Slope Day Artists Announced
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The Slope Day Programming Board announced yesterday that Gym Class Heroes — whose guitarist is Disashi Lumumba-Kasongo ’04 — will headline Slope Day 2008 on Friday, May 2. Hot Hot Heat will open for Gym Class Heroes. Gym Class Heroes’ hits have combined hip hop, rock, rap, R&B, emo and funk to create a wildly successful pop formula. Lead singer of Fall Out Boy Patrick Stump guest starred vocally for one of their biggest hits, “Clothes Off!!” In 2007, the band won the Best New Artist award at the MTV Video Music Awards where it was also nominated for Best Group. At the MTV European Music Awards, the band was nominated for Ultimate Urban. The Gym Class Heroes hail from Geneva, N.Y., a just stone’s throw from Ithaca. As Cruel as School Children, which includes “Cupid’s Chokehold,” has been their most successful album of their three releases, and they plan to release a fourth, Music on a CD, later this year.
Hot Hot Heat, from Victoria, British Columbia, is a pop group that released their third album Happiness LTD in Sept. 2007. The groups second CD, Elevator, released in 2005, includes hits “Middle of Nowhere” and “Goodnight Goodnight.”
Past performers for Slope Day include T.I. in 2007, Ben Folds in 2006, Snoop Dog in 2005 and Kanye West and OAR in 2004.
The Slope Day Steering Committee began bringing live entertainment in 2003 with Rusted Root and Fat Joe.
The committee was created “to assess and address the role that alcohol and other drugs played on Slope Day,” according to the Slope Day website.
For video of students responding to the announcement, click here.
Click on the song title's below to listen to a sample of each band's music.
- Gym Class Heroes - Cupid's Chokehold
- Hot Hot Heat - Middle of Nowhere
What the hell is wrong with
What the hell is wrong with Cornell? Who the "F" are these people? Get artists (get the game back) that the whole student body can relate to!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAK!
ummm
Alright, slope day is gonna SUUUUCKKKKKKK.
How do you relate to the
How do you relate to the Game? Seriously? I mean, seriously?
sucks...
sucks...
slope day is becoming a
slope day is becoming a joke....why not just hire a comedian instead
True true true. Slope Day is
True true true.
Slope Day is becoming all about the alcohol.
It makes all bad things better.
So why hire anyone at all?
A blank stage looks just as good when drunk, does it not?
GCH
Gym Class Heroes is actually pretty good, and they're the only local band I know of that's broken out big in a long time. Check them out.
Disagree
I strongly disagree with all of you .. both of these bands are excellent. This Slope Day is going to be great
Good music on Slope Day for
Good music on Slope Day for once! Finally!
THIS IS AN AMAZING LINEUP
SERIOUSLY...THIS ROCKS!
Something is seriously wrong
Something is seriously wrong with Cornell, aside from the choice of music...in particular, something is wrong with the Cornell Daily Sun.
Can they type an announcement without having improper grammar in the first sentence? I mean, look at this - it's egregious!
As a 2007 graduate of Cornell, I've constantly been appalled at the lack of quality, not only in substance but also in form, of the Cornell Daily Sun's writing.
What about Lil' Wayne?
Li' Wayne aka Weezy F Baby is THE best rapper alive and the hottest artist out right now. Why didn't we get him? We need to stop settling for anything short of the best.
haha Lil' Wayne? You must be
haha Lil' Wayne? You must be a freshman. And if you're not, I'm sorry for your life.