Albums Of Hollywood Undead

                             Swan Songs
Released: September 2, 2008
Recorded: January - May, 2008
Lenght: 49:35
Label: A&M/Octone, Polydor
Producers: Danny Lohner (executive), Deuce, Don Gilmore
Billboard: 22
Singles: No. 5, Undead, Everywhere I Go,  This Love, This Hate, Black Dahlia, Young
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Swan Songs is the debut album of Hollywood Undead, released through A&M/Octone Records. The album was released on September 2, 2008. The band released four music videos for four songs on the album: No. 5, Undead, Young, and Everywhere I Go. Swan Songs is the only studio album to feature vocalist Deuce, who was replaced by Danny from the second studio album and on
Overview:
Swan Songs was supposed to be released on the band's original label, MySpace Records, in 2007. However, it was postponed by the record label when they requested to have some of the songs removed and others censored. These songs were Dead in Ditches, Turn Off the Lights, and basically the other party-based songs. The band declined the choice of censorship and switched labels to A&M/Octone, which wouldn't require them to censor their songs. The album peaked at #22 on the Billboard 200 and sold 21,000 copies on its debut week. Swan Songs was released by Polydor Records on May 18, 2009 in the United Kingdom with two bonus tracks, which were Pain and Knife Called Lust. After sixty-four weeks, the album fell off of the Billboard Top 200, but returned four weeks later at #154. Swan Songs ended up spending eighty-two weeks in total on the Billboard 200. In 2009, it was certified gold by the RIAA. On January 18th, 2013, it reached the Platinum sales mark.
Reception:
Allmusic gave the album a 2/5 rating. Artistdirect gave the album a 3.5/5 rating. Rock Sound gave the album a 7/10 ranking. Sputnikmusic gave the album a 3.5/10 ranking.
Additionally, Dave Donnelly of Allmusic stated that the album's lyrics were uninteresting, and the overall theme "was given over to ironic frat-boy party rap," using the singles Everywhere I Go and No. 5 as examples.
Censorship:
The clean version of the album leaves "lighter" profanities uncensored, while all strong profanity is censored either by back-masking, editing out completely, or replacing the profanity with a cleaner word. 
The list of profanities left uncensored are: "ass," "bitch," "shit," "pimp," "bastard," and any reference to violent weapons/acts.
In popular culture:
The song Undead is featured in the video games "UFC Undisputed 2009" and "Madden NFL 09." The song Young is featured as downloadable content for "Rock Band 2." According to an e-mail sent out to fans from the official website on April 4, 2011, the album has been re-released on iTunes as a Collector's Edition. This features all the tracks available on the original Swan Songs plus Swan Songs B-Sides EP, Swan Songs Rarities EP, and the remix album Black Dahlia Remixes.
Trivia:
-Three songs never made it to the album but were still leaked online, either in studio or demo form.
-The three songs are Turn Off the Lights, Scene for Dummies, and Dead in Ditches.

Hollywood Undead 2005-2007

Masks Of Hollywood Undead

Masks
When performing at live concerts, recording new songs, talking in interviews, making music videos, or just simply walking around town, the members of Hollywood Undead wear masks on their faces.
The reason why they wear masks is not to hide their identity, but to look cool. J-Dog stated in an interview that they came up with their masks because "they didn't sound like anyone else, so why would they wanna look like anyone else?" Each member's mask has its own design. For each studio album, the masks are updated. Touring members of the band do not wear masks.

They often wear masks with cut out mouths when performing live so they can be heard easier. After performing 3-4 songs, they will take their masks off and continue the show unmasked.

The band stated that their masks are made by Jerry Constantine, a makeup effects artist and that the band design them and he builds them. Every mask follows a pattern, which is most notable on Da Kurlzz's mask.
Hollywood Undead 2005-2007
Charlie Scene
Initially, Charlie had no money for a mask so he simply wore a Del Taco bag as a mask with holes for eyes and sunglasses. He didn't like it so much because it wasn't comfortable, so he changed it later in time.
Da Kurlzz
Da Kurlzz's mask in 2006 was basic white with black lips. Before that, he wore a white mask that only covered around his eyes.
Deuce
Deuce's mask in 2006 was grey, with blue tear-like lines coming out of the eyes, and pink duct tape on the mouth. He said that it was just two of his favorite colors.
J-Dog
J-Dog's mask back in 2006 was a basic white goalie mask with blood flowing out of its eyes onto a 1 dollar bill which covered its mouth. There were also small butterflies around the mask.
Funny Man
Funny Man's 2006 mask was a black mesh mask on which he usually wore sunglasses.
Johnny 3 Tears
Johnny's first mask in 2006 was a white goalie mask with huge, symmetrical black splatters dropping from its eyes. The splatters were flowing towards to the sides of the mask. The mouth was covered with the regular silver duct tape.

Later, he changed it to a golden mask. He kept the black splatter but it wasn't symmetrical anymore and flowed straight towards the mouth. The mouth was covered by two black warning tapes that said "Time Again" in red.
Shady Jeff
Shady Jeff wore a black and red bandana with sunglasses.

Trivia Of Hollywood Undead

Johnny 3 Tears
 -He went to jail in 2008-2009, either for DUI or fighting a paparazzi. He was bailed out for a tour in Europe in February 2009. This was also when their song Undead, from the album Swan Songs was used in the GI Joe: Rise of Cobra Trailer at the Superbowl.
-His favorite song to record off of American Tragedy was S.C.A.V.A..
-Ava was originally suspected to be the child who sings at the end of the song Bullet, but it was later revealed to have been the daughter of producer Griffin Boice instead, Petra Christensen.
-He also featured in a song called The Only Ones by a band called Kisses for Kings.
-Despite listening to Slipknot, he has stated their masks have nothing to do with HU having masks.
-He is afraid of heights.
-He is very competitive.
-He went to Yale.
-He is the oldest member of the band.
-He said he was not homosexual, but loved gay people.
-He has known Charlie and J-Dog since pre-school.
-His Instagram is "johnny3tearsoffical"
-His Twitter is "johnny333tears"
-He said in a interview that he met J-Dog when he was 5 years old, and said that they didn't like each other when they first met. However, years later, they ended up in the same band.
-He's working on a movie: Highway To Havasu as an actor/producer, he's playing the character of "Jonathan".

Trivia Of Hollywood Undead

                        Da Kurlzz
-He picked his stage name because of his predominant feature of curly hair. During the recording process of American Tragedy, his hair was especially curly. A lot of it was cut off and partially straightened during studio sessions for Notes from the Underground.
-He is a Miley Cyrus fan.
-He made a minor appearance in the 30th episode of The Amanda Show in 2001.
-As an inside joke between the band, he is usually teased by the Hollywood Undead members and often called gay, especially by Charlie but he's not really gay.
-He sang Chapter Four with Avenged Sevenfold on a tour.
-He went through a scene phase when he was a teenager.
-He has a tattoo of his mask on his left arm.
-He is a part of a group called Sunset Rat Pack. Every member of the group has the name tattooed to them. 
-He is also a host of the Sunset Rat Pack's radioshow. Two other members of the group, Austin Carlile from the band Of Mice & Men and clothing designer Tal Cooperman from CRSL host it as well.
-His Twitter account is "MattyKurlzz"
-His Instagram is "mattykurlzzla"
-He cried when he first heard the band on the radio.

-Due to some incorrectly sourced information, it is commonly believed that his real name is Matthew St. Claire, when this is not actually correct. He stated in an interview that "St. Claire" is part of an old stage name that he later abandoned.

Trivia Of Hollywood Undead

                    Funny Man 
-Funny Man is the only member who doesn't play an instrument on live shows or studio records.
-He is of both Mexican and Canadian heritage.
-Before his face was revealed it was suspected that he was black because of the deepness of his voice.
-He has spent time in jail.
-The name "Funny Man' originates from his childhood. Charlie's brother, Jake, gave him the nickname out of irony; according to Charlie, "he was so unfunny, it was funny".
-He has a tattoo of his nickname, "King Kong".
-He has a white dog bull terrier called "Mr.Bones".
-Despite being a womanizer, he mentioned in an interview (in 2013) that he was depressed about breaking up with his girlfriend of five years.
-He is the youngest member of the band.
-He is sometimes seen playing with their touring drummer, except he only uses one stick, and usually plays with the cymbals.
-His Instagram and Twitter accounts both share the same name, "dillyduzit".
-He played basketball with Charlie during his school years.
-He played football in high school.

-He has been known to smoke a lot of weed.