Career
The New York Times has described Titus as "the right man for this job: you can’t pin anything on him..He knows how to lose control perpetually and yet sing rhythmically against the backbeat. He sounds like a chaos orchestrator — the sound of his voice alone can get people moving in the wrong direction." Titus appeared at number three in the 2011 NME Cool List and outlined his guide to being a punk in 2014 for The Guardian, stating that “a modern punk seeks out the best in music or art or cool means of expression.” He currently resides in Brooklyn, New New York Cerebral Ballzy Cerebral Ballzy formed in Brooklyn, New York in 2009 and is best known for their love of 80s punk, along with a keen interest in drinking, girls, pizza and skateboarding Fronted by Titus, the band also consists of Mel Honor (bass), Jason Bannon (guitar) and Tom Kogut (drums).
Cerebral Ballzy have released two full-length records.
Their first self-titled full-length record received international acclaim, including favorable write-ups in top United Kingdom music magazine Mojo and on British Broadcasting Corporation Music. Their second full-length record, Jaded & Faded, was produced by Dave Sitek and released on Julian Casablancas" Cult Records on June 16, 2015.
The record received strong reviews, most notably from NME, where Titus and Casablancas shared a cover for their Heroes issue in March 2014. Since forming, the band has toured extensively, sharing the stage with top artists including The Strokes, Black Flag, Black Lips and OFF! They also headlined the Monster NME Radar Tour in 2013.
Influences Honor is said to be influenced by the likes of Jesus and Mary Chain, The Stone Roses, Beat generation writers, romantic French literature such as Genet, Céline and Rimbaud.
He credits Siouxsie Sioux, early-eighties Robert Smith, Johnny Marr, Richard Hell, Johnny Thunders, Tom Verlaine, and Lou Reed as personal style icons. Acting In 2014, Honor began work on Condemned, a horror movie set in New York"s Lower East Side. In the film, Titus plays Loki, a musician living in a condemned squat, who ends up having to use his collection of vintage bass guitars to fight off attackers after an infection spreads throughout the building"s residents, causing them to "go crazy." The film co-stars Lydia Hearst and Dylan Penn and is written and directed by Eli Morgan Gesner.
Modeling In 2014, Titus was photographed by Ryan McGinley and featured prominently throughout his corresponding Yearbook exhibition.
He has also done work with Rag & Bone and Metropolis Vintage. Additionally, he has been featured in spreads in Nylon and Black Magazine, as well as being one of four musicians profiled for the New York Times T Style magazine in 2014.
