Three Evansville rappers collaborate to create an original sound and have fun while doing so. The Angry Nerdz includes Max Bridges, Thomas Blane and Frank Doonan. The group has been recording and performing at local bars since 2011.

“We all have different perspectives,” Doonan said. “Our individual style is better shown through others, because our style hasn’t been discovered yet.”

Doonan, 27, is a native of New Jersey but moved to Evansville as a child and has been here ever since. Doonan goes by the name “Loc the Great.”

In high school, he met Thomas Blaine, and the two began rapping and battling against each other. By freestyling, the rappers perfected their craft.

Blaine, 26, has been rapping since he was 8 years old.

Some time later, the two met Max through a producer and mutual friends at a local studio.

“We used to have Tuesday Night Traditions, which were big freestyles that we made into songs,” Doonan said.

Through the freestyle sessions, their chemistry brought the three together as a group.

“The Nerdz were created by the people,” Bridges said. “We just came up with the name.”

The Angry Nerdz doesn’t consider itself a local group but more a collective that explores many genres and styles.

“We’re a combination, with different ways of rapping,” Blaine said. “We have good chemistry mixed with three different perspectives and opinions.”

They like to keep it interesting, he said.