House of Rabbits

House of Rabbits is a self-proclaimed "Vaudcore" (Hardcore-Vaudeville) Art-rock band from Los Angeles. HoR formed in 2014 after their previous avant-art-metal project FEASTofFETUS went through a major line-up change and the current members (Cron, Caffell, Kovari, Malcolm) found themselves collaborating on material which began to take the band in a new direction. They opted for a different kind of heavy sound; trading the distorted metal guitar chugging for something more akin to a piano falling down stairs. The music of House of Rabbits blends dark, theatrical, narrative songwriting and lyrics with a variety of musical styles ranging from raucous operatic circus punk to hushed atmospheric bossa nova jazz. Preferring abrupt tonal changes to a catchy, contrived chorus hook, the members of HoR focus on creating challenging, interesting, impossible to categorize music that constantly defies genre while still remaining accessible with their infectiously dance-worthy rhythms.

House of Rabbits self-recorded and self-released their first 4-song live demo entitled "Demo 2014" over the course of 2 days in July of 2014. The concept of these 4 tracks sparked the idea for Cron to write an accompanying theater piece to coincide with the music. After the script was picked up by an award-winning producer/director team, Eloy Palacios joined as the band's bassist and House of Rabbits began writing the remaining 10 songs for their vaudeville rock-musical masquerade entitled House of Rabbits' Charivari in Voyeurville. The rock-musical premiered at the 2015 Hollywood Fringe Festival, sold out all six 99-seat performances to standing room only capacity, garnished much critical praise from LA Weekly and won several nominations and awards (The Encore Producer's Award, theTVolution.com Platinum Medal/Best of Fringe) including an additional 3-day run of the show.