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Schäffer the Darklord

Hip-hop band from New York City · formed 1974

No upcoming shows on record

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Schäffer the Darklord photo
Photo: Bandcamp
Shows on record
60+
Rooms played
50
Cities
38
Release records
78
Last show
Oct 16, 2026The Ship

Shows

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About

NYC nerdcore rapper. TasselMania co-producer. Vintage toy collector. Questionable choice maker.

Schäffer the Darklord is a band from New York City, formed in 1974, tagged covers, hip hop, hip-hop/rap by its sources. Shows on record run from 2022 to 2026, across 50 rooms in 38 cities.

  • Schäffer the Darklord formed in 1974 — MusicBrainz
  • The Four-Eyed Horsemen: member — MusicBrainz
  • Bottledog: drums (drum set) (former member) — MusicBrainz
  • Schäffer the Darklord has 25 release group(s) on MusicBrainz spanning 2002–2025 — MusicBrainz
  • Latest release on Bandcamp: Holiday Favorites for the Whole Family (2025-12-18) — Bandcamp
  • Schaffer the Darklord has 28175 listeners on Last.fm — Schaffer the Darklord on Last.fm
  • Genres per Wikidata: nerdcore, rapping, hip-hop — Wikidata

The summary is assembled from the record fields and shows on this page; each fact listed names its source. See Sources & corrections for what each source supplied.

Where they play

50 rooms in 38 cities

Rooms played most

Cities played

  • Baltimore4 shows
  • Columbus4 shows
  • Brooklyn3 shows
  • Chicago3 shows
  • Lakewood3 shows

and 33 other cities

Live history

275 shows on record
Shows counted
275
First on record
Aug 2007
Latest on record
Oct 2026

Shows per year

  1. 20129
  2. 20135
  3. 201418
  4. 20159
  5. 20164
  6. 201717
  7. 201825
  8. 201947
  9. 202017
  10. 202121
  11. 202226
  12. 202316
  13. 202410
  14. 20258
  15. 20265

Top rooms

  • Rumba Cafe, Columbus · 8
  • The Bug Jar, Rochester · 7
  • The Vera Project, Seattle · 4
  • Metro Baltimore, Baltimore · 4
  • The Masquerade - Purgatory, Atlanta · 4

Top cities

  • Brooklyn, NY · 19
  • Austin, TX · 13
  • Chicago, IL · 11
  • Columbus · 10
  • Orlando, FL · 9

Often on the bill with: MC Lars, MC Frontalot, Mega Ran, mc chris, Coolzey, LEX the Lexicon Artist, I Fight Dragons, Fresh Kils

Counted from the shows BandSlate holds; missing shows are not counted.

Releases

78 release records, 2002–2025

Different sources may describe the same release. This count includes each source record, not distinct releases.

Release listings

Release listings: 9–38 of 38

Music database discography

  • 2025Holiday Favorites for the Whole FamilyEP
  • 2025Junk Drawer Part 4Album
  • 2025Pumpkin + Scary and NakedEP
  • 2024999Album

    Horris Records

  • 2024Collect All 79Single
  • 2024Every Survival Horror GameSingle
  • 2023April FoolsSingle
  • 2022Don't CrySingle
  • 2022The Derelict CraftAlbum

    DB Productions · db017

  • 2021HuntersSingle

    Ghost Pixel Records

  • 2021The Umbrella Academy CypherSingle
  • 2020Cat People 2020Single
Show 28 more release records
  • 2020Junk Drawer #3Album
  • 2020Marking OutSingle
  • 2020Revenge of the Nerds IISingle

    Horris Records

  • 2020ScreensSingle
  • 2020The FriendaloriansCompilation
  • 2019Bad JokesSingle
  • 2019FIGHTERSSingle
  • 2019Hail SantaSingle
  • 2019Mount Nerdcore: Visitor's Guide and Audio TourEP
  • 20187 Evil LexesSingle

    [no label]

  • 2018FriendraiserAlbum
  • 2018House Tickle PfeifferSingle
  • 2017Hold PersonAlbum
  • 2017Junk Drawer Vol. 2Album

    [no label]

  • 2016Would You Kill Me If I Turned?Single
  • 2015Pumpkin ZoneSingle
  • 2015Sex RhymesEP
  • 2014Rawr (b/w Don't)Single
  • 2014Remixed PassengerAlbum
  • 2013Boo! (I'm a Ghost) [False Metal remix]Single
  • 2013Sick PassengerAlbum

    DB Productions · 801655331422

  • 2012Junk DrawerAlbum
  • 2009ManslaughtererAlbum

    DB Productions · db003

  • 2007Mark of the BeastAlbum

    [no label] · db002

  • 2006Fall 2006 DemoEP
  • 2004Meet My MakerAlbum

    DB Productions · DB 001

  • 2003Schäffer The DarklordEP
  • 2002The End of the WorldAlbum

Catalogue sources credited on these records: MusicBrainz and Discogs.

Performance history

60+ total shows on record · bandslate-pipeline, Songkick

Shows per year

  1. 202213 shows
  2. 202316 shows
  3. 202410 shows
  4. 20258 shows
  5. 202613 shows
Show history
DateVenue
Oct 16, 2026The Ship · Kansas CitySupportwith Cross Platform: Ohm-I x Kadesh Flow, Coolzey
Oct 13, 2026xBk live · Des MoinesHeadlinerwith Coolzey
Oct 13, 2026xBk Live · Des MoinesSupportwith Coolzey
Oct 12, 2026Underground Music Cafe · MinneapolisSupportwith Coolzey
Oct 11, 2026The Bur Oak · MadisonSupportwith Coolzey, Faded Francis, Golf Dolls
Oct 10, 2026Raccoon Motel · DavenportHeadlinerwith Coolzey
Oct 9, 2026Bremen Cafe · MilwaukeeSupportwith Coolzey, Lily Slay
Oct 8, 2026Liar's Club · ChicagoSupportwith Coolzey, Burned Or Buried
Oct 7, 2026CBGB · St LouisSupportwith Coolzey, Seaby & the Rules, 3 of 5
Oct 3, 2026Carrier Theater, John H. Mulroy Civic Center Theaters at Oncenter · SyracuseSupportwith MC Lars
Aug 29, 2026The Spacebar · ColumbusHeadliner
Jul 3, 2026Zen West Roadside Cantina · BaltimoreSupportwith Master Hand, Lex The Lexicon Artist, Twilly
Show history: 13–24 of 60
Show history · 13–24 of 60
DateVenue
Jul 1, 2026Berlin Under A · New York (NYC)Headlinerwith Lex The Lexicon Artist, Dani Cruz
Aug 2, 2025The Foundry Concert Club · ClevelandHeadlinerwith MC Frontalot
Jul 31, 2025The Sanctuary Detroit · HamtramckSupportwith MC Frontalot
Jul 30, 2025Rumba Cafe · ColumbusSupportwith MC Frontalot, Huge Euge
Jul 29, 2025The Bug Jar · RochesterHeadlinerwith MC Frontalot
Jul 26, 2025The Cantab Underground · CambridgeHeadlinerwith MC Frontalot, Matt Shore
Jun 19, 2025Dante's · PortlandSupportwith MC Frontalot
Jun 18, 2025El Corazon · SeattleSupportwith MC Frontalot, Shubzilla x Bill Beats
Jun 12, 2025Last Exit Live · PhoenixSupportwith MC Frontalot, Spaceman Bob
Jun 9, 2024The Vera Project · SeattleSupportwith MC Snax, Shubzilla, MC Lars
Jun 8, 2024Dante's · PortlandSupportwith MC Lars
Jun 7, 2024DNA Lounge · San FranciscoSupportwith MC Lars, Shubzilla
Show history: 25–36 of 60
Show history · 25–36 of 60
DateVenue
Jun 6, 2024Silverlake Lounge · Los Angeles (LA)Headlinerwith MC Lars
May 26, 2024Mahall's · LakewoodSupportwith MC Lars, Shubzilla, Snax
May 24, 2024Reggie's · ChicagoSupportwith MC Lars
May 23, 2024Rumba Cafe · ColumbusSupportwith MC Lars
May 21, 2024The Bug Jar · RochesterSupportwith MC Lars
May 18, 2024The Meadows · BrooklynSupportwith MC Lars, Shubzilla
May 17, 2024Metro Baltimore · BaltimoreSupportwith MC Lars
Sep 1, 2023The Vera Project · SeattleHeadlinerwith Mega Ran, MC Frontalot, Shubzilla, +1
Jun 10, 2023Foufounes Électriques · MontrealSupportwith Double Experience, Mega Ran, MC Frontalot, +1
Apr 28, 2023Pie Shop · WashingtonHeadlinerwith Coolzey, Prowess the Testament
Apr 27, 2023Local 506 · Chapel HillHeadlinerwith Coolzey
Apr 26, 2023Conduit · Winter ParkHeadlinerwith Coolzey
Show history: 37–48 of 60
Show history · 37–48 of 60
DateVenue
Apr 25, 2023The Masquerade - Purgatory · AtlantaHeadlinerwith Coolzey, Tribe One
Apr 23, 2023The Sinkhole · St LouisHeadlinerwith Coolzey, Googolplexia
Apr 22, 2023Downstairs at Subterranean · ChicagoHeadlinerwith Coolzey, Void Pedal
Apr 21, 2023Rumba Cafe · ColumbusHeadlinerwith Coolzey, Huge Euge
Apr 20, 2023Parts and Labor · DetroitSupportwith Coolzey, Mark Cooper
Apr 19, 2023Mahall's 20 Lanes · LakewoodHeadlinerwith Coolzey, Mayor Wertz
Apr 18, 2023Black Forge Coffee - Allentown · PittsburghHeadlinerwith Coolzey
Apr 16, 2023Metro Baltimore · BaltimoreHeadlinerwith Coolzey, Wreck the System
Apr 15, 2023Silk City · PhiladelphiaSupportwith Coolzey, Joe Jack Talcum
Apr 14, 2023The Kingsland · BrooklynSupportwith Coolzey, Lex The Lexicon Artist
Apr 13, 2023O'Brien's Pub · AllstonHeadlinerwith Coolzey, Esh the Monolith
Nov 19, 2022Mahall's 20 Lanes · LakewoodSupportwith MC Lars, I Fight Dragons, Young Guv, +2
Show history: 49–60 of 60
Show history · 49–60 of 60
DateVenue
Nov 18, 2022Metro Baltimore · BaltimoreSupportwith I Fight Dragons, MC Lars
Nov 17, 2022Silk City Diner, Bar & Lounge · PhiladelphiaSupportwith I Fight Dragons, MC Lars
Nov 16, 2022Sovereign · BrooklynSupportwith I Fight Dragons, MC Lars
Nov 15, 2022Middle East - Upstairs · CambridgeSupportwith I Fight Dragons, MC Lars
Nov 13, 2022The Bug Jar · RochesterSupportwith I Fight Dragons, MC Lars
Nov 12, 2022Hard Rock Café - Pittsburgh · PittsburghSupportwith I Fight Dragons, MC Lars
Nov 11, 2022The Loving Touch · FerndaleSupportwith MC Lars, I Fight Dragons
Oct 8, 2022Days Inn & Suites by Wyndham Richfield - Richfield, OH · AkronHeadlinerwith Toby Danger, Devo Spice, Worm Quartet
Jun 2, 2022The Riverside 2 · Newcastle Upon TyneSupportwith MC Lars, Ruled By Raptors, Lazer from the Doubleclicks
May 31, 2022King Tut's Wah Wah Hut · GlasgowSupportwith MC Lars, Ruled By Raptors, Lazer from the Doubleclicks
May 29, 2022The Joiners · SouthamptonSupportwith MC Lars, Ruled By Raptors, Lazer from the Doubleclicks
May 28, 2022New Cross Inn · New CrossSupportwith MC Lars, Ruled By Raptors, Baldhead & The Dreads, +2

Showing the latest 60 shows; the record holds more.

Lineup

  • The Four-Eyed Horsemen · start year not on record

Former

  • Bottledog · drums (drum set)

Photos, art and posters

Schäffer the Darklord — Photo
Photo — Bandcamp
Schäffer the Darklord — Photo
Photo — Bandcamp
Schäffer the Darklord — Photo
Photo — Wikidata
Schäffer the Darklord — Every Survival Horror Game
Release art · Every Survival Horror Game — release
Schäffer the Darklord — Collect All 79
Release art · Collect All 79 — release
Schäffer the Darklord — 999MC Lars & Schäffer the Darklord
Release art · 999MC Lars & Schäffer the Darklord — release
Schäffer the Darklord — April FoolsSchaffer the Darklord and Coolzey
Release art · April FoolsSchaffer the Darklord and Coolzey — release
Schäffer the Darklord — The Derelict Craft
Release art · The Derelict Craft — release
Schäffer the Darklord — xBk live, 2026-10-13
Poster · xBk live, 2026-10-13 — Songkick
Schäffer the Darklord — Underground Music Cafe, 2026-10-12
Poster · Underground Music Cafe, 2026-10-12 — Songkick
Schäffer the Darklord — Carrier Theater, John H. Mulroy Civic Center Theaters at Oncenter, 2026-10-03
Poster · Carrier Theater, John H. Mulroy Civic Center Theaters at Oncenter, 2026-10-03 — Songkick
Schäffer the Darklord — The Sanctuary Detroit, 2025-07-31
Poster · The Sanctuary Detroit, 2025-07-31 — Songkick
Schäffer the Darklord — Foufounes Électriques, 2023-06-10
Poster · Foufounes Électriques, 2023-06-10 — Songkick
Schäffer the Darklord — Metro Baltimore, 2022-11-18
Poster · Metro Baltimore, 2022-11-18 — Songkick
Schäffer the Darklord — The Loving Touch, 2021-10-27
Poster · The Loving Touch, 2021-10-27 — Songkick
Schäffer the Darklord — Whisky a Go Go, 2019-12-15
Poster · Whisky a Go Go, 2019-12-15 — Songkick
Schäffer the Darklord — Drom, 2019-06-08
Poster · Drom, 2019-06-08 — Songkick

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MusicBrainzArtist facts, Music database discography
BandcampArtist facts, Releases, Photos
Schaffer the Darklord on Last.fmArtist facts
WikidataArtist facts, Photos
bandslate-pipelineShow history
SongkickShow history, Show posters
DiscogsMusic database discography
Last.fmCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it

This is a partial record of publicly documented activity. Missing shows, releases or members do not mean there are none. It does not confirm availability for booking.