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Fish Narc

Benjamin Friars-Funkhouser (b. 1992) known professionally as Fish Narc (stylized as fish narc), is an American musician and producer from Seattle, Washington. He has contributed to the development of the emo rap subgenre and as a member of underground rap collectives Thraxxhouse and GothBoiClique, producing Lil Peep’s Goth Angel Sinner LP, and collaborating with Wicca Phase Springs Eternal, Lil Tracy (Yung Bruh), Horse Head[1] and Cold Hart. His production work is notable for use of live guitar playing instead of samples.[2]

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fish narc in Sacramento, CA by Braden Morgan, 2023
Background information
Birth nameBenjamin Friars-Funkhouser
Also known asFish Narc
Born1992
OriginSeattle, Washington
GenresEmo, indie rock, punk rock, emo rap, underground hiphop
Years active2014–present

Since 2020, he has released solo albums Wildfire (2020),[3] Camouflage (2022), and Fruiting Body (2023), and toured with a band.[4]

Early life

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Friars-Funkhouser was born and raised around Seattle, Washington,[5] and was introduced to music from 2000s rock FM radio. He started out as a musician while a teenager in Seattle's punk and experimental scenes of the mid-00s. He participated in the mid to late 2000s seattle DIY movement/community, attending, booking, and performing in DIY shows from 2009 to 2015 in the Pacific Northwest. His band Hausu released one album on Hardly Art in 2013 before disbanding.[6]

Musical eras

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Thraxxhouse and GothBoiClique era

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He picked up music software and started making industrial, noise and techno around 2014. He joined Thraxxhouse,[7] one of several artist collectives started by former Raider Klan members, after its dissolution, in late 2014. While living in Los Angeles, California he began to collaborate with Lil Tracy, and became a member of GothBoiClique due to his background of singing in rock bands.[8] His first production credit is "neurotic" by Yung Bruh. He then produced for dozens of artists in the underground scenes in Seattle and Los Angeles, and submitted two pseudonymous vocal tracks to GothBoiClique's 2016 album, Yeah It's True.

After Lil Peep invited him to Los Angeles to work on Come Over When You’re Sober in March 2017, he would move back to California. He lived in MacArthur Park neighborhood and collaborated with GothBoiClique members in studios in Hollywood and the San Gabriel Valley with producers Bighead, Nedarb, and others. He became one of Lil Peep’s main producers and the architect of the sound of his final project Goth Angel Sinner, with a more stripped recording style and minimal guitar beats with 808s.[9][10] He also produced Horse Head's This Mess Is My Mess LP from 2017. He has several unreleased songs with Juice Wrld. In 2018, he collaborated with producer Clams Casino on an EP with Wicca Phase Springs Eternal, Spider Webs.

fish narc vocal projects

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In 2018, he moved to New York City with YAWNS and Cold Hart of GothBoiClique, following Lil Tracy and Nick Blanco, setting up a studio in Brooklyn, NY and developing hybrid rock style beats that fused indie, punk, and post-punk elements with 808s and rap production techniques.

His solo music draws on punk and alternative rock, as well as his background in Soundcloud rap. His first solo album WiLDFiRE came out in July 2020.

He moved to Olympia, Washington during the pandemic. He initially self-released the album fruiting body in 2023 with the Seattle producer and artist keyblayde808, before it was picked up by K Records for vinyl and cassette. The album touches on indie and postpunk influences, combining with modern Soundcloud rap stylings.

His current songwriting is influenced by 1980s punk, with a current touring band including bass, guitar, and drums.

Discography

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Studio albums

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As lead artist

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Title Label Release date Format
Wildfire GOTHBOICLIQUE for streaming, Pop Wig for vinyl July 17, 2020 digital, vinyl
Camouflage GOTHBOICLIQUE January 01, 2022 digital
Fruiting Body self-released streaming, K records for vinyl and cassette[11] June 01, 2023 digital, vinyl, cassette

With Hausu

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Title Label Release date Format
Total Hardly Art (streaming, vinyl and CD), Bridgetown (cassette) June 25, 2013 digital, vinyl, CD, cassette

With Gothboiclique

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Title Label Release date Format
Yeah It's True June 25, 2016

As executive/featured producer

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Title Label Release date Format
This Mess Is My Mess – with Horse Head September 26, 2017 self-released
Segador de Almas – with Goa La Vendición records May 03, 2019 self-released

Mixtapes and EPs

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As lead artist

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Title Label Release date Format
Foraging Wild Mushrooms GOTHBOICLIQUE (streaming), Bratty Dog (cassette) June 11, 2021 digital, cassette
Hunter EP self-released May February 16, 2023 digital

As executive/featured producer

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Title Label Release date Format
Night Angels – with Swan Lingo September 21, 2018 digital
Spider Webs – with Wicca Phase Springs Eternal & Clams Casino Dark Medicine November 23, 2018 digital
Goth Angel Sinner – with Lil Peep Columbia October 31, 2019 digital, vinyl, CD as part of Everybody's Everything compilation album

References

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  1. ^ "11 songs that Horse Head and fish narc are playing on the road". Alternative Press Magazine. March 14, 2024.
  2. ^ Lesuer, Mike (July 17, 2020). "Fish Narc's Hybrid Queries". Flood Magazine.
  3. ^ Hahn, Bryan (March 17, 2020). "fish narc announces debut album details, shares "New MEDiCATiON" video". The Fader.
  4. ^ Matson, Andrew (July 23, 2020). "fish narc's Life After Emo Rap". Office.
  5. ^ Angell, Jack (February 27, 2020). "Listen to fish narc's Mix for Underground Underdogs". Underground Underdogs.
  6. ^ Bryan, Miles (December 2013). "Total Immersion". Reed Magazine.
  7. ^ "fish narc, Horse Head are back!". K Records. January 11, 2024.
  8. ^ Darville, Jordan (May 31, 2019). "Fish Narc, Lil Tracy, Zubin and Fantasy Camp share "Why?"". The Fader.
  9. ^ Matson, Andrew (November 18, 2019). "Goth Angel Sinner Rides Again [Interview]". Passion of the Weiss.
  10. ^ Bernstein, Jonathan (November 18, 2019). "Lil Peep's Producers Had One Goal for New Posthumous Album: Don't Change Anything". Rolling Stone.
  11. ^ "Collections – fish narc". K Records. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
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