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WHY?
Cincinnati, OH, US / hip-hop, indie rock
Formed in 1997
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Why? (styled as WHY?) is an American alternative hip hop and indie rock band. The band was founded in 2004 by Cincinnati rapper and singer Yoni Wolf, who had been using Why? as his stage name since 1997. In addition to Wolf, who serves as lead vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, the band consists of multi-instrumentalists and backing vocalists Doug McDiarmid and Matt Meldon, and drummer and backing vocalist Josiah Wolf, who is Yoni Wolf's older brother.
Why? has released eight studio albums, along with several extended plays, demo albums, and live albums, since their inception. Yoni Wolf's final solo album under the Why? moniker, 2003's Oaklandazulasylum, is typically considered part of the band's discography. Their first album as a full band was 2005's Elephant Eyelash. They followed this album with Alopecia (2008), Eskimo Snow (2009), Mumps, Etc. (2012), Moh Lhean (2017), AOKOHIO (2019), and The Well I Fell Into (2024).
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Why?, stylisé WHY?, est un groupe de hip-hop et de rock indépendant américain, originaire de Berkeley, en Californie. Why? est d'abord le surnom de l'artiste Jonathan « Yoni » Wolf. Avant la sortie en 2005 de l'album Elephant Eyelash, Why? devient un groupe. La discographie de Why? se compose de quatre albums, quatre EPs et de plusieurs singles. De nombreuses collaborations ont eu lieu avec d'autres groupes comme Hymie's Basement, Miss Ohio's Nameless, Object Beings et Reaching Quiet.
Why? est un des groupes fondateurs du label anticon. d'Oakland. Matt Meldon quitte le groupe, Yoni restant le parolier et se mettant au clavier pour les concerts. Contrairement au style produit par leur label, Why? se rapproche plus du folk et du rock indépendant. Les paroles tendent vers le hip-hop expérimental et se concentrent plus sur la création d'images poétiques abstraites que sur de vraies histoires.
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