Eager Maniacs Gerko & Stark Marquette The Upper Michigan MC/DJ duo Eager Maniacs are as bad as they are weird, as hip hop as they are punk rock, and as cynical as they are eager. Stark’s synth-laden minor-chord beats paired with Gerko’s aggressive and nasally staccato-rap makes for a sonically provocative combination, they aren't your cookie cutter hip hop duo. They're flinging blood and pulp at the canvas for a new generation of hip hop heads. Whether it's an introspective journey through his consciousness during an existential crisis, a story about a vagrant fisherman who is desperately seeking the love of his life (a mermaid), a vicious battle track about beheading his scavenging peers with a bone awl, or a heart on the sleeve tale describing the life of an anorexic girl; Gerko's lyrics lend a tone of urgency to Stark's eclectic soundscapes. Stark doesn't settle on one specific sound production-wise; equipped with an assortment of synthesizers, DAWs, an MPC, an MPK, and two turntables, he blends varied samples with airy synth-lines and crisp jazz hop drums. Eager Maniacs are what happen when you let a blunt tongued bard make music with an obsessively meticulous beatsmith. These are the hip hop heads your momma didn't warn you about. Eager Maniacs’s tracks Fisherman's Mermaid by Eager Maniacs published on 2013-08-06T19:31:45Z Paper Thin Prayers by Eager Maniacs published on 2013-08-06T19:31:42Z Random Encounters (Nodding Off) by Eager Maniacs published on 2013-08-06T19:31:40Z Moths Communing Over an Open Flame by Eager Maniacs published on 2013-08-06T19:31:37Z Grenade Sandwitch by Eager Maniacs published on 2013-08-06T19:31:36Z Haha, Anorexia (DJ Hert - Carlin Speaks Remix) by Eager Maniacs published on 2012-03-01T01:37:37Z 6. Haha, Vultures2 (Spellcaster Remix) by Eager Maniacs published on 2012-03-01T01:37:37Z Adult Crash (Bee Bop - Remix) by Eager Maniacs published on 2012-03-01T01:37:37Z Matchsticks (ThinRizzy - Hustle Remix) by Eager Maniacs published on 2012-03-01T01:37:37Z