking of calling themselves “Sexe’ Dudes.” She replied, “LMFAO … r u serious?” – and LMFAO was born.
The guys started off as solo artists, occasionally rapping on each other’s songs. DJ AM hooked the duo up with their first DJ gig New Year’s Eve 2006 and not too long after that they threw in some wireless mics and started performing during their sets. Eventually Foo and Blu stopped DJing and started performing as LMFAO.
Each of the rappers generally writes his own rhymes and they both take turns coming up with beats while Redfoo takes charge mixing and mastering. On stage you’ll sometimes find Sky Blu on the keyboard with LMFAO’s touring DJ in the back.
As club DJs became fans of the duo’s music, a few DJs who also had radio shows started throwing LMFAO’s tunes on the air, often going out on a limb against the radio station’s wishes because the songs weren’t from a major label.
“We started taking other artists’ records and remixing them so we could develop more of a buzz,” LMFAO’s manager, Rene McLean, told Pollstar. “We did a Kanye West remix and that got a humongous reaction. It even got put into rotation on Z100 FM in New York City. We did a Lady Gaga remix, we did a Katy Perry remix. It got to the point where people were doing DJ sets of LMFAO records and remixes.”
Before the group was even signed, LMFAO’s singles on the radio included “I’m In Miami Bitch,” “I’m Not A Whore” and Fergie’s “The Girl Can’t Help It” remix.
Redfoo’s junior high buddy, will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas, urged the band to sign with Interscope. LMFAO agreed after the label “gave us an offer we couldn’t refuse.”
Moodswing 360’s Johnny Maroney told Pollstar that “because the nature of their music is DJ-friendly, club-friendly, high energy, we actually built them in soft-ticket nightclubs.
“We would handpick these soft-ticket venues that had the proper production to still do a good show. We really focused on breaking these guys market by market. While we were building the soft-ticket, we were systematically also building the hard-ticket venues … with a few strategic plays and festivals. Now we’re showing people that we can cross over very well.”
Redfoo said that LMFAO “brings the party to the live stage no matter where we’re at. We’re very energetic, we’re dancing, jumping around. There’s just no rules … We might crowd surf, we might do a whole song from the crowd. You never know what’s going to happen.”
Maroney explained that an LMFAO show is not your typical concert experience.
“It’s not [like when] a band goes up, then the curtain comes down and everyone’s sort of humming among themselves and they’re waiting and [finally] a band goes back on. This is nonstop energy,” he said.
“The music is going to be flowing from the time you set foot [in the venue]. The opening acts come on and perform and as soon as they’re done, the DJ goes back into the music. So there’s not a lull. There’s no downtime.
“At the end of the night we just turn into a party on stage. After LMFAO’s show, it’s not like it’s over. They kind of fade out and DJ Air [LMFAO’s touring DJ] starts playing some of their remixes. They bring fans up on stage and the party continues.”
After wrapping an Australian / New Zealand support slot for Black Eyed Peas, the Party Rock tour continues with a round of Canadian dates in October and then closes out the year with a U.S. tour.
In between shows, LMFAO will work on expanding their brand, which includes not only a social network and clothing line, but jewelry, makeup and a PR firm. » pollstar.com Digg | Del.icio.us | Facebook | Party Rock Tour featuring Paradiso Girls & Space Cowboy announced!Posted 9/17/2009 by TeamIGA
LMFAO ANNOUNCE THEIR PARTY ROCK TOUR DATES
TICKETS FOR THE NON-STOP PARTY GO ON SALE SEPTEMBER 19TH
Santa Monica, California, September 17, 2009 – Los Angeles based electro hip-hop duo LMFAO have a mission, “to live tonight like there’s no tomorrow.” Redfoo and Sky Blu call it Party Rock, and it’s the name of their debut album, label, clothing line and now fall headlining tour! The party kicks off November 5th in Reno, Nevada at Pearl at Grand Sierra (see below for complete tour dates) and along for the ride will be Far East Movement, Paradiso Girls and Lady Gaga’s DJ Space Cowboy doing a live performance. Additional DJ sets by Million $ Mano.
The Party Rock Tour, produced by Live Nation and Moodswing360, is not just a show; it’s a completely new concert experience! For their first U.S. headlining tour LMFAO are creating a non-stop party of continuous music open to all ages. Million $ Mano will be spinning in between sets so the party never stops. Tickets for most shows go on sale this Saturday, September 19th, and you won’t find a face value ticket price higher than $20. For more information and to purchase tickets for LMFAO’s Party Rock Tour visit www.partyrocktour.com.
LMFAO released their full length set "Party Rock" on July 7th where it debuted at # 33 on the Billboard Top 200 chart. Party poppin’ tunes “I’m In Miami Bitch” and “La La La” are hit singles and songs the duo performed on MTV’s Real World Cancun, America’s Got Talent and more. Foo and Sky (as they refer to each other) are long time producers having done remixes for Kanye, Fergie, Katy Perry, Crystal Method, Black Eyed Peas and more.
The Party Rock Tour is presented by Live Nation, Interscope Records, Cherrytree Records, Party Rock, RPM Group and Moodswing360. LMFAO is managed by RPM Group and their agency is Moodswing360.
A complete list of Party Rock Tour dates is below:
Thursday, November 5 Reno, NV Pearl at Grand Sierra
Friday, November 6 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues
Saturday, November 7 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern **on sale 9/26
Monday, November 9 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre
Tuesday, November 10 Vancouver, BC Gossip
Thursday, November 12 Seattle, WA Showbox
Saturday, November 14 Boise, ID Knitting Factory
Tuesday, November 17 Englewood, CO Gothic Theatre
Wednesday, November 18 Lincoln, NE Bourbon Theatre
Thursday, November 19 Lawrence, KS Granada Theater
Friday, November 20 St. Louis, MO The Pageant
Saturday, November 21 Milwaukee, WI The Rave
Sunday, November 22 Chicago, IL Congress theatre
Tuesday, November 24 Des Moines, IA People’s Court
Friday, November 27 Pontiac, MI Clutch Cargos
Saturday, November 28 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
Sunday, November 29 Pittsburgh, PA Diesel
Monday, November 30 State College, PA The Cell Block
Tuesday, December 1 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of the Living Arts
Thursday, December 3 New Haven, CT Toad’s Place
Friday, December 4 New York, NY Irving Plaza
Sunday, December 6 Farmingdale, NY Crazy Donkey
Tuesday, December 8 Richmond, VA The National
Wednesday, December 9 Norfolk, VA The Norva
Thursday, December 10 Charlotte, NC The Fillmore
Friday, December 11 Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues
Monday, December 14 Orlando, FL Firestone
Thursday, December 17 Houston, TX House of Blues
Friday, December 18 Dallas, TX House of Blues
Saturday, December 19 San Antonio, TX The White Rabbit
Sunday, December 20 McAllen, TX Las Palmas Event Center
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Contact: Christine Wolff Gabby Revilla
Interscope Geffen A&M Moodswing 360
(212)841-8048 (646)808-1351 x4
Christine.wolff@umusic.com gabby@moodswing360.com
For more information on all artists on the party tour of the season click on the links below:
www.partyrockpeople.com
www.myspace.com/lmfao
www.lmfaonews.com
www.paradisogirls.com
www.cherrytreerecords.com/spacecowboy
www.fareastmovement.com
www.myspace.com/milliondollamano
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By Michael Hamersly
If you're too wild to enjoy the refined elegance of the Pet Shop Boys concert at the Fillmore in Miami Beach Wednesday night, but still want to shake your ass at a great dance-pop show, head over to hotspot LIV at the Fontainebleau, where L.A. electro-hop duo LMFAO will storm the stage.
The group, consisting of DJ/rappers/entrepreneurs Stefan Kendal "Redfoo" Gordy and Skyler "Sky Blu" Gordy (Redfoo's nephew), has exploded on the hipster music scene on the strength of the new CD "Party Rock," featuring the frenetic, Vocoder-driven tracks "I Am Not a Whore," "La La La" and, of course, "I'm In Miami Bitch." The guys have also remixed hits from big names including Fergie ("Clumsy"), Kanye West ("Love Lockdown") and Katy Perry ("Hot 'N' Cold").
Redfoo talked to Miami.com about life as a rock star (naked Twister, anyone?), life as the son of legendary Motown founder Berry Gordy, and LMFAO's friendship with late celebrity DJ AM.
How close to real life is your Party Rock image?
It is real life. Even wilder, because videos don't really allow you to do it right. There are a lot of videos that we can't even show, because they're illegal. Our photographer, Paparazzi Pete, tried to sneak in and tape this girl during sexual activities, and she caught him. He was hiding in the room like an ostrich - he thought that if he couldn't see her, she couldn't see him. And I'm like, "What are you doing, man?!!?!?" That's the type of ridiculousness that happens. We're in Vegas, and I still haven't slept since yesterday, because I was at the roulette table.
How'd you do?
I did well with the drinks. But let's just say my four drinks were worth $300. And my credit card limit is up for 24 hours - luckily our road manager did not leave us any cash for this Vegas trip.
How was your luck with the ladies before LMFAO started taking off?
To be quite honest, Sky was always in and out of relationships, but I was single ready to mingle, and I'm pretty skilled with seduction, if you will. However, I think that a certain type of girl, you know, the model types, 8 and above, have a "famous dude" radar. And I definitely feel that we've popped on the radar. They have a full-time, 24-hour screen, and we've been bleeping on their screen. We get way more attention from the 8s and above. Celebrity sonar.
What inspired "I'm In Miami Bitch"?
It's a traveler's song. We had never been to Miami, and we had heard stories from local DJs. The WMC, Winter Music Conference, was the first time we went, and everybody was telling us we missed it last year - there's booties poppin' and everybody's drinking all day and playing all night. And we just heard all these tales, so we wrote about it, so excited to go there. And we made up the naked Twister and brought one down there, and the very first night, we played naked Twister.
Which came first, your music or your fashion line?
You know what? I think the T-shirts came first. We bought a shirt press because we wanted to make those Tupac-type of shirts, where you take pictures and put 'em on the shirts. We were DJs, and we started doing that as a side hustle, and then we got pretty good at it. When we started our group, we started making our own shirts, with our logo. And we made a rule: We're only gonna wear our shirts from now on, from our song titles. And now we write songs, and the title has to be a good shirt.
What musicians influenced your style?
Eddie Murphy, baby. "Party All the Time." Even his stand-up act and his fashion inspired us. Rick James and, of course, Michael Jackson. One of our biggest inspirations - we've been saying this for a long time, but it happens to be relevant now - is DJ AM. Behind Michael Jackson, he's probably our No. 2 inspiration, because he's the one who got us into electro music - he hired us to do a commercial for him. He said to make some electro, and gave us this CD, and that CD is our blueprint. We studied this CD for months, and it had Justice and Uffie and a lot of people from France, the Ed Banger [Records] crew. And just watching him - we were pretty good friends, and his mix of rock 'n' roll, hip-hop and electro...when we make albums, songs and remixes, we do it with AM in mind, like "Will he play this?" So he's a tremendous influence. His whole situation can't be more ironic and it can't be more of a shock - it's almost still unbelievable.
How did you end up remixing tracks by Fergie, Katy Perry, Kanye West, etc.?
These remixes you talk about are totally unauthorized. Except for Katy Perry - they actually gave us the acapella; however, they never bought the remix. And they never commented on the remix when we emailed it. They didn't say anything, and we waited 10 days and said, "You know what? We're gonna just put it out ourselves." And that's the beauty of this - we were DJs for a year before we did this, so we knew every important DJ in Hollywood and in different big cities, so we had a pretty big network of over 150 tastemaker DJs. And they happened to love the stuff we made, because we made it with them in mind. Kanye was unhappy about the "Love Lockdown" remix, and voiced his opinion aggressively.
Has Berry Gordy helped open doors for you, or was it all on your own?
Who?
[laughter]
It happened as much on our own as it possibly could be, probably 99.9 percent. There was one thing he helped with - when we made our deal with our manager, he recommended a lawyer he was using, and said he was going to pay for it. And the bill was $60,000, but we totally paid for it ourselves, and felt good about it, because the last thing we wanna do, is owe Dad money. Doing it ourselves is so important to us, not just because we get to say we did it ourselves, but the actual experience and contacts. We were very hands-on, because it's just more enjoyable that way.
Did the Motown sound have any influence on you?
I would say a tremendous influence; however, our sound sounds nothing like it. Our structure and our songwriting philosophy is totally Motown, meaning we write relationship songs over dance music. That's one of the secrets people don't realize: All those songs are basically love songs to dance music.
Did your grandmother really text you "LMFAO"?
Oh yeah. It was iChat, actually. Our original name we were going with was Sexy Dudes, and the most important thing for a band in the beginning stages is the name. You have to have confidence in your name, and my grandmother is like the family shaman, very wise. So I hit her up on iChat, and said "What do you think of our name, Sexy Dudes?" And she replied, "LMFAO, you little bitch." Grandma's a gangsta. » www.miami.com Digg | Del.icio.us | Facebook | Want to make your friends jealous by starring in LMFAO's new video?Posted 8/31/2009 by TeamIGA Click here and join the La La La Experience! Digg | Del.icio.us | Facebook |
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