The PlagueDoctorвЂ™s music has a dark vibe going through it, although Shillington and Morgan said that is not meant to be gothic or depressing. вЂњThose songs are the infection that is spreading, and thatвЂ™s what we are trying to comment on.вЂќ вЂњItвЂ™s like you listen to the radio and you hear these really bad songs and ask yourself вЂhow did this get popular?вЂ™вЂќ Morgan said. The metaphor Shillington refers to can be summed up succinctly with the bandвЂ™s description on their Facebook page: вЂњWe are the doctor attempting to cure this plague of wack shit.вЂќ The вЂњwack shitвЂќ being commercial mainstream hip hop, mediocrity and unoriginality. We just thought it was cool imagery and lended itself to an appropriate metaphor.вЂќ These people that would walk around during the Bubonic Plague with these elongated masks filled with herbs that they believed kept the plague away.

вЂњThe whole Plague Doctor concept was really interesting to me. вЂњI just figured we could get some beats from friends and go from there,вЂќ Shillington said. Shillington and Morgan had been hanging out regularly and doing freestyle together, when Shillington came up with the PlagueDoctor moniker and pitched it to Morgan.

The group was started by Shillington and Morgan, who are both familiar faces in the Bellingham hip hop scene (Wilson Project and Haunted Authors respectively). The group is comprised of emcees Garth Shillington (aka WilNever Tell) and Tyson Morgan (aka Lighthouse,) along with beatmakers DJ Serve Stacks and 8 Track Mind. References to the bubonic plague run throughout the PlagueDoctorвЂ™s release (hence the name,) but much like Monty Python, they are combining the dark imagery with a very tongue-in-cheek attitude. H ooded Headed Medics, the first release from Bellingham hip hop group PlagueDoctor, begins with the words вЂњbring out your dead.вЂќ The sample is of course from the oft-cited classic comedy Monty Python and The Holy Grail.

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