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Ask the members of Hellogoodbye how they chose the band's name, and they'll tell you straight up. It's not about the Beatles. It's not about greetings and farewells. Rather, says lead singer Forrest Kline, "Screech said it in the Hawaii episode of 'Saved The Bell'." So much for deep meaning. Turns out Hellogoodbye has one mission: make great music and have as much fun as possible doing it. Judging by their new self-titled Drive-Thru Records debut EP - available at shows and as a free download at drivethrurecords.com HelloGoodbye is right on target.
Rooted in tight melodies and winning arrangements, the five songs on the EP show a sophistication beyond the band's do-it-yourself m.o. Forrest Kline sings with disarming joy, while keyboardist Jesse Kurvik adds light and humor. "I go for old Nintendo," he says with a laugh. "In terms of synth sounds, we want kitschy and cheesy."
Though only five songs long, the EP shows off the band's versatility. "Call and Return" is a pop jewel in the classic style, oddly tender but relentlessly upbeat. The harder-rocking "Shimmy Shimmy Quarter Turn" is a surprisingly perceptive break-up song ("Turn down the beating of my heart/mark the places in my book/with photographs we never took"), while the fragile "Bonnie Taylor Shakedown 2k," just may be the first song to pay simultaneous homage to "Louie Louie" and "My Bonny Lies Over The Ocean." "Jesse Buy Nothing (Go to Prom Anyways)" is a refreshing blast of musical insanity with a little history attached. "Jesse needed to ask a girl to the prom," says Forrest. "We figured a song was the best way to go, so we made the song in my house, made a nice little package for it and then I delivered it via 'Hellogoodbye express mail,' i.e., me dressed in beige shorts and a button down." The EP ends on a sour-sweet note with the pop-rock (a la Weezer) ballad "Dear Jamie...Sincerely Me," expressing the impermanence of relationships.
They've been together as a band for two years, but the members of Hellogoodbye go way back. They were raised amid the sunscreen vapors of Huntington Beach, CA, just a frisbee's throw from the Beach Boys' stomping grounds. Forrest, along with Jesse, Marcus and Aaron, were schoolmates, helping shape each other's musical tastes.
In his mid-teens, Kline began writing and recording songs at home. At the same time, he got a job working at - of all places - Drive-Thru Records. "I did their website and graphic design," he recalls. "My parents made me quit though because it was too far to drive and I was only 16." Around that time, he started Hellogoodbye with his friends.
Says Jesse. "It was completely something we started doing as friends, stuff we thought was fun and liked playing. That's why we're not like a lot of bands out there. It's great that there are bands that tackle serious issues, but that's not us."
Maybe not, but music fans all around Orange County did take them to heart. Bookings at venues like Chain Reaction, Koos, and The Hub came quick and easy, and a sizeable following began to surface. It wasn't long before Drive-Thru heard demos by their former employee and asked the band to come aboard.
Says an admiring Jesse of Forrest, the band's songwriter and front man: "He's like a kid and has fun in everything he does. It's amazing how he can sit down with an idea and mold it into something so fast."
Hellogoodbye's debut EP was downloaded 750K times prior to disc's release to retail. Since then, the EP has gone on to sell upwards of 45K copies and going strong. Over the last year, Hellogoodbye has toured with All American Rejects, Hidden In Plain View, The Rocket Summer, Jameson Parker and headlined the Drive-Thru Records CMJ showcase to a sold-out crowd of 1300 fans at The Avalon in NYC. On November 22, 2005, Drive-Thru released OMG HGB DVD ROTFL, a visual kaleidoscope that contains four brand new videos, live sold-out performance at the House Of Blues in Anaheim, acoustic performances by the band, and behind the scenes footage.
Currently the band is on a nationwide sold-out headlining tour and has maxed the capacity of such venues as the Knitting Factory in New York and Los Angeles and the Theater Of Living Arts in Philadelphia. Second dates have been added due to overwhelming demand!
Hellogoodbye was featured in four episodes of MTV's The Real World Austin and the band was chosen as a semi-finalist for MTV2's Circuit Breakout (winner will be announced December 10th). Their online presence has exploded with over 3 million plays on PureVolume, a distinction held by only six bands. The press are certainly picking up the good vibes of HelloGoodbye. Alternative Press magazine named their upcoming full-length debut as a Most Anticipated Release of 2006. The yet to be titled album, produced by Matt Mahaffey (Self, Pink), will be out on Drive-Thru Records Summer of 2006.
This is one new band right on the edge. Say Hello.
Quelle und Copyright Bandinfo: http://www.indie911.com/hellogoodbye
Homepage: www.hellogoodbye.net
Offiziell Bestätigt
Ask the members of Hellogoodbye how they chose the band's name, and they'll tell you straight up. It's not about the Beatles. It's not about greetings and farewells. Rather, says lead singer Forrest Kline, "Screech said it in the Hawaii episode of 'Saved The Bell'." So much for deep meaning. Turns out Hellogoodbye has one mission: make great music and have as much fun as possible doing it. Judging by their new self-titled Drive-Thru Records debut EP - available at shows and as a free download at drivethrurecords.com HelloGoodbye is right on target.
Rooted in tight melodies and winning arrangements, the five songs on the EP show a sophistication beyond the band's do-it-yourself m.o. Forrest Kline sings with disarming joy, while keyboardist Jesse Kurvik adds light and humor. "I go for old Nintendo," he says with a laugh. "In terms of synth sounds, we want kitschy and cheesy."
Though only five songs long, the EP shows off the band's versatility. "Call and Return" is a pop jewel in the classic style, oddly tender but relentlessly upbeat. The harder-rocking "Shimmy Shimmy Quarter Turn" is a surprisingly perceptive break-up song ("Turn down the beating of my heart/mark the places in my book/with photographs we never took"), while the fragile "Bonnie Taylor Shakedown 2k," just may be the first song to pay simultaneous homage to "Louie Louie" and "My Bonny Lies Over The Ocean." "Jesse Buy Nothing (Go to Prom Anyways)" is a refreshing blast of musical insanity with a little history attached. "Jesse needed to ask a girl to the prom," says Forrest. "We figured a song was the best way to go, so we made the song in my house, made a nice little package for it and then I delivered it via 'Hellogoodbye express mail,' i.e., me dressed in beige shorts and a button down." The EP ends on a sour-sweet note with the pop-rock (a la Weezer) ballad "Dear Jamie...Sincerely Me," expressing the impermanence of relationships.
They've been together as a band for two years, but the members of Hellogoodbye go way back. They were raised amid the sunscreen vapors of Huntington Beach, CA, just a frisbee's throw from the Beach Boys' stomping grounds. Forrest, along with Jesse, Marcus and Aaron, were schoolmates, helping shape each other's musical tastes.
In his mid-teens, Kline began writing and recording songs at home. At the same time, he got a job working at - of all places - Drive-Thru Records. "I did their website and graphic design," he recalls. "My parents made me quit though because it was too far to drive and I was only 16." Around that time, he started Hellogoodbye with his friends.
Says Jesse. "It was completely something we started doing as friends, stuff we thought was fun and liked playing. That's why we're not like a lot of bands out there. It's great that there are bands that tackle serious issues, but that's not us."
Maybe not, but music fans all around Orange County did take them to heart. Bookings at venues like Chain Reaction, Koos, and The Hub came quick and easy, and a sizeable following began to surface. It wasn't long before Drive-Thru heard demos by their former employee and asked the band to come aboard.
Says an admiring Jesse of Forrest, the band's songwriter and front man: "He's like a kid and has fun in everything he does. It's amazing how he can sit down with an idea and mold it into something so fast."
Hellogoodbye's debut EP was downloaded 750K times prior to disc's release to retail. Since then, the EP has gone on to sell upwards of 45K copies and going strong. Over the last year, Hellogoodbye has toured with All American Rejects, Hidden In Plain View, The Rocket Summer, Jameson Parker and headlined the Drive-Thru Records CMJ showcase to a sold-out crowd of 1300 fans at The Avalon in NYC. On November 22, 2005, Drive-Thru released OMG HGB DVD ROTFL, a visual kaleidoscope that contains four brand new videos, live sold-out performance at the House Of Blues in Anaheim, acoustic performances by the band, and behind the scenes footage.
Currently the band is on a nationwide sold-out headlining tour and has maxed the capacity of such venues as the Knitting Factory in New York and Los Angeles and the Theater Of Living Arts in Philadelphia. Second dates have been added due to overwhelming demand!
Hellogoodbye was featured in four episodes of MTV's The Real World Austin and the band was chosen as a semi-finalist for MTV2's Circuit Breakout (winner will be announced December 10th). Their online presence has exploded with over 3 million plays on PureVolume, a distinction held by only six bands. The press are certainly picking up the good vibes of HelloGoodbye. Alternative Press magazine named their upcoming full-length debut as a Most Anticipated Release of 2006. The yet to be titled album, produced by Matt Mahaffey (Self, Pink), will be out on Drive-Thru Records Summer of 2006.
This is one new band right on the edge. Say Hello.
Quelle und Copyright Bandinfo: http://www.indie911.com/hellogoodbye
Homepage: www.hellogoodbye.net
