GothBoiClique (also abbreviated as GBC) is an American

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collective based in

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. It was formed in 2012 by Wicca Phase Springs Eternal, Cold Hart, and Horse Head. The group's name comes from a beat that Cold Hart sent to Wicca Phase Springs Eternal. In 2016, the group released a mixtape, ''Yeah It's True''.

History

GBC was formed in 2012 through

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(WPSE) attempting to put together a group through

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with the intention of forming a collective of musicians who could mutually collaborate with and produce for one another and drawing connections between the emo, trap,

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scenes. The founding line-up consisted of Wicca Phase, Cold Hart and Horse Head, taking their name from a beat titled "Gothboiclique" that Cold Hart had produced, which when WPSE read the name he jokingly tweeted "RT if you’re goth boi clique". The members of the group continued mostly independently for the next two years, despite continuing to gain members. In 2014, the members met each other in person, and soon after GBC became a sub-group of the newly founded hip hop collective Thraxxhouse, a

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-based offshoot of

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. This led to

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(then known as Yung Bruh) joining Thraxxhouse later on in 2014, and quickly became a fan of GBC. In a 2018 interview with

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, he stated that he owned a secondhand GBC shirt that he wore "every day, to bed, in the morning, everywhere" and that he "looked up to Wicca Phase almost like on a stan level". He soon asked Horse Head to ask WPSE if he could join, who allowed, saying "Well, he wears the shirt enough!" In 2015, Thraxxhouse broke up, however GBC continued to operate independently. On September 25, 2016, Lil Peep announced that he had officially joined the group soon after the release of his mixtape ''Hellboy''. The group released their debut collective mixtape "Yeah it's True" on June 25, 2016. On November 15, 2017, Lil Peep was found dead on his tour bus when his manager went to check on him in preparation for that night's performance at a

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venue. In 2018, WPSE and GBC affiliates Lil Zubin, Jon Simmons, Nedarb, Fantasy Camp and Foxwedding formed Misery Club, a sub-group of GBC. In June 2019, GBC headlined a sold-out European tour. On June 28, 2019, they released the single Tiramisu, before departing on a North American headline tour. In 2020, Horse Head left Gothboiclique. However in autumn 2022, Horse Head seems to have rejoined the group.Wicca Phase Springs Eternal's October 11, 2022 twitch stream he confirmed Horse Head of being back in GBC.

Members

Current members

* Cold Hart (also goes by Jayyeah when producing) - vocals, production * Døves - vocals, production * Fish Narc - production, instrumentation, vocals * Horse Head - vocals, production, instrumentation * JPDreamthug - vocals *

- vocals, occasional production * Mackned - vocals, production *

- vocals, production * Yawns - instrumentation, production

Past members

Lil Peep Gustav Elijah Åhr (November 1, 1996 – November 15, 2017), known professionally as Lil Peep, was an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. He was a member of the emo rap collective GothBoiClique. Helping pioneer an emo revival-style of Rapp ...

(died 2017) - vocals

Discography

Mixtapes

* ''Yeah It's True'' (2016)

Singles

* "Tiramisu" (2019) * "right here" from Lil Peep (2021)

References

External links

* {{SoundCloud, gothboiclique Emo musical groups from California American hip hop groups Hip hop collectives Musical groups from Los Angeles Musical groups established in 2012 2012 establishments in California