The leader of the band, Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo, was born in 1977 in
Bassano del Grappa, Italy. He lives between Italy and the United States. He is a classically trained musician, but gained reputation for producing music with styles ranging from punk rock to the new wave of the 1980s. His identity remains largely anonymous. In fact, the only identifying public feature he has is the year "1977" tattooed across his chest, which is the year of his birth, that coincided with the year
punk-rock was born. Rifo, a
music producer, DJ and photographer uses the pseudonym the Bloody Beetroots himself.
2005–2009: Early production and Romborama Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo gained the support of
Etienne De Crecy,
Alex Gopher, and
Dim Mak's Steve Aoki with his early singles "Warp 1.9" and "Cornelius", In 2008, his EP
Cornelius was in the Top 100 International iTunes downloads. In 2009, the Bloody Beetroots released his first album,
Romborama.
The Bloody Beetroots DJ Set (Sir Rifo and ex-member Tommy Tea) had a short tour of the United States in early 2008, alongside DJ
Steve Aoki. In 2009, Sir Rifo also worked on Rifoki, a hardcore punk band with
Steve Aoki.
2010–2011: Death Crew 77 Bloody Beetroots DJ Set played festivals including
Stereosonic Festival in Australia,
Ultra Music Festival in Miami and
Rock Werchter in Belgium. During his 2010 Live Tour, Sir Rifo labeled himself and the live band
the Bloody Beetroots Death Crew 77 and introduced drummer Edward Grinch. Tommy Tea was in charge of effects and sampling in the live band. In 2011, Grinch left the band and replacement drummer Battle took his place. Later in 2011, during the Church of Noise tour, vocalist
Dennis Lyxzén of the punk band
Refused joined and provided vocals for a few songs. With the new live show they continued playing various festivals across the world, including the Solidays Festival in Paris, MELT! Festival in
Berlin, Extrema Festival in
Eindhoven,
Tomorrowland in Belgium, HARD Fest in Los Angeles,
Electric Zoo in New York City, and headlined the 2011 New Year's Eve show at the
Together as One festival in Los Angeles.
2012–2014: Hide In 2013, the Bloody Beetroots released the album
Hide. The first single, "Rocksteady", was released in late December 2011 along with two remix EPs. The second single, "Chronicles of a Fallen Love" (featuring Greta Svabo Bech) was released in December 2012, also with the two-part remix EPs. In February 2013, Bob Rifo announced a third single "Spank" (produced with TAI and Bart B More), as well as an accompanying music video. Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo also collaborated with
Paul McCartney on the single "Out of Sight" on
Ultra Records. It was released in June 2013. For the entirety of 2012, Rifo and Tommy Tea toured the world as
Bloody Beetroots DJ Set, including performances on festivals such as Tomorrowland, Ultra Music Festival and HARD Fest New York. At the beginning of 2013, Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo re-introduced the live crew under the new name
the Bloody Beetroots Live, which debuted in Australia in January. The mask Rifo wears on stage has been re-designed as well – now featuring wearable LED lights on the
Venom-shaped eyes, which are controlled remotely via MIDI. The rest of the band also wears new masks, though they do not light up like Rifo's. The live band consisted of Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo (piano/effects, guitars, vocals), Battle (synthesizers, bass guitar) and Edward Grinch (drums). However, in Australia, Grinch was replaced by member New Mad Harris on drums. Since the beginning of 2013, Tommy Tea has dedicated himself to other personal projects. In 2013, Rifo announced and released a new social media platform called "the Real Church of Noise", which is a "safe haven for like-minded individuals to share and collaborate". The platform incorporates sharing services such as YouTube and
SoundCloud.
2015–present: SBCR and The Great Electronic Swindle Shortly after the Chaos and Confusion tour, Rifo began to DJ across the world under the pseudonym
SBCR (an acronym of his stage name). He released one EP titled
SBCR & Friends, Vol. 1 on
Dim Mak Records and began a tour around the world performing DJ sets. In 2017, Rifo released two new songs under the Bloody Beetroots name: a collaboration with Australian band
Jet titled "My Name Is Thunder", and a solo song titled "Satan Bass City Rockers". Rifo later announced the songs would be included on his third album,
The Great Electronic Swindle, to be released on 20 October 2017. The Bloody Beetroots is working on his 4th Album. ==Members==