HOODLESS brings you sad songs in major keys….. Sad songs in major keys with plenty of hooks, heavy guitar, and pop rock sensibility: Since 2004, HOODLESS have captivated a growing number of NYC music freaks by flying in the face of their maker: In a town saturated with speed metal, emo-punk, and sh*tty college bands with a lot of friends, they dare to be different by embracing super thick grooves, smart hooks, and seemingly simple melodies without sounding like a cheap knock-off of all the bands in their record collections. Far from it: Kevvy Kev’s vocals are thoughtful yet simple, powerful without screaming, and his occasional rap doesn’t conjure up the typical feelings of the Beasties OR Fred Durst. B Lee's bass is flexible yet ferocious. Guitarists Finn and Paul Allan’s work: two distinct voices seamlessly blending together with thick juicy chords and wailing solos. Carter Hoodless hits the skins with the force of a thousand burly men, yet supplying a SUBTLE technicality missing in today’s rock n’ roll. A week in Jersey’s renowned TRAX EAST studios with engineer/producer Eric Rachel (God Forbid, Dillinger’s Escape Plan) to get those long-awaited songs down on tape, turned into a six-month extravaganza. Somewhere among the swirl of tracking, drinking, rewriting, drinking, recording, drinking, blizzards, drinking, mixing, drinking, fighting, drinking, it happened. Thus was born Straight for the Open, featuring the hit Don’t Waste My Time, whose video was featured on HBO, an album of breaking up and making up, hello I love you, go f*ck yourself. Spit and polish with a side of heartache. Running straight for the open, knowing there’s no place to hide. Like the way you move, like the way you talk, party like a warrior... HOODLESS awaits… WWW.HOODLESSROCKS.COM
LoVE SeX n DeATH says
Congrats to "Rantings of Eva"!!!I also wanna say congrats to everyone in this comp for getting heard and getting the recognition that you all deserve. I know I at times displayed my emotions in ways that was not cool. But it's all in the growing up department, and we all evolved from this. Just keep keeping it real, and we will once again (soon I hope), be side by side in our quest for success and being HEARD! Here's another idea for being heard! There's a new page on MN called "Collaboration Nation" for the listing of music that are collabs between 2 or more artists on MN. It's not just there you can be heard, but if you collaborate with other artists in other genres, then your limitations to which contests you can enter just opened up to an endless selection. Use whatever you can to BE HEARD!!!!! http://musicnation.com/music/mncollabs I love you all to DEATH! LSD
A.C. says
well that was a nice 2 hour nap! now back to voting for my buds. heres another one for you!Jarah says
I just want to say thank you...This competition has been a real learning and growing experience for me and my music. We have created friendships that will last far beyond this contest. It's been a manic-depressive carnival ride of emotions throwing us from elation to sorrow in a moment, only to swing right back to jubilation. The energies created by this whirlwind of feelings can only result in the creation of some phenomenal music to come. Thank you for being a part of my experience. Much Luv peace Jarah
DICARLO PRODUCTIONS says
THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)BEEN VOTING ALL NIGHT FOR YOU AND ALL MY FRIENDS!!!! :) WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY!!!!:) GOOD LUCK TO YOU. DICARLO
Jarah says
Voted for you...continuing until they don't let us anymore.Best of luck to you! What a ride this has been, glad to have been a part of it.
A.C. says
So its after 12 and we're still going! Apparently i'm not sleeping tonight. I'm guessing we have a few more hours before we get our lives back so what better way to spend them other than voting for all of our kick ass friends?! Exactly, no better way.SINGLE FATHER says
-----//////---------( o o )----- oo0-(_)-0oo-- SO IT SEEMS THAT ON THE LAST DAY OF THE SPIN THE TOP TEN IS LIKE A DOORKNOB: EVERYONE GETS A TURN! (EXCEPT FOR MARK DOOLEY, HE GOT SOME CYBER-SUPER GLUE MOJO GOIN’ ON! CONGRATULATIONS, MARK! IF YOU’RE NOT A FINALIST, THE RULES LIED!) WHO KNOWS HOW THIS WILL WASH OUT TOMORROW, AS THERE HAVE BEEN NO WEEKLY POSTING OF WINNERS (DRUM ROLL, PLEASE!) BEST OF LUCK AND HOPE TO EVERYONE WHO STUCK IT OUT THIS FAR-WE ARE ALL WINNERS IN THAT SENSE. TO ALL THE FINALISTS, WOMEVER THEY MAY BE, AN EXTRA PRAYER FOR THOSE EXTRA DEALS THEY ARE OFFERING-AND OF COURSE THE BIG CHEESE: THOSE TWO BAD ASS GIBSON GUITARS! PEACE, AND HOPE TO SEE YOU ON “THE OTHER SIDE”! ♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪ I FEEL A STRANGE CHANGE STARTING T☼ REARRANGE THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT THINGS I’M READY TO LIVE MY LIFE AND ACCEPT ALL THE L♥VE AND J☺Y THAT IT BRINGS – Д@ŖŐŊ ©ħąЯĻęś ♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪
~ The Altruistic Messiah ~ a.k.a. ~ Ben Vandagriff says
Now that Pavarotti passed away ~ those other two guys always seem to keep bugging me to join the trio !Please come hear why on my very 1st vocal debut on Music Nation! ~ It's ONLY a little over 9:00 minutes long . . . so you can let it loop ~ quite a few times ... It's called ~ ' 1 suse#2w_vox.mp3 ' Laugh all you want ~ I'm coming out with my very own ~ new ~ A Cappella version of ~ 'INGRID MICHAELSON: THE WAY I AM' ~ just use your ESP & you'll know when . . . Feel free to comment ~ 'cuz I got big shoulders you can cry on ! & Frank Zappa ~ never heard of `em ~ wasn't he the guy that used to advertise his albums in the pages of my comic books when I was a little kid ? Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Peace , Ben http://musicnation.com/music/thealtruistic/1-suse2wvoxmp3
COOKIE CUTTER GIRL, Pop Superhero! says
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~ The Altruistic Messiah ~ a.k.a. ~ Ben Vandagriff says
Thanks HOODLESS !!!!!!I hope today's as wonderful for you ~ as it is for me , me , me !!! http://musicnation.com/music/thealtruistic/it-is-wonderful