Gym Class Heroes will highlight the 100th Lawnparties next Sunday, USG Social Chair Julia Jacobson '10 confirmed in an e-mail Sunday evening.Their 2006 album "As Cruel as School Children" included the hit "Cupid's Chokehold," which reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. Their latest album, titled "The Quilt," came out in September 2008.
The four-member indie rock band formed in 1997. In 2007, they were named Best New Artist at the MTV Video Music Awards, where they were also nominated for Best Group.
An official announcement is expected from the USG on Monday.
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Yeaaah, might want to make the annoucement a little less misleading. Gym Class Heroes is a largely hip-hop outfit, not an indie rock band.
GYM CLASS HEROES != INDIE ROCK
GYM CLASS HEROES IS NOT INDIE ROCK
Can we donate this lawnparties instead of next fall's?
$70,000 to engage in the experience of shitty rap on a big speaker system? no thanks.
Do Not Want
I heart Gym Class Heroes. So too bad for the rest of you who don't like them...I'm happy. And so are a lot of other people.
ugh, you guys are so ungrateful
terrible terrible terrible choice.
you'd think that in this economy we could get someone much better.
Gym Class Heroes are somewhat indie rock because they aren't mainstream. They are definitely not "a largely hip-hop outfit" so come correct. They are at most an alternative hip hop/indie rock group since they mix many genres: rap, rock, R&B, and funk together.
I'm curious how the Prox has decided this is the "100th Lawnparties."
Any look through the university archives reveals that private clubs had house parties at various points in their history, but this notion of public "LAWN" parties is very recent.
As the saying goes, "back in the day" the house parties were very private affairs, for members (and guests) only.
So how did the number suddenly reach the Century Mark?
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