Benjamin Friars-Funkhouser (b. 1992) known professionally as Fish Narc (stylized as fish narc), is an American musician and producer from

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. He has contributed to the development of the

emo Emo () is a genre of rock music characterized by emotional, often confessional lyrics. It emerged as a style of hardcore punk and from the Washington, D.C., hardcore scene, where it was known as emotional hardcore or emocore. The bands ...

rap subgenre and as a member of underground rap collectives

Thraxxhouse Adam McIlwee (born March 11, 1989), often known by the stage name Wicca Phase Springs Eternal (WPSE), is an American musician from Scranton, Pennsylvania. Beginning his career as a member of the rock band Tigers Jaw, he soon began pursuing a solo ...

and GothBoiClique, producing

Lil Peep Gustav Elijah Åhr (; November 1, 1996 – November 15, 2017), known professionally as Lil Peep, was an American rapper and singer-songwriter. He was a member of the hip-hop collective GothBoiClique, and is credited as being a leading figure of ...

’s ''Goth Angel Sinner'' LP, and collaborating with Wicca Phase Springs Eternal,

Lil Tracy Jazz Ishmael Butler (born October 3, 1995), professionally known as Lil Tracy, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. Butler was also known under the name Yung Bruh during the beginning of his career. Tracy is best known for his collabor ...

(Yung Bruh), Horse Head and Cold Hart. His production work is notable for use of live guitar playing instead of samples. Since 2020, he has released solo albums ''Wildfire'' (2020), ''Camouflage'' (2022), and ''Fruiting Body'' (2023), and toured with a band.

Early life

Friars-Funkhouser was born and raised around

, and was introduced to music from 2000s rock

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. He started out as a musician while a teenager in Seattle's

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and

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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

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. His band Hausu released one album on

Hardly Art Hardly Art is an American independent record label based in Seattle, Washington. Founded in early 2007 by Sub Pop Records, Hardly Art is run by three full-time employees and is distributed by the Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA) and Sub Pop ...

in 2013 before disbanding.

Musical eras

Thraxxhouse and GothBoiClique era

He picked up music software and started making industrial,

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and

techno Techno is a genre of electronic dance music (EDM) which is generally produced for use in a continuous DJ set, with tempos being in the range from 120 to 150 beats per minute (bpm). The central rhythm is typically in common time ( ) and often ...

around 2014. He joined

, 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

, and became a member of GothBoiClique due to his background of singing in rock bands. His first production credit is "neurotic" by Yung Bruh. He then produced for dozens of artists in the underground scenes in

and Los Angeles, and submitted two pseudonymous vocal tracks to GothBoiClique's 2016 album, ''Yeah It's True''. After

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

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and the

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with producers Bighead, Nedarb, and others. He became one of

’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

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. He also produced Horse Head's ''This Mess Is My Mess'' LP from 2017. He has several unreleased songs with

Juice Wrld Jarad Anthony Higgins (December 2, 1998 – December 8, 2019), known professionally as Juice Wrld (pronounced "juice world"; stylized as Juice WRLD), was an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. He emerged as a leading figure in the emo rap ...

. In 2018, he collaborated with producer Clams Casino on an EP with Wicca Phase Springs Eternal, Spider Webs.

New solo music

In 2018, he moved to New York City with Yawns and Cold Hart of GothBoiClique, following

and Nick Blanco, setting up a studio in

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and developing hybrid rock style beats that fused indie,

, and

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elements with

and

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production techniques. His solo music draws on punk and alternative rock, as well as his background in

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. His first solo album ''WiLDFiRE'' came out in July 2020. He moved to

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during the pandemic. He initially self-released the album ''fruiting body'' in 2023 with the

producer and artist keyblayde808, before it was picked up by

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for

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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

Studio albums

As lead artist

With Hausu

With Gothboiclique

As executive/featured producer

Mixtapes and EPs

As lead artist

As executive/featured producer

References

External links

fish narc channel
– Youtube * *
The Soft Moon and fish narc Let It All Out
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