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If there’s one thing to expect from Hellogoodbye, it’s the unexpected. One day the band is sharing the stage with Beyoncé—or at least a cutout of Beyoncé—and the next day, each member—vocalist/guitarist Forrest Kline, keyboardist Jesse Kurvink, bassist Marcus Cole and drummer Chris Profeta—is dressed up as a different piece of fruit. With all the energy and intensity of Tom Cruise jumping on Oprah’s couch—minus all that pesky Scientology stuff about people living in volcanoes—Hellogoodbye have spent the last two years perfecting their unbridled live show and booty-shaking jams, which culminate in the release of their debut album Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!.

However, when the band formed, there weren’t really any zombies or aliens or vampires or dinosaurs, and don’t get us started on the exclamation points. “I started recording really horrible midi music on my PC in my bedroom,” remembers Kline, who just so happened to be working for Drive-Thru Records at the time of his tinkering. “The rhythm was all jittery because my computer sucked and the vocals were all soft cause my parents were sleeping upstairs while I recorded them.” Writing songs for friends and girls he wanted to woo, Kline kept the material to himself never sending demos to any labels. A mutual friend shared the songs with Drive-Thru owners Richard Reines and Stefanie Reines and they flipped out! With the unconditional support of Drive-Thru and after hook-up with Kurvink, Hellogoodbye was born. Well, sort of. “We went through a few drummers and a few bass players until we found Marcus, who was already friends with Jesse, and later Chris, who was raised by gorillas deep in the Congo...”

• Genre: Alternative / Emo / Techno
• Label: Drive-Thru Records

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