Spring Break
Hollywood Undead
Last Week Live
Issue date: 11/5/09
At their show last Friday, Hollywood Undead opened up with "Undead," a high energy "don't mess with us" song that was featured on the soundtrack of the football video game "Madden." "Undead" utilized drums to perfection, quickly drawing the audience into riotous motion.
Johnny 3 Tears and Charlie Scene delivered their lines with a raw quality that has been missing in both hip hop and rock for some time. On that particular night, the delivery especially had impact, as it was a relief to the scattered screams and overemotional singing of the two previous bands.
Without skipping a beat, the band transitioned into "Sell Your Soul." This was a very intelligent choice, given that the song integrates the rock/rap delivery of "Undead" with Deuce's singing (he is the only "singer" in the band). "Sell Your Soul" is a very catchy song that is much more rock than hip hop.
The boys of HU are rock stars; no matter how much hip hop made its way into their set, we never forgot that fact.
To give an indicator of just how enthralling the show was, the Baltimore crowd roared with delight when Johnny 3 Tears sang "We up in L.A. represent Hollywood . . . West side 'til I die/muthaf-ka what's good?" in "No Other Place." Indeed, during another hometown song, titled "California," my personal favorite, the crowd sang along as HU delivered lines like "comin' straight out of Cali" and "California girls/best in the world/best in the backseat/so let's get f--kin' nasty."
The Baltimore crowd did not seem at all perturbed by these two highly regional songs. This was not at all surprising, given that these two songs are among the catchiest I have ever heard.
All the essential elements of highly entertaining music was there: bellicosity, sex and a catchy rock beat.
The scheduled set finished with "No 5," an incredibly upbeat song featuring Charlie Scene at his best.
As fresh as they started the show, the band members were in constant motion. They were being fed a lot of love from the crowd and they used that to fuel their own stage performance. Resulting from this was an impressive swell of energy to close the concert.
Johnny 3 Tears and Charlie Scene delivered their lines with a raw quality that has been missing in both hip hop and rock for some time. On that particular night, the delivery especially had impact, as it was a relief to the scattered screams and overemotional singing of the two previous bands.
Without skipping a beat, the band transitioned into "Sell Your Soul." This was a very intelligent choice, given that the song integrates the rock/rap delivery of "Undead" with Deuce's singing (he is the only "singer" in the band). "Sell Your Soul" is a very catchy song that is much more rock than hip hop.
The boys of HU are rock stars; no matter how much hip hop made its way into their set, we never forgot that fact.
To give an indicator of just how enthralling the show was, the Baltimore crowd roared with delight when Johnny 3 Tears sang "We up in L.A. represent Hollywood . . . West side 'til I die/muthaf-ka what's good?" in "No Other Place." Indeed, during another hometown song, titled "California," my personal favorite, the crowd sang along as HU delivered lines like "comin' straight out of Cali" and "California girls/best in the world/best in the backseat/so let's get f--kin' nasty."
The Baltimore crowd did not seem at all perturbed by these two highly regional songs. This was not at all surprising, given that these two songs are among the catchiest I have ever heard.
All the essential elements of highly entertaining music was there: bellicosity, sex and a catchy rock beat.
The scheduled set finished with "No 5," an incredibly upbeat song featuring Charlie Scene at his best.
As fresh as they started the show, the band members were in constant motion. They were being fed a lot of love from the crowd and they used that to fuel their own stage performance. Resulting from this was an impressive swell of energy to close the concert.
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