Hollywood Undead
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Hollywood Undead is a rap rock band from Hollywood, California.
History
The band originated in 2005 from a song titled "The Kids" that Deuce and J-Dog posted on the band's MySpace profile to positive reviews, leading them to form the group Hollywood Undead with their friends Shady Jeff, Johnny 3 Tears, Charlie Scene, Funny Man, and Da Kurlzz. In an interview with Shave magazine, J-Dog explained that when forming the band "Whoever was in the room at the time and played an instrument was in the band |ref> Their song Undead(Out The Way)is featured on the Madden NFL 09 soundtrack as well as part of the soundtrack to UFC 2009 Undisputed and was released as an official single on August 19, 2008, making it the second single from Swan Songs. Their song "Young" is featured as one of the 20 bonus downloadable tracks in the music video game Rock Band 2.[5] An instrumental version of"Undead" is also featured in a trailer for the movie G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. Also, an instrumental version of their song "Young" is featured as the backtrack to an April 2009 cinematic trailer for Velvet Assassin - a video game developed for the Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows. Also, "Young" is available on the Xbox Live Marketplace.
Contrary to popular belief, the band only took one year working on the album. The other two years were spent looking for a company that wouldn't try to censor the album. They first signed a record contract with MySpace Records in 2005 but they left the label after the label tried to censor their first album.[6] They then signed a contract with A&M/Octone Records and their first album, Swan Songs was released on September 2, 2008[7] and reached #22 on the Billboard 200 in its first week of release, selling 21,000 copies[8]; which was later on released in the United Kingdom on May 18, 2009 with two bonus tracks. [9] On June 23, 2009, Hollywood Undead released Swan Songs B-Sides(4 songs:Pain,The Natives,Knife Called Lust,& The Loss) EP through iTunes.
The band is set to release a CD/DVD set entitled Desperate Measures on November 10, 2009. The set is set to include a CD of previously unreleased six new songs(Dove & Grenade,Tear It Up,& El Urgencia) (three of them are covers(Immigrant Song,Shout At The Devil,& Bad Town) as well a previously unreleased remix of Everywhere I Go, and six live recordings of songs from Swan Songs, and a DVD of a full live performance by the band.[citation needed]
Members
Current
- Charlie Scene - rapping, guitar
- Deuce A.K.A Tha Producer - clean vocals, programming
- Da Kurlzz - rapping, Screaming (music), drums, percussion
- Johnny 3 Tears - rapping
- Funny Man - rapping baritone
- J-Dog - Rapping, Keyboard Screaming (music) guitar
Former
- Shady Jeff - rapping
Tour Members
- Biscuitz - drums
Discography
Albums
- 2008: Swan Songs (USA : Gold)
EPs & Compilations
- 2009: Swan Songs B-Sides EP
- 2009: Desperate Measures
Demos
- 2006: Hollywood Undead Demo
References
- ^ Bracelin, Jason (December 19, 2008). "SOUNDS: Generating Momentum". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved 2009-07-11.
- ^ Lauria, Peter (March 11, 2009). "MySpace gets scared off by the 'Undead'". New York Post. Retrieved 2009-07-11.
- ^ Lester, Paul (March 17, 2009). "New band of the day – No 507: Hollywood Undead". The Guardian. Retrieved 2009-07-11.
- ^ Lopez, Korina (March 2, 2009). "On the verge: Hollywood Undead unmasked". USA Today. Retrieved 2009-07-11.
- ^ http://www.rockband.com/news/20_free_dlc_tracks
- ^ Corey Apar, Hollywood Undead at Allmusic
- ^ "Hollywood Undead Wins Virgin Mobile USA's 'Book The Band' to Capture Spot on Star-Studded Roster at Virgin Mobile Festival". top40-charts.com. 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Young Jeezy Nets Second Album Chart-Topper. Billboard, September 10, 2008. Accessed September 13, 2008.
- ^ http://www.play.com/Music/CD/4-/9553930/Swan-Songs/Product.html