sergioisdead
sergioisdead
Music industry veteran SERGIO OTAEGUI has managed to constantly find relevance across 16 years of work in opposite ends of the music industry. First making a splash in 2005 as the teenage frontman/songwriter for NY’s emo pop-punk wunderkinds, ALWAYS RUSHING BY, Otaegui gained his first taste of the success made possible by the internet’s reach. After a busy two years he moved on to form THIEVES AND VILLAINS in 2007 and kicked off a 3 week stint on the annual Van’s Warped Tour that summer (setting a record never broken of being the newest band to participate in that large of a leg on the tour). This led to a deal with legendary independent label VICTORY RECORDS all before his 21st birthday, followed by 2 successful full-length albums released with appearances on MTV, FUSE, and global radio. After disbanding in late 2010, Otaegui re-emerged under his new alias, SERGIOISDEAD, and began producing rap & electronic music. At the forefront of the emerging “cloud-rap” genre taking over Soun