City Wolf
City Wolf was born in a small downtown Los Angeles apartment in the summer of 2018. Clayton Stroope, a former VH1 You Oughta Know artist and the lead singer/songwriter of the US Gold selling, and Top 40 charting band Thriving Ivory wanted to take a departure from the familiar. Clayton grew up listening to the harsh programmed drum samples of Lincoln Park, Nine Inch Nails, and Depeche Mode, but absorbed vocal influences from emotive pop singers like Rob Thomas, George Michael, and Prince. His desire to combine these ingredients onto one musical canvas led him to the door of veteran Los Angeles producer TheUnder.
The two immediately hit the ground running and recorded a six song EP which was released in 2019 by Los Angeles based publishing house and licensing firm Riptide Music Group. This self-titled City Wolf EP gained wider distribution into the sync licensing market gaining placements with Hulu, Marvel, Activision, Netflix, Fox Sports, HBO, Taco Bell, and Amazon Prime, solidifying City Wolf’s unique hybrid rock sound as a mainstay in the music licensing market. This elevated exposure along with subsequent releases have pushed City Wolf’s monthly Spotify listener base to over 500K, and his overall catalogue has amassed over 50 million streams.