L.A.R.S.

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L.A.R.S.
Also known as
  • The Davidians
  • Lars
  • Last American Rock Stars
Origin Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Genres Horrorcore
Years active
  • 2008
  • 2017–present
Members Bizarre
King Gordy

L.A.R.S. (sometimes stylized as Lars, an acronym of Last American Rock Stars. Originally known as The Davidians) is an American horrorcore duo, formed in Detroit, Michigan. It consists of rappers Bizarre (of D12) and King Gordy (of the Fat Killahz). They signed to Twiztid's independent record label Majik Ninja Entertainment on August 16, 2017.

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Formation

In 2003, D12 rapper Bizarre provided guest appearance on King Gordy's debut album The Entity on the track "Time to Die". In 2005, Gordy sung the hook on Bizarre's debut solo album Hannicap Circus on the song "Ghetto Music". In 2007, Gordy appeared on 6 songs of Bizarre's Blue Cheese & Coney Island , and Bizzy appeared on Gordy's Van Dyke and Harper Music and Cobain's Diary . In 2008, they formed a hip hop duo called The Davidians. The Davidians appeared on Esham's mixtape The Butcher Shop and Gordy's The Great American Weed Smoker , seeking a record label to sign them. The duo continued appearing on each other's projects and also was featured on Prozak's Tales from the Sick (2008), Snowgoons' Snowgoons Dynasty (2012), Fury's One of 12 (2016).

In 2017, the duo changed their name to L.A.R.S. (Last American Rock Stars) and got signed a contract with Twiztid's independent record label Majik Ninja Entertainment. [1] They released their debut mixtape Foul World on October 30, 2017 [2] and appeared on Twiztid Presents: Year of the Sword . They dropped their self-titled debut studio album Last American Rock Stars on February 16, 2018, [3] which debuted at number 6 on the US Billboard Heatseekers Albums. [4]

Discography

Studio albums

Mixtapes

Guest appearances

YearTitleArtist(s)Album
2003"Time To Die" King Gordy The Entity
2005"Ghetto Music" Bizarre, Swifty McVay, stic.man Hannicap Circus
2007"Squeeze Dat"King Gordy Van Dyke and Harper Music
"U Cakin" Cobain's Diary
"Rock Out"Bizarre Blue Cheese & Coney Island
"Knock 'Em Out"Bizarre, Tech N9ne
"Animal"Bizarre, Razaaq
"Wicked"Bizarre, Twiztid
"Cakin'"Bizarre, DubMuzik, Gam, Scarchild
"Fat Boy"Bizarre, Monica Blaire
2008"?????" Esham The Butcher Shop
"Psycho, Psycho, Psycho!" Prozak Tales from the Sick
"Smokin' Budha"King Gordy The Great American Weed Smoker
"Good Weed"
2010"Dear Mother"King Gordy, Kehoa, Prozak Xerxes The God-King
"Whatcha Smokin' On"Bizarre Friday Night at St. Andrews
"Wild Like Us"
"Rock It Out"
2011"Travelin' Man"King GordyJesus Christ's Mistress
2012"The Rapture" Snowgoons, Swifty McVay, Meth Mouth, Sean Strange Snowgoons Dynasty
"Psycho Bill"King Gordy Hail Dark Lord Vader
2013"Taking Lives"Fury Taking Lives
"I Don't Know What I Did Last Night"Fury, Brotha Lynch Hung
2016"Jerry Springer"FuryOne of 12
2017"Fall From Grace"Jimmy DonnHow to Gag a Maggot
"Get High" Triple Threat, Axe Murder Boyz, Mr. Grey Twiztid Presents: Year of the Sword
"B.N.U. (Brand New Underground)" Samhein Witch Killlaz, G-Mo Skee, Axe Murder Boyz, Gorilla Voltage, Boondox, Lex the Hex Master
"It’s a Hold Up"Twiztid
2019"Leatherface" Hopsin, Lazarus Rufus

Music videos

YearTitleArtist(s)Album
2004U R the One D12 D12 World
2017Savage LifeL.A.R.S. w/Foul MouthFoul World (Mixtape)
Last American Rock StarsL.A.R.S.
I'm The Plug (Fuck Yo Baby Daddy)L.A.R.S. ft. Big T
SuicideL.A.R.S. Last American Rock Stars
It's A Hold Up Twiztid Presents: Year Of The Sword
2018Lit Last American Rock Stars
L.A.R.S. Spangled Banner
Ganja Man
Cocaine In Miami
2019American Rockstar N/A

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References

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