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Art Imitates Crime is a five-piece musical assault hailing from Sydney, Australia. Blending metal, hip-hop, and industrial genres in an aggressive mix, AiC have been described as “Occer rap…with great melody…and refined brutality” by Brag Magazine, and likened to bands such as Rage Against The Machine and Suicidal Tendencies. With members from as far a field as Lightning Ridge in the NSW Outback, to Idaho in the United States, AiC have embraced a unique blend of cultures and musical influences to create one of Sydney’s leading funk metal outfits. Whilst their success has been met with some challenging roadblocks, including front man Hamish’s bout with cancer, and bassist John’s unfortunate name-sharing with Australia’s favourite PM, they have overcome their misfortune to share the stage with a number of major Aussie acts including, (but not limited to) Sunk Loto, Testeagles, Karnivool, Japunga, Tourettes, Many Machines on Nine, National Pornographic, and Brace. April 2005 saw the