Chore Boys — Messy and Rusty Lazer

With a combined 100 years of life experience, Chore Boys are the only choice for all of your lifestyle improvement projects.

New Orleans · Live-Remixing DJ Duo

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  • AUG 20 PLAYED w/ Heelturn Saturn Bar New Orleans, LA
  • AUG 22 NEXT UP Anna's New Orleans, LA
  • SEPT 5 Anna's New Orleans, LA
  • SEPT 6 Virgin Hotel Pool New Orleans, LA
  • OCT 8 Special Guest SHERELLE with Chore Boys, Toki Doki Hoe, FREAK POV ARORA · New Orleans, LA Buy Tickets Now!
  • OCT 9 Brushy St. Commons Austin, TX
  • OCT 16 The Saint New Orleans, LA
  • OCT 17 Anna's New Orleans, LA
  • OCT 29 Monster Mash! Round Top Round Top, TX
  • OCT 31 w/ Brooke Saturn Bar New Orleans, LA
  • NOV 7 Anna's New Orleans, LA
  • NOV 13 Blue Nile New Orleans, LA
  • NOV 28 Anna's New Orleans, LA
  • DEC 31 w/ Brookiecita Saturn Bar New Orleans, LA
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WHO THE BOYS ARE
Chore Boys

Messy

Rusty Lazer

Messy

Messy came to New Orleans in 2005 and never left. He spent his early years producing films, including a stint as Associate Producer on Beasts of the Southern Wild, before realizing he cared less about the filmmaking and more about the party after wrap. That pull led him straight into DJing and event production, working and performing at Glastonbury Festival and Bonnaroo.

After a decade-long slowdown to raise a family, he is back in the night world. As one half of Chore Boys, Messy gets what he has always wanted, a room full of strangers turning into a single moving crowd.

Rusty Lazer

Rusty Lazer is a DJ, Producer, Artist Manager and Non-Profit founder who has called New Orleans home since the mid 90’s, when he arrived with his drums and a lifetime of performing an eclectic range of music from jazz to classical, and punk to new wave.

In the upheaval and loss after Katrina, he transitioned from playing in 5 active touring bands to DJ’ing. His first set in 2007 was at an ex-girlfriend and bandmate’s birthday, and just a couple of years later he was managing, DJ’ing and touring the world many times over with Bounce Music legends Big Freedia, Katey Red, Nicky Da B and Ha Sizzle. Nicky Da B’s track on Diplo’s first solo record, “Express Yourself”, remains one of the most enduring creations from this period. His sets at the time were dubbed “a sweaty, mega-mix crash course in the sound of New Orleans,” These days his tastes encompass a spectrum that includes the music of his adopted hometown blended with genres beyond the generational and geographical, and always 100% dance party focused.

In addition to his work as an artist, in 2008 he co-founded the artist exchange non-profit New Orleans Airlift in an effort to create opportunities for local artists to engage with the wider world through global travel. He’s a founding creator of its flagship project, Music Box Village, a “village of musical architecture” that still hosts cross-culture collaborations in New Orleans’ Bywater neighborhood.

Chore Boys is the newest project of New Orleans DJs Messy and Rusty Lazer, a live-remixing duo whose partnership began on a video shoot for Bounce artist Big Freedia not long after Hurricane Katrina. Rusty was DJ’ing, managing and touring globally with Big Freedia, Katey Red and Nicky Da B, and Casey was producing alongside his work on the Oscar-nominated film Beasts of the Southern Wild.

In 2024 their friendship turned a corner as they bonded over shared musicianship (guitar and drums respectively). With a combined 31 years of performing and producing experience, they think of themselves as friends first, musicians second, and DJ’s most recently. Their sets are live-remixed, improvised, rapid-fire adventures in dance floor mayhem punctuated by elements of intense classic hits and obscure personal faves.

Following several sets at Glastonbury Festival in 2025, and building on Rusty’s extensive touring across Europe, the U.S., and Asia since 2011, the duo continues to push the boundaries of the traditional DJ set.

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