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Sole and the Skyrider Band

American hip hop group

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ56194928 ↗
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Sole and the Skyrider Band is an alternative hip-hop quartet based in Denver, Colorado.

The band consists of rapper Tim Holland a.k.a. Sole, producer Bud Berning a.k.a. Skyrider, multi-instrumentalist William Ryan Fritch, and drummer John Wagner.

The band has released three albums on Anticon, Fake Four Inc and Equinox Records.

History

In 2010, Sole and the Skyrider Band toured across the United States with Ceschi Ramos and Dark Time Sunshine.

URB premiered the video for Factor's remix of the song "Mr. Insurgent" from their second album, Plastique, on March 1, 2011.

Sole and the Skyrider Band released their third album, Hello Cruel World, on Fake Four Inc in 2011. The band toured across the United States in the year.

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