Hollywood Undead
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Hollywood Undead is a band whose music has been described as a mixture of hip hop, emo and metal.[1]
The band originated in 2005 from a song Deuce and J-Dog posted on MySpace to positive views and which led them to form the group Hollywood Undead with their friends Johnny 3 Tears, Charlie Scene, Funny Man and Da Kurlzz.[1] In their first nine weeks on MySpace they had almost a million plays and by 2006 they were said to be leading MySpace's top unsigned artists list with over 8 million plays.[2][3] In 2005 they became the first band to sign up with MySpace Records.[4] By 2008 the band had over 40 million plays and over 400,000 friends on MySpace.[5]
The band perform in individual masks in order to maintain an air of mystery.[1] This originated from their MySpace page which they filled with pictures of themselves in hockey masks.[2] They will make their live debut in August 2008 at the Virgin Mobile Festival after winning 285,000 votes, over half the total, in a Book the Band contest against four other bands.[6] Their popular song Undead is featured on the Madden 2009 Soundtrack and was released as an official single on August 19, 2008, making it the first single from Swan Songs.
Hollywood Undead have signed a contract with A&M/Octone Records and will release their debut album Swan Songs on 02 September 2008.[6]
Discography
- 2008: Swan Songs
Videos
- No. 5
- Undead
Unreleased Songs
- "Sell Your Soul"
- "Bitches"
- "Christmas in Hollywood"
- "Circles"
- "Dead in Ditches"
- "The Kids"
- "Knife Called Lust"
- "The Loss"
- "The Natives"
- "Pain"
- "Scene for Dummies"
- "Turn off the Lights" (feat. Jeffree Star)
References
- ^ a b c "Hollywood Undead". Virgin Mobile Festival 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b "Do You MySpace?". The New York Times. 2005-08-28. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Internet diva who sent Fleet Street into a spin". guardian.co.uk. 2006-06-04. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "MySpace.com launches MySpace Records". Soulshine. 2005-11-04. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Hollywood Undead". ILikeMusic. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b "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.
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