Fearless
One of the earliest and more satorially-challenged of rap's formations, the Fearless Four numbered MC's the Great Peso (b. Mitchell Grant, 5 December 1959), the Devastating Tito (b. Tito Dones, 27 May 1964), Mighty Mike C (b. Michael Kevin Clee, 10 March 1963) and DLB the Microphone Wizard (b. 25 April 1965), aided by a complement of two DJs; Master O.C. (b. Oscar Rodriguez Jr, 22 September 1962, Manhattan, New York, USA) and Krazy Eddie (b. Eddie Thompson, 25 July 1960). The band was originally started by Tito and Master O.C., when they were known as the Houserockers Crew, selling their tapes across Manhattan and the Bronx. They gradually picked up members, first Mike Ski, then the Great Peso and Troy B, who arrived fresh from the Disco Four. He was subsequently replaced by DLB, before Mike Ski also departed for marriage and a 9 to 5 job. The line-up was completed by Mighty Mike C and Krazy Eddie, a second DJ who took his name from a local record store renowned for its zany commercials. They first struck for the Enjoy label in 1981 with Rockin' It which, hot on the trail of Afrika Bambaataa's Planet Rock success, used Kraftwerk's The Mean Machine as well as excerpts from Spielberg film The Poltergeist. The follow-up was It's Magic, based on a Cat Stevens' song, before moving to Elektra. Their career there began with Just Rock, built on Gary Numan's Cars, and remixed by Larry Levan. The band claimed it to be the first ‘punk rap’, but that failed to deny it flop status. 1983's Problems Of The World Today, produced by Kurtis Blow, was an improvement. Master O.C., meanwhile, would produce the Fantasy Three's Biters In The City. The Fearless Four continued to plough a furrow into the mid-80s, but the hits had long since dried up.