Poison Pen's 2005 Concert History

Rhyming is an art form. Just like painting, dancing and hustling. If you don't know the techniques of the genre you can easily be swept off your feet. Enter Hip Hop staple, Poison Pen, a battle MC turned street prophet. The Brooklynite started in 1996 at the first online radio station 88HipHop.com, before tearing through the streets as the undefeated champ of the NYC MC battle circuit. After participating in the Blaze Battle, Pen decided to retire in 1999 and later host the most popular lyricist competition to date...

Date Concert Venue Location
Sep 14, 2005 –
Sep 17, 2005
CMJ Music Marathon 2005
Paramore / Arcade Fire / Mark Ronson / Feist / Steve Aoki / Regina Spektor / Grizzly Bear / Hot Chip / Metric / Silversun Pickups / Wolfmother / Imogen Heap / KT Tunstall / of Montreal / Flyleaf / Dr. Dog / Devendra Banhart / The Dandy Warhols / Gossip / Big Boi / Joshua Radin / Doves / Hellogoodbye / Fountains of Wayne / The New Pornographers / Motion City Soundtrack / Shiny Toy Guns / Silverstein / Rogue Wave / We Are Scientists / Nouvelle Vague / Grace Potter / Aesop Rock / Dragonette / Against Me! / The Cribs / The Brian Jonestown Massacre / Wolf Parade / Killer Mike / She Wants Revenge / blackalicious / Devotchka / Cary Brothers / The Hold Steady / Langhorne Slim / Bayside / Bubba Sparxxx / Fruit Bats / Dwele / Amadou & Mariam / Pete Rock / Laura Veirs / Scary Kids Scaring Kids / Joe Purdy / Lady Sovereign / Flipsyde / Why? / Man Man / The Hush Sound / Brazilian Girls / Mae / Emery / Lucero / Youth Group / The Juan Maclean / Sleepy Brown / Earl / !!! (Chk Chk Chk) / Voxtrot / Exile / Willy Mason / mewithoutYou / The 88 / The Rakes / Kaki King / Wintersleep / Little Brother / Citizens! / Alice Smith / Chad VanGaalen / Tilly And The Wall / Amber Pacific / Two Gallants / Boy Kill Boy / P.O.S / Tom Vek / Sponge / Esthero / Nicole Atkins / The Spinto Band / Dungen / Masta Killa / Dead Meadow / Switch / Kevin Devine / Jaymay / Jason Collett / Maria Taylor / Torche / Parts and Labor / Priestess / The Rosebuds / The Honorary Title / The Grates / The Octopus Project / J-Live / O.c. / The Like / Sam Roberts Band / Constantines / Josh Wink / Harlem Shakes / The Blue Van / Evil Nine / Strong Arm Steady / Eastern Conference Champions / Ambulance LTD / Cannibal Ox / He Is Legend / John Vanderslice / Girls in Hawaii / Red Sparowes / William Elliott Whitmore / Living Things / Tom McRae / Just Surrender / The Lovemakers / TEETH / Kingdom / Psychic Ills / Horse the Band / Despised Icon / Witch / The Wrens / As Cities Burn / Midival Punditz / The High Strung / Say Hi to Your Mom / Viva Voce / Rasputina / A Wilhelm Scream / Alias / Daughters / Tommie Sunshine / Steel Train / Goldspot / people in planes / Blueprint / The (International) Noise Conspiracy / Locksley / Damone / God Forbid / Aqueduct / Maserati / The Last Vegas / I Am the Avalanche / Shy Child / The Most Serene Republic / Joy Zipper / Apostle of Hustle / Dios Malos / Windsor for the Derby / June / Damien Dempsey / Nashville Pussy / The Chalets / Darker My Love / Aesthetic Perfection / Serengeti / Princess Superstar / One Block Radius / Test Icicles / Ida / Apollo Sunshine / La Rocca / Giant Drag / Diverse / Casual / Immaculate Machine / BC Camplight / The Dollyrots / Sun / Patent Pending / Exit / Richard Buckner / Darlings / The Willowz / Rock 'n' Roll Soldiers / The Morning After Girls / The Eames Era / Aloha / Steve Reynolds / zeke / Nightmare of You / Longwave / Stephane Wrembel / Prurient / New Buffalo / Vijay Iyer / Nebula / Mellowdrone / Wax Poetic / Neva Dinova / Us / C-Rayz Walz / Marjorie Fair / Houston Calls / Idiot Pilot / Robbers on High Street / Retribution Gospel Choir / Block McCloud / Dressy Bessy / Saturday Looks Good To Me / Niyaz / Darien Brockington / The Castanets / Denison Witmer / Amusement Parks On Fire / Radio / Jesse Harris / Tim Fite / Valient Thorr / Short Dawg / Genghis Tron / Madison / We Are Wolves / Waking Ashland / Foreign Born / Princess / The Films / Polysics / Jennifer O'Connor / Sound Team / The Kin / Portastatic / Kinski / Limbeck / Soft / Son, Ambulance / Legacy / Bobby Bare Jr. / The Fame / Absence / Particle / Bonerama / The Forecast / Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers / Talkdemonic / Self Against City / Death Vessel / Forro In the Dark / The Velvet Teen / Supersystem / Fireball Ministry / Lucky Dragons / Stephanie McKay / Tokyo Rose / Virginia Coalition / five horse johnson / Miranda Lee Richards / Jay Nash / World/Inferno Friendship Society / Deadstring Brothers / Kind Of Like Spitting / The Draft / Ume / Oxford Collapse / Blues Explosion / The Black Hollies / The Saddest Landscape / Aberdeen City / Lab Rats / Magneta Lane / watershed / Julian Velard / The Working Title / Umbrellas / zZz / Bell Orchestre / De Novo Dahl / No Trigger / Hollis Brown / Dropping Daylight / Faith / Bang Bang / Pela / Army of Me / Singapore Sling / Action Action / Queen Adreena / Mary Lou Lord / Red Wanting Blue / Aa / Kayo Dot / El Da Sensei / Diamond Nights / Feathers / Dirty On Purpose / Smoosh / Every Move a Picture / Elk City / Kaze / C-Mon & Kypski / My Robot Friend / Levy / Uncut / +/- / Chin Up Chin Up / Pony Up / David Berkeley / Karina Zeviani / C-Bone / Socratic / Voicst / Blowfly / Orenda Fink / Poison Pen / Nural / Catfish Haven / Terminal / Poison Control Center / Cheeseburger / Nisennenmondai / Mahogany / Thieves / Five O'Clock Heroes / David Dondero / Old Blind Dogs / Changes / The End of the World / Mazarin / Numbers / Goldrush / sybris / The Life and Times / Channels / Paleo / Ghislain Poirier / The Heavenly States / The Forms / Made Out Of Babies / Blood On the Wall / Pattern Is Movement / Holopaw / Jim Bianco / Men, Women & Children / Worm Is Green / Towers Of London / Bend Sinister / Hail Social / Mary Timony / ApSci / OX / Weird Owl / Ramallah / Von Iva / House of Fools / Jessy Greene / The Kingsbury Manx / Byzantine / Dysrhythmia / Octoberman / The Milwaukees / Comas / The Banner / Goblin Cock / An Albatross / American Princes / The Robot Ate Me / I Self Devine / David Moore / Chaundon / Baby Dayliner / Make Believe / Leeroy Stagger / Kites / Victory At Sea / Kudu / The Silent League / Caural / Ligeia / M.A.S.S. / The Makers / Doujah Raze / Rye Coalition / Tim Williams / Jasper James / The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir / Jorane / Mike Wexler / Nodes Of Ranvier / The High Dials / IOS / Jacob / The Witnesses / David Krakauer / Sparrow / DJ Rekha / Excepter / Khanate / Outline / Son / Larkin Grimm / Bosque Brown / Turing Machine / Neon Blonde / The Illuminati / Nat Baldwin / Sean Costello / Hopewell / Naysayer / Holmes / Kid Dakota / Jupiter Sunrise / Bush Babees / The Chinese Stars / Black Ice / Self Scientific / Essie Jain / The Lashes / Lola Ray / Enablers / Let Go / The Vacation / Black Tie Dynasty / Boom Bap Project / Elephants / The Joggers / Morley / Without Gravity / This Is Me Smiling / Hockey Night / Facing New York / PLANET (AUS) / Shellshag / Glenn Kotche / Into the Moat / Natural History / Die Warzau / Mars Ill / The Psychic Paramount / The Oranges Band / The Everyothers / Yakuza / Favourite Sons / The Giraffes / Ahleuchatistas / Rahim / Jason Anderson / Gore Gore Girls / The Hard Lessons / Joe Scudda / Jason Forrest / XBXRX / Grand Buffet / Slumber Party / Koo / AIDS Wolf / Monsters Are Waiting / Casey Dienel / An Angle / The Plastic Constellations / Barr / Mutts / Hey Willpower / The Dials / Washington Social Club / MONSTA ISLAND CZARS / Charlemagne / Get Him Eat Him / The Black Halos / Walking Concert / Drums And Tuba / Gil Mantera's Party Dream / Riviera / Volebeats / The Brought Low / The Flesh / Bad Wizard / Hasan Salaam / Honky / Contrast / The Jim Yoshii Pile-Up / Swords / The Narrator / Chip Fu / Panic Division / Pilot to Gunner / Seemless / Peter Walker / Fursaxa / Screwed Up Click / Téada / Picastro / Cake Bake Betty / 4th Pyramid / The Late Greats / We Versus The Shark / Novillero / Picture / Hall of Fame / Kill the Vultures / Precious Fathers / Wilderness (US) / Catlow / Das Oath / The Breakup / Head Of Femur / Pistolera / Forget Cassettes / Robert Skoro / Jeff Klein / Something for Rockets / The Novaks / Anthony Mills / Face Tomorrow / Taylor Hollingsworth / Euphone / Need New Body / The Grip Weeds / Sam Champion / Dragons of Zynth / Bloodlined Calligraphy / Pine / Talk / Devin Davis / Canasta / Green Lemon / Turmoil / Subtitle / ian love / American Minor / Tangiers / Adrienne Young and Little Sadie / Riddle of Steel / Campbell Brothers / World Leader Pretend / The Mohawk Lodge / blow up hollywood / The Pale Pacific / The Foundry Field Recordings / Choo Choo La Rouge / Tralala / The Billy Nayer Show / Samara Lubelski / Raising The Fawn / xlooking forwardx / Call Me Lightning / Paul Brill / The Static Age / The Fire and Reason / The Strays / Alove for Enemies / Stark / Young And Sexy / Sub-division / The Red Death / Baby Teeth / Miss Tk And The Revenge / Paul Duncan / Mommy and Daddy / The Firebird Band / Single Frame / Spottiswoode And His Enemies / Ghosty / The Reputation / Julia Haltigan / Pawa Up First / Innaway / Telepathy / Rabbits / Tia Carrera / The Capes / God Or Julie / Built Like Alaska / New Electric / Bon Savants / The Ants / Apollo Heights / Mascott / Mixel Pixel / A.R.M. / Bril / King Of France / 8-bit / Spalding Rockwell / Look What I Did / Hexes & Ohs / Acute / Rana / SNMNMNM / Black Market Militia / Mittens / Receptors / Tony Scherr / Carlos Giffoni / Gabby La La / Puny Human / Benzos / David Hopkins / Make Good Your Escape / The Sammies / James Carter Organ Trio / Kalpana / The Watchers / Since The Flood / Since By Man / Aeroplane Pageant / The Occasion / MISTAKES / Tonikom / The Swayback / Read Yellow / Hot IQs / Yip-Yip / The Upwelling / Zoobombs / The Rewinds / Duo Live / The New Trust / Sabrosa Purr / The Lot Six / David Gilmour Girls / Spires That In The Sunset Rise / Some by Sea / Annie Hayden / Sam Bisbee / Hanks / Ladies and Gentlemen / Grit Boys / The Blue Method / The Dreadful Yawns / Maplewood / Arms And Legs / Parker and Lily / Le Concorde / Plat / Stromba / Aloke / Daryl / Burn In Silence / The Head Set / Flying / Jack Grace Band / The Show Is The Rainbow / Pistola / Antler / Man Alive / Scarecrow Collection / Notekillers / Game Rebellion / Tenement Halls / ICU / The Dudley Corporation / The Living Blue / Myracle Brah / Looker / Your Enemies Friends / The Minor Times / Wires On Fire / Jessica Lurie / Shane Bartell / Imani Uzuri / Julia Darling / Books on Tape / Elevator Action / K-Hill / Ebb And Flow / Big Bear / Slunt / Thunderlip / Tiger Saw / Jonny Lives! / Kissing Tigers / Lost at Sea / Mouthus / Apollo Up! / Ursa Minor / Cameron McGill / Mars Black / Mudville / Temper Temper / Ultra Dolphins / Blues Brother Castro / Calamalka / Decomposure / The Mugs / Amandla / Milo Z / Nakatomi Plaza / Fixer / Troubled Hubble / Megan Reilly / Attack Formation / Marat / The GoStation / Mel Gibson and the Pants / The Dix / Broadfield Marchers / The Silent Type / Bellafea / Raydar Ellis / Shawn Amos / John Houlihan / Black Tie Revue / DJ Chill / Fine Lines / Struction / Bullet Train To Vegas / Group Sounds / Rapider Than Horsepower / Surefire / Gracer / General Pecos / the mean reds / Cajun Gems / The Avatars / Fallon / Amy Miles / Fredalba / Malkovich / Paradise Boys / The Fatales / Tarantula A.d. / Alternative Champs / Spartan Fidelity / Shawn Hewitt / Joanna James / IfIHadAHiFi / R.U.O.K? / Demander / Vague Angels / Dj Rapid Ric / Tiger Bear Wolf / Cavalier King / Big Huge / Illumina / The Bamboo Kids / Suffrajett / King Elementary / Losa / Cabinet of Natural Curiosities / Julius Airwave / Ghostride / Greatdayforup / Delia & Gavin / ProCon / Can Kickers / Jet by Day / The Damn Personals / Dmonstrations / Eiffel Tower / valerie francis / Limited Express (has gone?) / Hypofixx / Jamie Leonhart / Lion Fever / The Swedes / Queen Esther / Viva K / Orange Park / Project .44 / Tomorrow's Friend / Other Passengers / Resonator / Buttersprites / Trouble Everyday / The Churchills / Koester / Brandon Butler / UNBUSTED / The Punks / Gorch Fock / Ladytron DJ Set / Metalux / Zom Zoms / Zerobridge / Quasar Wut-Wut / Patrick Walsh / Pencilgrass / Planeside / The Twenty-Twos / Unisex Salon / Four Volts / The Sad Little Stars / Lourds / The Winnerys / Nautical Almanac / Joanna Erdos / Camouflage Nights / J DiMenna / Fionn Ó Lochlainn / Odiorne / Living Better Electrically / The Junior Panthers / Man In Gray / Grafton / Friends Like These / Bling Kong / Wide Right / The Evil Queens / Redhanded / Tiny Amps / Unique Chique / What About Frank / Kenny Knox / Monopoli / Cantankerous / Plum Crazy / Hello Nurse / Kenny Ali / The Soft Explosions / Disband / Dirty Mary / My Only Hope / slowlands / Elephonic / Black Forestblack Sea / Madison Strays / Adelyn / Mass Shivers / The Whole Fantastic World / The Keep Aways / The Fabulous Entourage / Poingly / Slim Moon / Tiny Steps / Laura Minor / Matt Hoffer / DJ Rare Groove / Urdog / Snatches Of Pink / Greenness / Psychic Hearts / New Radio / Ezra Reich / Alyson Faith / MuthaWit / Joe Whyte / Rev. Vince Anderson / Ty Braxton / Unlove / Hugh Pool / The Love Scene / Buffalo Springsteen / Brother Ali & Bk One / Anti-Mechanism / Rescue / Dogme 95 / Kidwave / Roughed Up Folk / Dirty Perfect / More Dogs / Emil Mcgloin / Dhruva / Reenie / The Isotoners / The Love Kills Theory / Phoenix and the Shadow / Bellglide / Mynuskris / Black Spoons [The] / Dynamite Club / Get Quick / Kinion / Heston Rifle / Jascha Ephraim / Templo Diez / Doofgoblin / Philip Glass Remixes Nico Muhly Lisa Bielawa Hector Castillo Kate Simko / NYCSmoke / Uno Dos / Honeyhander / New Professionals / Electric Shadows / Deena Goodman / Fur Cups For Teeth / Dusted Dons / Loren Stillman Quartet / Carrie Newcomer & Eliza Gilkyson / Vic Thrill and the Saturn Missile / Lovid / The Sexy Magazines / Jungli / Mike "Sport" Murphy / Saints and Lovers / Houston McCoy / Scoville Unit / Guyora Kats / Van Hayride / Antonius Block / East 146 / Laura Thomas Band / Cobble Hillbillies / Remedy for Ruin / The Hawaii Show / Frankie Palmer / Broady Champs / Logjam / Knife Skills / Elvis Sinatra / White Silver / The Mercanaries / Skeletons & the Girl / Ricky Valentine / Philip Glass Remixes Marcos Romeros / Philip Glass Remixes Brian Bender / C Boogie / Bill Ware's Vibes / Paul Klemperer / Abba Roland / On A Sun / My Victoria / Ley Royal Scam / Capital M / Forge And Amen / Serene Lakes / Glitter Pals / Frontier Index / A Fir-Ju Well / Long Live Death / Vera Beren's Gothic Chamber Blues Ensemble / Toyy / Start the End / Songodsuns Aka 2mex of the Visionaries / Smokey's Secret Family / Pete Galub & the Annuals / Jessie Diamond and the Thousand / Isis Jones / Half Way to Gone / Fivefeetperspectives / Beans With Holy Fuck / Andrew Smith Disaster / Alex Diaz Y Son De La Calle / The Detatchment Kit / Jaleel Shaw Trio / Robin Horlock Band / the kohl heart / Sybaris / Tagine / kataStatik / For Real For Real / Lungs of a Giant / UDET / Karen Gibson Roc & Fluid / Mark Pender Band / Bonbomb / Drag Citizen / Smallspace / Ghost Town Symphony / Geoff Harris / David Coburn / The Black Out Pact / Fatal Flying Guiloteens / Bruce Williams Quartet / Temple of Echoes / Nicole Paradiso / Pop Wheelies / Shaka Zulu Overdrive / Southkill Show all bands
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)


How many concerts has Poison Pen had?

Poison Pen has had 42 concerts.

What genre is Poison Pen?

Poison Pen is most often considered to be Hip Hop, Rap, Conscious Hip Hop, Underground Rap, Hiphop, and Brooklyn.

When was the last Poison Pen concert?

The last Poison Pen concert was on May 01, 2024 at Village Underground in London, England, United Kingdom. The bands that performed were: Shareefa / Poison Pen / Mic Righteous / Shadia Mansour / Lowkey / Lowkey / Immortal Technique.

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