Hollywood Undead, I don't see the appeal.

I just really don't folks, but I guess we better start by clearing some things up. I'm sure some of you are wondering, just who is Hollywood Undead? Well, let's climb aboard the way back machine and head to the year 2005.

The band started in 2005 when Deuce (Aron Erlichman) and J-Dog uploaded a song called "The Kids" to Myspace and like so many band, they became popular over night. They quickly skyrocketed to mega myspace stardom with over 1 million plays within 9 weeks. Adding to that, they have well over 500k fans on myspace, several of their songs have been featured in games such as Madded 09', Rock Band 2, UFC Undisputed, and more recently, Velvet Assassin. Their debut album is still on the Billboard Top 100 list at #52 and is certified gold by the RIAA. So as you can see myspace is the main reason for their success, as it is with many bands but I'll save that for another time.

So, the big question, what do I think about Hollywood Undead? Well, to be brutally honest, I just don't get the appeal of these guys. If anyone what's a good mental image of what these guys look and sound like, then try and picture this. Take one part boy band, add a two cups of faux street cred, equal parts Rap and Metal/Rock, and a pinch of the every so trendy Slipknot style masks and presto, you have Hollywood Undead. I can really say much about the music itself other than if you've heard one rap rock band, you pretty much heard them all. The only real difference is HU incorporates numerous Metal influence's such and Ozzy Osbourne's Crazy Train main riff but slightly changed to be a bit heavier. Oh well, I don't foresee these guys being around for long. The Rap Metal trend has died off, and with Deathcore and Metalcore still being very popular, forming a Rap Rock band seems a bit pointless.

Speaking of Deathcore and Metalcore I shall be listening to various -core bands in the coming days, so stay tuned.