- Hollywood Undead - Notes From The Underground (Deluxe Edition)
- Label.........................: A&M/Octone
- Genre.........................: Rock
- StoreDate.....................: Jan-08-2013
- Source........................: CDDA
- Grabber.......................: Exact Audio Copy (Secure Mode)
- Encoding Scheme...............: Lame 3.98.4 V0 VBR Joint-Stereo
- Size..........................: 118.14MB
- Total Playing Time............: 62:15
- Release Notes:
- A&M/Octone recording artists Hollywood Undead return with their new
- single ôWe Areö from their forthcoming album Notes From The Underground.
- The song is being serviced to Modern and Active Rock Radio. "We Are"
- reunites the band with producer Danny Lohner [Nine Inch Nails,
- Puscifer], and it's an epic call-to-arms laced with gnashing guitars,
- lyrical jabs, and fiery beats.
- Johnny 3 Tears explains, "The song is about collective resistance. It's
- the silent majority, but we're using Los Angeles as the backdrop. Every
- time we work with Danny, he takes our music to the next level. He's
- willing to go as far outside the box as we are. As a whole, it's a good
- introduction to Notes From The Underground because it encompasses the
- band idealistically. Think of it as an ode to our misled youth."
- The album title is an homage to the Fyodor Dostoyevsky novelùa Johnny 3
- Tears personal favoriteùthe moniker alludes to what's really under the
- mask.
- "We've maintained an underground identity," Johnny 3 Tears remarked.
- "When we write songs, we're coming from a place people don't like to
- look at or talk about openly. As people get older, they get used to
- lying. We have a bond with so many kids because they have a trace of
- that honesty. They don't know how bad some things get yet. We tell them
- the truth."
- While the bandÆs roots are in the underground, the band has drawn
- mainstream attention since the release of their 2008 near
- platinum-selling debut Swan Songs and its acclaimed 2010 follow-up
- American Tragedy. Swan Songs has moved well over 900,000 copies, and
- American Tragedy debuted on the Billboard Top 200 at #4 with first-week
- sales exceeding 67,000. They've played sold out headline shows all over
- the world as well as rousing appearances at festivals such as the UK's
- Download and Rock on the Range, and Epicenter.
- The masked Los Angeles collectiveùJohnny 3 Tears, J-Dog, Charlie Scene,
- Danny, Funny Man, and Da Kurlzz are excited about the release of their
- third album. "We stay true to who we are musically," commented Danny.
- "If even just one kid identifies with what we do, we've done our job.ö
- Notes From The Underground was produced by Griffin Boice, Sam & Sluggo,
- and Danny Lohner, The album emerges directly from that same place behind
- the curtain, underneath the veneer, and inside the darkest heart of
- their city. These are their Notes scribed in tears, blood, and truth.
- "Nothing could change us or our music," assures J-Dog. "We may change
- the method but not the message."
- This Deluxe Edition is a limited CD source and iTunes has its own bonus
- track. Terrible promotion.
- Tracklisting
- 01. Dead Bite 3:38
- 02. From The Ground 3:45
- 03. Another Way Out 2:47
- 04. Lion 3:54
- 05. We Are 4:34
- 06. Pigskin 2:41
- 07. Rain 3:41
- 08. Kill Everyone 2:52
- 09. Believe 4:14
- 10. Up In Smoke 3:39
- 11. Outside 4:43
- 12. Medicine 3:26
- 13. One More Bottle 3:40
- 14. Delish 3:08
- 15. New Day 3:50
- 16. We Are (J-Dog & Killtron Remix) 4:36
- 17. Another Way Out (Griffin Boice Remix) 3:07
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