(hed) pe

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(hed) pe
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General information
Genre (s) Crossover , hardcore punk
founding 1994
Current occupation
Jared Gomes
Jaxon
Mawk
trauma

(hed) pe (also (hed) planet earth or Hed PE ) is a self-proclaimed "G-Punk" band from Huntington Beach , California. The band plays a crossover of hardcore punk , ska-punk , funk , heavy metal and hip-hop .

Band history

DJ Product at his turntables

(hed) pe was founded in 1994 by Jahred Gomes (singer) and Wes Geer (lead guitar) after they met at several concerts in Los Angeles and the California underground scene. They began to write songs and completed the band with Mawk (bass), Chizad (guitar), BC (drums) and DJ Product (turntables).

Mawk live in 2006

In 2001 they had their greatest success with their second official album Broke ( Jive Records ) and club hits like Killing Time , Bartender and Waiting to Die . After that, however, a bad time awaited her. Pressured by their record company to write more mainstream songs, the album Blackout (2003) was released (original album name before the change of members: "The Big Nothing"), which made their sound sound a little more mass-market and less aggressive.

In 2004 came the turning point for the band, both artistically and personally. They split from their record company Jive Records after six years, replacing their original guitarist and drummer. (hed) pe was then signed by the indie label KOCH Records , and the two newcomers Jaxon (guitar) and Moke (drums) rounded off the band.

The hooded Jahred Gomes in 2006

With this newfound freedom they started recording their new album. They had enough material from frontman Jahred, who had written some songs for his never-released side project Fenix ​​Jones . The songs can be heard today on the album Only in Amerika (original album name: "Raise Hell"), which hit stores in March 2005.

In 2006, the band's fifth studio album, Back 2 Base X, was released, which was released under Suburban Noize Records (including Kottonmouth Kings , OPM ). After Insomnia (2007) and The DIY Guys (2008), New World Orphans, the successful Californian work , was released in 2009 . Trauma became the sixth drummer in the band in 2009. In October 2010 her latest album was released under the title Truth Rising in the USA .

Discography

  • 1995: Church of Realities
  • 1997: (hed) pe
  • 2000: Broke
  • 2003: blackout
  • 2005: Only in America
  • 2006: Back 2 Base X
  • 2006: The Best of HED pe ( best of compilation )
  • 2007: Insomnia
  • 2008: The DIY Guys (DVD)
  • 2009: New World Orphans
  • 2010: Major Pain 2 Indee Freedom (best of compilation)
  • 2010: Truth Rising
  • 2014: evolution
  • 2016: Forever
  • 2019: Stampede

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