Artist's albums
Cold Blue Coma
2000 · single
Check Your People
2000 · album
Do We Speak A Dead Language?
1996 · album
Downset
1994 · album
Maintain
2022 · album
The Place To Be
2022 · single
About Ta Blast
2022 · single
Anger/Ritual
2022 · single
Code Blue Coma 2000
2021 · EP
Forgotten OFFICIAL D.I.Y. VERSION HCWW
2021 · single
One Blood
2014 · album
Universal
2004 · album
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Biography
Blending rap, funk, hardcore punk, heavy metal, and socially aware lyrics, Downset was initially formed in Los Angeles in the late '80s as part of the city's still thriving hardcore scene, but quickly expanded their sound (and changed their name from the more didactic Social Justice). Composed of vocalist Rey Oropeza, guitarists Ares Schwager and Rogelio "Roy" Lozano (the latter of whom has also worked as Cypress Hill's touring guitarist), bassist James Morris, and drummer Chris Lee, Downset perfected their bleak, urban brand of rap/hard rock fusion years before the genre exploded commercially, debuting in 1994 with a self-titled album for Polygram. The follow-up, Do We Speak a Dead Language?, appeared in 1996, but the band was soon frustrated in its efforts to complete a third album due to contractual entanglements resulting from its label's merger with Universal. Downset eventually caught on with Epitaph and issued Check Your People in late 2000. Universal followed four years later. ~ Steve Huey, Rovi