Extreme Animals formed in 2002, quickly becoming known as the colorful freakout act that would play last at DIY experimental/noise shows, combining distorted euro-trance melodies, broken drum beats and manic stage energy into a celebratory and dirty neon mess. Affiliated with the Paper Rad art collective, they were described as “sounding like what Paper Rad looks like.” During this period they played shows with acts like Dan Deacon and Lightning Bolt and performed at underground venues like The Smell and Wham City, and at museums like The Hirschhorn and MOMA. 2013’s “visual album” The Urgency shifted their focus: the bright, dense, frenetic optimism of their early music was replaced by angsty nu-metal riffs, top-40 pop music samples, gabber kicks, and dystopian video collage. The result was a loosely narrative, apocalyptic "concept album" about America's obsession with and simultaneous hatred of The Internet. From 2014-16 David (aka DJ George Costanza) released his highly shared “My Friend Zone Over You: A Pop Punk Mix” via Dis Magazine, Jacob made web-based video projects for Death Grips and Oneohtrix Point Never and the band went on tour with YACHT and Anamanaguchi. Because they have been merging various micro-genres together since 2002 some say they are predecessors of hyperpop but the band prefer instead the label "Rainbow Rock." They continue to push their sound to new places and are working on a new visual album to be released early 2021.