For
years, starting in 2003, using the monkier "Justice", Gerald Furnari
was a dominant force in the New York indie Hip-Hop scene. After years of
winning battles, deejaying and college radio tours, he became disillusioned with
making music. Feeling his was a voice, that simply would not be heard, like
most youths, he had unfortunately turned to crime. For every 24 hours, there's
a new hustle, a new victim, to be found every second of every day.
In
2008, Gerald Furnari was given the name "Jerry Horror" by a now dead,
junkie ex-girlfriend, whom overdosed on Heroin after a subsequent occult
gathering. This was due to an increasingly morbid fascination with all things
macabre. Adorned in Tattoo's ranging from Freddy Krueger to Lon Chaney, to even
at one point sleeping in a morgue on a bet. Venturing into Urban Exploration
and Paranormal Investigation had become an obssesion. Jerry was fascinated and
perhaps crossing moral and ethical boundaries.
The
desire to make music still burned deep inside. Lack of funding, connections,
access to a studio and no original beats to work with; compounded his
frustration.
Flash
to early 2009, after resorting to illegal means, Jerry bought a used laptop at
a local pawn shop, He learned, toiling day and night, just how to craft beats.
His influences ranged from Depeche Mode to DJ Premier to form an eclectic sound
he dubbed "Ghetto Gothic". From Slayer to The Smiths, from Wu-Tang to
Public Enemy. A sound, world view and lifestyle had blossomed out of concrete.
Caught
up in a very volatile profession, Jerry found leaving his former ways behind him,
was easier said than done.
In
May of 2011 Jerry Horror met DJ WHITEHOT, the two formed an instant friendship
and began work on full length album. The album was to be a love letter to all
the sleazy Horror films of the 1970's and 80's. With WHITEHOT behind the
boards, the two worked feverishly into September of 2011 to deliver something
new. As if the bastard child of a DMX and Rob Zombie, they pioneered the
"Ghetto Gothic" sound.
Finally
on October 31st, 2011, Jerry Horror would independently drop "The Slasher LP."
Like any good horror movie, there is always a sequel!
Dropping June 2, 2012 is:
Check out the trailer:
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