Pela's frontman Billy McCarthy was born and raised in Santa Cruz, California and dropped out of high school at age 16, after which he played in failed bands up and down the west coast, later moving overseas to Europe to make a living as a subway busker. He worked in 10 countries, most of which would have him only long enough to pay for one-way tickets to the next city. (During this tour of duty he attempted to play a restaurant in Italy dressed as...
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Pela has had 95 concerts.
Pela is most often considered to be Indie, Hip Hop, Indie Rock, Alternative Rock, Alternative, Rap, Atl Hip Hop, Rage Rap, Pluggnb, and Plugg.
The last Pela concert was on October 20, 2009 at CMJ Music Marathon in New York, New York, United States. The bands that performed were: Mumford & Sons / Pitbull / The xx / The Temper Trap / Zac Brown Band / Portugal. The Man / Local Natives / Toro Y Moi / First Aid Kit / Chiddy Bang / Warpaint / Laura Marling / Dada Life / The Antlers / Saint Motel / Patrick Watson / Generationals / Deer Tick / Japandroids / Vertical Horizon / Darwin Deez / Sister Hazel / Dum Dum Girls / Atlas Sound / Slow Club / Timber Timbre / múm / Bear Hands / Twin Atlantic / Every Avenue / School of Seven Bells / Broadcast / J Dash / Jeffree Star / The Foreign Exchange / Hockey / Body Language / Wallpaper / Midnight Juggernauts / The Budos Band / Saul Williams / The Very Best / Cymbals Eat Guitars / The White Tie Affair / Anamanaguchi / Danger / Diane Birch / JEFF the Brotherhood / Choir of Young Believers / Alex Gopher / The Trashmen / Free Energy / Lia Ices / Fool's Gold / Rubblebucket / Savoir Adore / The Spinto Band / U-God / PAPA / Harlem / Lost In The Trees / Das Racist / Javelin / Owen / Break Science / French Horn Rebellion / Pete and The Pirates / The Dig / Zeus / Teenage Bottlerocket / Screaming Females / Dent May / Suckers / The Pack A.D. / Ambulance LTD / Eoto / Crystal Antlers / Eyehategod / Toby Lightman / Helado Negro / Pissed Jeans / Goatwhore / Hollerado / Pig Destroyer / The High Strung / Natural Child / Princeton / Vega / Male Bonding / Tommie Sunshine / Floating Action / ZaZa / Headlights / U.S. Royalty / The Postelles / Speech Debelle / Telepathe / Superdrag / Malajube / Takka Takka / JBM / DJ Z-Trip / Sean Bones / Trouble Andrew / Obits / The Depreciation Guild / Golden Silvers / Jupiter One / Let's Wrestle / LA Riots / April Smith and the Great Picture Show / Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds / Immaculate Machine / Sonya Kitchell / Ian Axel / Man Like Me / Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad / Rain Machine / Home Video / Holiday Shores / Aloha / Cobra Skulls / Adam Tensta / Rumspringa / The So So Glos / Wild Light / Joey Cape / Ninjasonik / Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson / Dolorean / So Many Wizards / Casino Versus Japan / We Are Wolves / Leslie Mendelson / Black Taxi / Margaret Cho / Alec Ounsworth / Bonerama / Clare & The Reasons / Sin Fang Bous / Amy Kuney / zZz / Hollis Brown / Pela / Gentleman Reg / Ian Thomas / Care Bears on Fire / A Classic Education / Ravens & Chimes / The Shaky Hands / The Minutes / Amber Rubarth / Acrylics / We Are Enfant Terrible / Modern Skirts / Sofia Talvik / Terry Poison / The Happy Hollows / The Fumes / Hesta Prynn / Hecuba / Tall Tall Trees / Montag / Still Flyin' / Shout Out Out Out Out / Beat Radio / Richard Julian / The Uglysuit / Paleo / Eldar / The Two Man Gentlemen Band / Bad Pop / Farmer Dave Scher / Still Life Still / Maika Makovski / Surrender / Rob Roy / Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt / Val Emmich / LoveLikeFire / Christopher Denny / The Bloodsugars / Souljah / Golden Boots / Superhuman Happiness / Home and Garden / Wild Yaks / An Albatross / We Are the World / Drink Up Buttercup / The Sea / Kaiser Cartel / Zs / La Strada / The Megaphonic Thrift / Blacklist / Tim Williams / James Maddock / Kosha Dillz / Calypso / Corridor / Title Tracks / Excepter / Codebreaker / Golden Triangle / Awesome New Republic / Polyamorous Affair / Pill Wonder / UUVVWWZ / Yes Giantess / Sugar & Gold / Inlets / Space Capone / Via Tania / Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez / Drug Rug / Unnatural Helpers / Cale Parks / Ear Pwr / Wheel / Red Wire Black Wire / New Villager / Mutlu / Heavy Cream / The Stationary Set / French Miami / Hank & Cupcakes / Kria Brekkan / Rings / Tickley Feather / Dinowalrus / The Wiyos / Pepi Ginsberg / THE DiSCiPLiNES / Sissy Wish / Oh My God / Greg Davis / K-Holes / The Black Watch / Process / Felix Cartel / Tiger! Shit! Tiger! Tiger! / Chris Kasper / Prayer / Dark Meat / Viking / The Moore Brothers / super extra bonus party / Dan Torres / James Husband / Sxip Shirey / Paparazzi / Dick Prall / Alexandra Hope / The Nervous Wreckords / Neanderthals / Chris Barron / Denney and the Jets / Heath Brandon / Describe / Darshan / The Fieros / Silver Starling / Jeff Taylor / The Jaguar Club / The Flying Machines / Dark Room Notes / Hospital Bombers / NLX / Nate Campany / Higgins / The Selmanaires / Fervor / Ivana XL / Pete and J / Signer / Mon Khmer / Stalkers / Las Rubias del Norte / Octagon / Y-Love / True Womanhood / Diwon / Frat Dad / Laura Warshauer / Josh Mease / Blood Warrior / Naked Hearts / The Hi-Risers / Dred Scott Trio / Shayna Zaid / Ethan Lipton / A Million Years / We Should Be Dead / We Are Country Mice / Adventure (US) / Pocketknife / The Star Department / Twi the Humble Feather / The Bowery Riots / Miz Metro / Modern Science / Julius C / The Moi non Plus / Heavy Weather / Right On Dynamite / Furcast / Jump Into the Gospel / Strong Intention / HotChaCha / The Mr. Move / Lavalier / Clinton Curtis / Lisa Bianco / Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Stars / Fra Fra Sound / Subplots / Higher Giant / Eprhyme / Adam & Dave's Bloodline / Janel and Anthony / Jess King / Fionn Ó Lochlainn / Unsacred Hearts / Electro Morocco / Only Thieves / Ricky Rude / adam matta / EchoEcho / music without borders / Ivan "Funkboy" Bodley / F.U.C.T. / The Dang-It Bobbys / Daniel Pujol / Mystery Of Two / Marie Stella / Gigi Fouquet / Binary Sunrise / Squaaks / Renminbi / Great Republic of Rough and Ready / Underwater People / Social Hero / Flexions / Grammar Debate! / Taylor Barton / DJ Jonathan Toubin / Drawlings / Zuri Star / Mother of Three / Claymation Velociraptor / Jonny Hirsch / Guyora Kats / Black Steel Rose / Nathan Corsi Band / Hey Champ Dj.
The songs that Pela performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the May 08, 2009 concert at The Stone Pony in Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States: