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Nathan Joyner: Drums | Alia Jyawook: Keyboards

Genre: Rock

Sound description: Dancey helium electronocorehop.

RIYL: Secret Fun Club, Some Girls, Bitter Sober

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Related Links

• "BonkFest For Nathan Joyner" · March 1, 2013

• Jam Session: "Innerds, Hot Nerds, Gloomsday, Zorch, Monsterpussy: Tin Can Ale House" · July 1, 2011

• Jam Session: "Hot Nerds Debut at Makeout Weird" · May 17, 2011

Synoposis

Inception: San Diego, 2011

Influences: All Leather, Leg Lifters, Secret Fun Club, Some Girls, Christwaves, Say Wen, Kata, Bitter Sober, Tiny Telephones

Background:

Dancey helium electronocorehop duo Hot Nerds features drummer Nathan Joyner (All Leather, Leg Lifters, Secret Fun Club, Some Girls, Ese' & Zain) and keyboardist Alia Jayawook (Christwaves, Say Wen, Kata, Bitter Sober, Tiny Telephones). Their debut performance was May 17, 2011, at the Whistle Stop.

While walking home from work in September 2012, Joyner was hit by a car while crossing Washington Street at Cleveland in Hillcrest. His girlfriend and bandmate Alia Jyawook (Hot Nerds, Vaginals, Ana/, Kata) says the police report clocks the car at around 35 miles per hour. Joyner suffered life-threatening injuries, including a serious head wound. Several local benefits were staged to help him raise money during his lengthy recovery.