Once you spend yourself on writing a record, you run out of creativity for a while and shut yourself off. Our record only been out six months, so it has at least another year to go, but we just set up a recording setup on our bus, so we’re going to start writing. We have a really cool tour in the fall with Asking Alexandria, D.R.U.G.S. Where do you stand right now on the future of Hollywood Undead? Are you planning another tour this fall, or recording new music? I love having a metal band out with us, because it sweetens our shows up. We hang out with their bass player Jeanne a lot. We’re getting along really well, and you wouldn’t think of it, but All That Remains and Hollywood Undead actually share a lot of the same fans, so it’s working out great. You guys are out on the Endless Summer 2011 tour with All That Remains. So, watching them and how they operate made us realize that. You see there’s a certain work ethic you have to have once you get to a certain point. Watching Avenged Sevenfold, those guys have a really good work ethic, and they’ve been touring a lot longer than us. That was something I was looking forward to for months before we went on tour. We got along with all of the bands on there. I’m not used to the cold weather, so that was a different thing, but the shows were insane. You were on the “Nightmare After Christmas Tour” with Avenged Sevenfold and Stone Sour from the end of 2010 to the beginning of this year. We knew we wanted to take our time, and I think people really love the new album because of it. I’ve seen bands who have gotten ahead of themselves and rushed through it, and they’re gone now. When bands go into record the so-called sophomore record, it can be a curse, because if you have success on the first record, you have to make sure the second one is better than the first. Most bands take three months to record their second album, but we had a new singer and we wanted to take the time to make it really right. We took about a year off, which is pretty long. How long did it take to write the songs on your new album? We didn’t want to repeat our first album, because people would be like, “It’s the same album,” and with him on board, we were able to diversify the sound, and I love that about the album. He’s a lot more solid, so things were a lot easier and it brought our writing to a different level, so we didn’t have to pigeonhole into one style. How did having new singer Daniel “Danny” Murillo on board affect the new album, ‘American Tragedy?' We’re writing better and we’re better live, and it was a necessary step to evolve. It built up to that, and it’s what we wanted. Well, we knew it would happen before it happened. When singer Deuce left the band in 2010, was there ever a point where you thought the band would never record again? It’s cool, but it took a while to settle in. You spend your whole life wanting to be on the radio and wanting all these things, and once it happens, you’re overjoyed, but it’s a weird feeling hearing yourself on the radio. What was it like hitting it big with 'Undead' off 2008’s 'Swan Songs'? We thought masks would look cool, because it’s entertaining and you’re almost more than a band. We thought our music sounded different, so we wanted to make it look different. It was actually just something to do for our live show. Why the decision to wear masks for the band? I like old school hip-hop and West Coast rap. As for influences, Nine Inch Nails is big for all of us, and Muse. Jonny and Danny all listen to hip-hop in one form or another. I recently have been listening to more metal. How did you develop such an eclectic sound?Īll of us listen to different kinds of music. On the way to a gig in Vermont, J-Dog checked in for an exclusive interview with Loudwire to talk about the band's unique blend of sounds and forging on after losing one of their main singers: Hollywood Undead mixes such a wide variety of musical styles: hip hop, alternative rock, nu-metal. “In this business, there can be a lot of criticism thrown your way, but this album proves that isn’t the case with Hollywood Undead.” “I’m just proud people like it,” says founding member J-Dog, who plays bass guitar and has also done programming and played rhythm guitar in the Hollywood, Calif.-based group.
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