{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = NLS Crew | background = group_or_band | genre = Hip hop, crunk, thrash metal, electro | years_active = 2005–2006 | associated_acts = Test Icicles<br />Lightspeed Champion<br />Naked Babes<br />Balls<br />Das Meat<br />The Red in Sophie Loren<br />Manpower<br />Nailed Down<br />INTENSEDUDES<br />demon(sic) | website = [http://www.myspace.com/nls Official MySpace] | current_members = Sam E Danger ''(a.k.a. Sam Mehran)''<br />Nigga Bullshit ''(a.k.a. Devonte Hynes)''<br />Velour Gangsta ''(a.k.a. Deano Jo, Head of Real Gold)''<br />Ben.L.S ''(a.k.a. Ben Rayner)'' }}
'''NLS Crew''' was a short lived hip hop and thrash metal fusion group, formed as a spin-off from Test Icicles.
== History == The group was formed in February 2005 by Devonte Hynes, Sam Mehran, Deano Jo and photographer Ben Rayner.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/latest-news/sam-mehran-formerly-of-dance-punk-band-test-icicles-dead-at-311|title=Sam Mehran, formerly of dance-punk band Test Icicles, dead at 31|website=The Line of Best Fit|access-date=26 May 2022}}</ref> NLS Crew amalgamized the music of crunk, West Coast rap, thrash metal and electro, in a way similar to Hynes and Mehran's primary band, Test Icicles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/lightspeed-champion-falling-off-the-lavender-bridge-8572/|title=LIGHTSPEED CHAMPION - FALLING OFF THE LAVENDER BRIDGE|website=Uncut.co.uk|date=16 January 2008|access-date=26 May 2022}}</ref> The acronym "NLS" was taken from Mehran's Australian childhood friends, who used to use the term "Next Level Shit" to describe anything of quality.
In April 2005, the group self-released a 4 track EP, made entirely of music made using the Zoom SB-246. The group played two shows, one in Liverpool and the other in London, both of them in supporting Death from Above 1979 in May 2005, who later commissioned a 'Sammy Danger NLS Edit' of their track "Black History Month".
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== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20081114180429/http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile Official Myspace]
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Category:English hip-hop groups Category:Grime music groups Category:Musical groups established in 2005 Category:English thrash metal musical groups