Artist
Gunz For Hire
- Followers:
- 124,196
- Popularity:
- 48/100
- Tracked releases:
- 68
- Latest release:
- 4 Dec 2025
Gunz For Hire are Ran-D and Adaro's gangster-themed raw hardstyle duo, formed in 2011, home to anthems like 'Bolivia' and 'Bella Ciao', and one of the most successful live acts in the harder styles.
Releases (68)
68 tracks
About Gunz For Hire
Gunz For Hire is what happened when two of raw hardstyle’s architects decided the music needed a story. Ran-D and Adaro had collaborated since 2009’s ‘My Name Is Hardstyle’; in 2011 they made the partnership permanent, dressing rawstyle’s aggression in mob suits and building a universe of crime-film theming around it.
Kings of the underground
The early A2 Records years delivered ‘Gangsters Don’t Dance’, ‘Put It On’ and ‘Bolivia’, tracks that turned the duo into headliners in their own right, separate from their solo careers. When the pair co-founded Roughstate in 2015 with B-Front and Frequencerz, Gunz For Hire moved with them, and the hits kept coming: ‘Bella Ciao’, ‘Plata O Plomo’, ‘No Mercy’, ‘Kings of the Underground’, ‘Sorrow’.
The live act
What sets Gunz For Hire apart is the show. The live act (suits, storyline visuals, CO2 guns, flamethrowers) became festival legend and a fixture at Defqon.1, Qlimax and Decibel, with a strong claim to being the most successful live act hardstyle has produced. Few side projects outgrow their founders’ main aliases; this one did, on stage at least.
Still loaded
The catalogue keeps moving: HDRR tracks 68 Gunz For Hire releases, led on Spotify by ‘Dia De Los Muertos’ (2023), with ‘Bang Bang’ (2025) proving the duo still ships new material fifteen years in.
Every new Gunz For Hire release lands on the Hardstyle Release Radar the day it hits Spotify. The full tracked catalogue is listed above.
Questions,answered
Who are Gunz For Hire?
Gunz For Hire is the duo of Dutch hardstyle producers Ran-D (Randy Wieland) and Adaro (Thijs Ploegmakers), formed in 2011 to represent the darker, mob-themed underground of raw hardstyle.
What are Gunz For Hire's biggest tracks?
Early A2 Records hits 'Gangsters Don't Dance', 'Put It On' and 'Bolivia', later joined by 'Bella Ciao', 'Plata O Plomo', 'No Mercy', 'Kings of the Underground' and 'Sorrow'. In HDRR's tracking, 'Dia De Los Muertos' (2023) leads their Spotify catalogue.
What makes the Gunz For Hire live act special?
Full mob theatre: suits, storyline visuals and pyro-heavy staging with CO2 guns and flamethrowers. It became one of hardstyle's most in-demand live shows, touring the genre's biggest festivals.
What label are Gunz For Hire on?
Roughstate, the label Ran-D and Adaro co-founded in 2015 with B-Front and Frequencerz. Their earlier releases appeared on A2 Records.