Hollywood Undead
Hollywood Undead
Hollywood Undead was formed in June/July 2005 by J-Dog and Deuce (past member). All of the members have grown up in LA, California. Nowadays there are five members; J-Dog (vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, synthesizer), Charlie Scene (vocals, lead guitar), Johnny 3 Tears (vocals, bass guitar), Funny Man (vocals) and Danny (vocals, keyboards, guitar). There are also three past members; Da Kurlzz (vocals, drums, percussion, left in June 2017) Deuce (vocals, left in 2009 for an unconfirmed reason) and Shady Jeff (vocals, left in 2007 because of disagreement with other members). All members wear masks and use nicknames. They are well known for their sarcastic and accurate lyrics. Some of their songs are about partying, drinking, taking drugs, girls but also about love, feelings, being heartless, having a broken heart and similar things.
The name “Hollywood Undead” was introduced by J-Dog when he and Deuce wrote a song called “Hollywood,” and at the time called the band “Undead” (this designation comes from the times when they used to call people who lived in Hollywood “undead” because they were partying all the time and that is why they thought they looked like zombies). J-Dog wrote the band name and name of the song on a small CD and showed it to his neighbor. The neighbor didn’t read it correctly, and thought that both of those words were the name of the band. J-Dog liked the way it sounded, and the name stuck.
Their first album was released on September 2nd, 2008. It was called Swan Songs and includes songs like “City”, “Black Dahlia” and “Everywhere I Go”.