American Tragedy

by Hollywood Undead

Overview

After their debut, Swan Song, went gold, the six masked members of Hollywood Undead went back to their home studios and started pre-production on a follow-up. With some new tracks in tow, Johnny 3 Tears, J-Dog, Charlie Scene, Da Kurlzz, Funny Man, and new recruit Daniel "Danny" Murillo (a former American Idol contestant who replaced Aron "Deuce" Erlichman) reunited with former Hollywood Undead producer Don Gilmore and recruited four other producers (Griffin Boice, Sam Hollander, Dave Katz, and Kevin Rudolf) to broaden their sound. They succeed and they don't, on this level. With more contributors, the group shows a wider range of influences, from mainstream pop, to Southern rap, to the usual riff-hearty rap-rock songs with big, shiny, Good Charlotte-style hooks, but at the core of the band, little has changed. The crew is still intentionally misogynistic and profane, sounding like caricatures of Eminem or Kid Rock as they rap and sing about gangsta cliches like puffing blunts, drinking Patron, getting booty, and flossing. Still, suburban youth won't care if the material is stock. It's a big, overstated album fit for moving car subwoofers, and even though it's more layered with keyboards and digital gloss, the active rock appeal is there, even when they depart from the machismo and deliver the introspective rap ballads "Pour Me" and "Coming Back Down." ~ Jason Lymangrover

Product Details

Release Date:	04/19/2011
Label:	A&M / Interscope / Octone Records / Universal-Island Records
UPC:	0602527621425

Tracks

1. Been to Hell
2. Apologize
3. Comin' in Hot
4. My Town
5. I Don't Wanna Die
6. Hear Me Now
7. Gangsta Sexy
8. Glory
9. Lights Out
10. Coming Back Down
11. Bullet
12. Levitate
13. Pour Me
14. Tendencies
15. Mother Murder
16. Lump Your Head
17. Le Deux
18. S.C.A.V.A.

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Hollywood Undead   Primary Artist
Sean Gould   Bass,Guitar
Dave Katz   Guitar
Daren Pfeifer   Drums
Will Hunt   Drums
Dorian Crozier   Drums
B.C. Smith   Keyboards
Charlie Scene   Guitar
J-Dog   Piano
Matt Mayes   Vocals
Jeff Halatrax   Guitar
Griffin Boice   Bass,Drums,Organ,Piano,Guitar,Strings,Percussion
John Lowery   Guitar
Jamie Muhoberoc   Keyboards
Petra Christensen   Vocals
Ben Grosse   Keyboards
Dean Butterworth   Drums

Technical Credits

Sam Hollander   Composer,Programming
Paul Pavao   Engineer
Sean Gould   Mixing,Engineer,Programming
Jacob Kasher   Composer
Jaime Martinez   Mixing Assistant
S*A*M   Producer
Jonas Akerlund   Photography
Johnny 3 Tears   Composer
Dave Katz   Composer,Programming
Sean Curiel   Assistant Engineer,Drum Engineering
Jeremy Miller   Assistant Engineer,Assistant Engineer
G. Boice   Composer
Serban Ghenea   Mixing
Sluggo   Producer,Producer
Dylan Dresdow   Mixing
James Diener   A&R
John Hanes   Mixing
Daniel Murillo   Composer
Tim Roberts   Mixing Assistant
Mark Kiczula   Engineer
B.C. Smith   Programming
Kevin Rudolf   Composer,Engineer,Producer,Instrumentation
Ben Grosse   Mixing,Composer,Engineer,Producer,Programming
Funny Man   Composer
Charlie Scene   Composer
J-Dog   Composer,Engineer,Additional Production
Graham Hargrove   Assistant Engineer
Bart Hendrickson   Programming
Grant Michaels   Assistant,Programming,Assistant Engineer
Jeff Halatrax   Producer
Ken Dudley   Engineer
Da Kurlzz   Composer
Griffin Boice   Mixing,Composer,Engineer,Producer,Programming
Jeff Halavacs   Composer
Jeff Janke   Photography
Rogelio Hernandez III   Design,Art Direction
Don Gilmore   Composer,Producer