Ghostemane

[7]Eric Whitney (born April 15, 1991),[8] professionally known as Ghostemane or alternatively as Baader-Meinhof, Swearr, Limsa Lominsa or GASM,[6][9] (formerly iLL BiZ) is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. Originally growing up in Florida, Ghostemane started out playing in local hardcore punk and doom metal bands.[10][11] He moved to Los Angeles, California after starting his career as a rapper.

Ghostemane
Ghostemane performing in 2017
Background information
Birth nameEric Whitney
Also known as
  • Eric Ghoste
  • Baader-Meinhof
  • Swearr
  • GASM
Born (1991-04-15) April 15, 1991
West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.
OriginLake Worth, Florida
Los Angeles, California[1]
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • musician
  • rapper
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • drums
  • bass
  • synthesizers
Years active2010–present
Associated acts
  • Nemesis
  • Swearr
  • Seven Serpents
  • $uicideboy$
Websiteghostemane.com

Ghostemane's merging of rap and metal gained him popularity on SoundCloud. In 2018 Ghostemane released his seventh studio album, N/O/I/S/E, which was highly anticipated in the underground music scene[12] due to its heavy influence from industrial and nu metal groups.

Early life

Eric Whitney was born on April 15, 1991 in Lake Worth, Florida to parents from New York.[13] Whitney grew up in West Palm Beach, Florida. As a teenager, he was mainly interested in hardcore punk music, he learned to play the guitar and performed in several bands,[1] including Nemesis and Seven Serpents.[10][14] He also played football while he was in high school, saying he was practically forced to by his father, who died when Whitney was seventeen.[13]

Whitney was introduced to rap music when he was the guitarist in the hardcore punk band Nemesis and a bandmate introduced him to Memphis rap.[10]

Career

Prior to his musical career, Whitney was earning $65,000 annually in a B2B sales position.[13] In 2015, Whitney moved to Los Angeles, California due to his music not thriving in Southern Florida, giving up his employment at the same time.[1] Meeting up with JGRXXN, Whitney joined his collective Schemaposse which included artists such as Craig Xen and the now-deceased Lil Peep.[15]

In April 2016, Schemaposse disbanded leaving Whitney not associated with any group.[16] Whitney eventually began to associate with fellow Florida rapper Pouya.[17] Pouya released the video for "1000 Rounds" with Ghostemane in April 2017.[18] The video quickly went viral and as of August 2020, has over 24 million views.[19]

In May 2018, Pouya announced that he had a mixtape with Ghostemane in production.[20]

In October 2018 he teamed up with Zubin to release a track titled Broken.[21] Also in 2018, he released his seventh studio album, N/O/I/S/E, in which many of the songs are influenced by industrial metal, nu metal, Metallica, and even Marilyn Manson and Nine Inch Nails. In May 2020, he unveiled his latest project, a lo-fi black metal band called Baader-Meinhof, of which he is the sole member (credited as Eric Ghoste).[22]

Artistry

Lyrically, Ghostemane's themes focus around occultism, depression, nihilism, and death. Whitney started his career as a musician playing guitar in hardcore punk bands, drums in doom metal bands,[11] and has stated that his biggest influence is black metal band Bathory.[10] He spent most of his teenage years listening to extreme metal bands such as Deicide, Death, Carcass and Mayhem.[8] In terms of rap music, Ghostemane is influenced by Southern rap groups such as Outkast and Three 6 Mafia. Ghostemane has also went on to cite Midwest rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony as an early influence. [23]

Discography

As Ghostemane

Studio albums
  • Oogabooga (2015)
  • For the Aspiring Occultist (2015)
  • Rituals (2016)
  • Blackmage (2016)
  • Plagues (2016)
  • Hexada (2017)
  • N / O / I / S / E (2018)
  • ANTI-ICON (10/21/2020)

Collaboration albums
  • Pallbearers || Tales from the Grave (w/DJ Killa C) (2015)

Compilations
  • Astral Kreepin (Resurrected Hitz) (2015)
  • Hiadica (2019)

Extended plays
  • Ghoste Tales (2015)
  • Dogma (2015)
  • Kreep [Klassics Out Tha Attic] (2015)
  • DÆMON (w/Nedarb Nagrom) (2016)
  • DÆMON II (w/Nedarb Nagrom) (2016)
  • DÆMON III (w/Nedarb Nagrom) (2017)
  • Dahlia I (w/Getter) (2018)
  • Fear Network (2019)[24]
  • Opium (2019)
  • Human Err0r (w/Parv0) (2019)
  • Digital Demons (w/Nolife) (2019)

Mixtapes
  • Blunts n' Brass Monkey (2014)
  • Taboo (2014)

As Ill Biz

Mixtapes
  • Revival (as Ill Biz ft. Shepherd) (2012)
  • versatile (as Ill Biz) (2012)
  • 1991 (as Ill Biz) (2014)

As GASM

Studio albums
  • Www (2018)

As SWEARR

Extended plays
  • Technomancer (2019)

As Baader-Meinhof

Extended plays
  • EP (2016)
  • Evil Beneath a Veil of Justice (2019)
  • Baader-Meinhof (2020)

With Nemesis

Extended plays
  • From the Neighborhood (2012)

With Seven Serpents

Extended plays
  • Seven Serpents (2015)
gollark: I can do that in about 30 seconds.
gollark: PatriikPlays: stick it in a disk drive?
gollark: CC Tweaks used to have a custom BIOS option but *nobody used it for anything useful*.
gollark: Do you want a free "potato operating system" computer?
gollark: That's not very useful.

References
  1. "Ghostemane's Hardcore Past Inspired His Underground Rap Presence". Skullcandy. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  2. JAMIESON, BRII (23 May 2018). "This is Trap Metal". Kerrang!.
  3. "Hear Ghostemane's Crushing New Hardcore EP 'Fear Network'". April 10, 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  4. "Hear Ghostemane's Crushing New Hardcore EP 'Fear Network'". Revolver. Apr 10, 2019. Retrieved Aug 2, 2020.
  5. "Ghostemane – Fear Network / Премьера релиза на Rhyme.ru". Rhyme - новости музыки. Apr 10, 2019. Retrieved Aug 2, 2020.
  6. "45 MOST ANTICIPATED ALBUMS OF 2019". Revolver (magazine). Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  7. "$UICIDEBOY$ X GHOSTEMANE MIX - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
  8. "Interview: rapper Ghostemane talks death metal influences". Metal Insider. 2016-08-23. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  9. "HEAR GHOSTEMANE AND POUYA THROW DOWN ON EXPLOSIVE NEW SONG "STICK OUT"". Revolver. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  10. "Thanks To Ghostemane, Industrial And Metal Are Rap Now". Stereogum. 2017-09-13. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  11. Shaner, Lee. "GHOSTEMANE'S HARDCORE PAST INSPIRED HIS UNDERGROUND RAP PRESENCE". Skullcandy. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  12. "Ghostsmane Surprise-Releases New Album 'N/O/I/S/E' a Week Early". Revolver. 2018-10-10. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  13. Kinda Neat (2016-07-06), KINDA NEAT EPISODE 110: GHOSTEMANE, retrieved 2018-05-25
  14. Wenke, Carrick. "Underground Hype: GHOSTEMANE". Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  15. "Underground Hype: GHOSTEMANE – The Blow Up – A Place for the Independent Artist". www.theblowup.co. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  16. No Jumper (2016-04-18), No Jumper - The Schema Posse Interview, retrieved 2018-05-25
  17. "Music For The Aspiring Occultist: Ghostemane and the Collision of Metal and Underground Rap - Heavy Blog Is Heavy". www.heavyblogisheavy.com. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  18. "Pouya & Ghostemane "1000 Rounds" Video". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  19. Buffet Boys (2017-04-27), Pouya x Ghostemane - 1000 Rounds [Music Video], retrieved 2018-05-25
  20. "Pouya Announces Collab Mixtape With Ghostemane, Previews New Single". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  21. "Ghostemane and Zubin team up on "Broken"". The FADER. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
  22. Ghostemane's Black-Metal Project: Hear Baader-Meinhoff's Sinister New EP Revolver. May 26, 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  23. "GHOSTEMANE Interview With Independent Grind". unsignedhype.org. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  24. HILL, JOHN. "HEAR GHOSTEMANE'S CRUSHING NEW HARDCORE EP 'FEAR NETWORK'". Revolver (magazine). Retrieved 11 April 2019.
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