Hilltop Hoods honoured with laneway and mural in Adelaide CBD
The Australian hip hop group Hilltop Hoods has been honored with a dedicated laneway in Adelaide's CBD. The site features murals by artist Vans the Omega and is part of the city's ongoing City of Music Laneways initiative.
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This initiative highlights the cultural significance of local artists and promotes urban tourism by celebrating South Australia's musical heritage.
Hilltop Hoods are the latest South Australian music heavyweights to be inducted into Adelaide's City of Music Laneways initiative. ( Supplied: Ashlee Jones )
Link copied Share Share article Pioneering Australian hip hop group Hilltop Hoods rapped about " Goin' down a hard road " in 2006.
Now, the Adelaide trio are being honoured with a laneway in their hometown.
Clubhouse Lane, running off Hindley Street in Adelaide's CBD, was renamed Hilltop Hoods Lane at a ceremony today.
Two large-scale murals featuring the group and their associated iconography, created by Adelaide artist Vans the Omega, run down both sides of the laneway.
The Hoods, who still call Adelaide home, say it's an "incredible honour" to have their own laneway in the heart of the city they know and love.
"We have great memories of gigging in that part of town," Pressure told Double J's Dylan Lewis.
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