eMpyre ramireX was born in Detroit Michigan and raised in suburban Detroit by a mutated Martian codenamed 327 who replaced his biological father. The martian later took the name "groovin" Rueben Martinez after the late great funk bass player.

eMpyre ramireX *IS* a collection of tormented Video Game Characters Rapping about Mutants and Robotrons.

eMpyre the pissed Jedi: Vocals, Guitars, Live Drums
[327] the Martian a.k.a. "Groovin" Ruben Martinez: Bass
Drip the creative Artificial Intelligence: Synth, Keys, Drums & Sequencing
DJ Construct Icon: Scratches and Samples

Influences: Beastie Boys, Parliament, Beck, Herbie Hancock, RATM, God Lives Underwater, Run DMC, Johnny Cash, Weezer, White Stripes, NIN, James Brown, Eminem, The Crystal Method, Sublime, Black Sabbath, RHCP, DJ Shadow, MC 900 Ft. Jesus, 311, Prodigy, The Pixies, Portishead

If you could scrape a soul like you scrape a bowl sAMPLE tHE mARTIAN would be the resin laced with hip-hop for thinkers, feelers, computer hackers, tattoo artists, skateboarders, video game €|_33+ comic book heads and graff writers.

"Sample The Martian drops tracks that push the conventional expectations of hip-hop with old-school beats, psychedelic guitars, analog synths, and abstract lyrics that flow like water from the subconscious of one ungrounded dude." ~Fuze Magazine Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.