Wolfpac (stylized as WOLFPAC) is an American

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group formed in 1997 by Michael Bowe, who uses the

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Daddy Long Legs. He founded Wolfpac after departing

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. Wolfpac musical style fuses hip hop beats and

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samples. Its lyrical style draws from

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, focusing on subjects such as

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, and standing up for one's own beliefs. The group's live performances from time to time include a DJ, guitar player and strippers. Wolfpac released its debut LP, '' Wicked This Way Comes'', on May 18, 1999, through Chord Recordings. Daddy Long Legs claims that he funded the LP's production by robbing graves and selling the bones to

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stores. Wolfpac expanded its cult following through appearances on ''

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'' (the latter show being which one of the members at the time MC Entropy; later known as Troyquan, would join as a producer several years later), and released the album, '' Evil Is...'' on January 16, 2001, on

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. They have toured the US several times as well as Japan and the UK. In 2006, the group released the

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compilation ''When There's No More Room in Hell: Volume I'', featuring contributions from Big B and The Dirtball, Danny Diablo, Grave Plott, Jason Porter and Intrinzik, Q-Strange,

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, and many others. The group released its first

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DVD, ''The Girls of WOLFPAC Volume 1'', in 2007 and its second, ''The Girls of WOLFPAC Volume 2'', in 2008. Both were nominated for an

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(2008 for Best Pro-Am Release and in 2009 for Most Outrageous Sex Scene). Wolfpac has performed at the

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annually since 2004 and hosts the ''Super Deluxe Fun Time Variety Hour'' on Psychopathic TV (formerly known as W-Fuck-Off Radio). In 2010 they made a cameo in American Western comedy film ''

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'' In 2017, the band appeared on '' Comic Book Men'' (Season 6, Episode 11) where they sold a lamp prop from ''

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'' to help fund their upcoming tour. They launched a full service production and consulting company SugarDaddy Productions , url=http://www.sdp-inc.com/ , , Inc and are still actively producing many different projects from reality TV to professional wrestling.

Discography

* ''Somethin' Wicked This Way Comes'' (1999) * '' Evil Is...'' (2001) * ''Square Peg Round Hole ''(2013)

References

External links

Official website
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