Their shows had a giddy feel, like most of the crowd had been dropped off in their dads’ cars and allowed off the parental leash for the very first time. Odd Future rattled the genre by bringing belligerent, balls out, DIY punk energy. The group emerged during an era of millionaire rappers overseeing hip-hop from midtown Manhattan corner offices. Compile a list of music that parents never want their offspring absorbing and Odd Future would be near the top. On Radical, Tyler led the chants: "Kill people, burn shit, fuck school!" A ridiculous statement when you stare at it in stark typeface, but when blasting out from the rapper's gruff vocal chords, it's a call of teen rebellion – a mantra that was probably scrawled on a million school copybooks. Group comandante Tyler, the Creator made a gnarly leap into the crowd – even though his foot was strapped up after he broke a bone diving off a speaker in LA a few months previous. Each member did about 17 stage dives each. The performers climbed up equipment to reach fans on the upper tier. The battering bass and drums that underpin Odd Future’s vicious beats turned the venue into a swimming pool-sized mosh pit. It was August 2011 and the brattish young Los Angeles hip-hop collective were right at the cultural zeitgeist, unleashed on Dublin with no rules, directives or adult supervision. Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All could barely have scorched the Academy with any more heat if they’d doused the stage in kerosene and sparked up a match.
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