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Union Events and The Noise proudly present a Calgary show at MacEwan Ballroom with Los Angeles based rap-rock artists HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD w/ Crown The Empire & I Prevail on September 24th, 2015 bringthenoise.com.

Traditionally, the Day of the Dead holiday is all about remembrance. Now, Hollywood Undead's fourth full-length album, and first for Interscope Records, Day of the Dead sees the genre-hopping six-piece reflect in a different way. The group—Johnny 3 Tears, J-Dog, Charlie Scene, Danny, Funny Man, and Da Kurlzz—collectively channels the kinetic aggression and wild humor that captivated millions on their platinum-certified 2008 debut Swan Songs, yet they couple it with a wiseass wisdom and sharp songwriting honed over the course of nearly a decade on the road. It's been quite the ride too.

Their most recent offering Notes From the Underground seized the #2 spot on the Billboard Top 200 upon its 2013 debut, while its predecessor 2011's American Tragedy, another top 5 entry, quickly approaches gold status. The boys have sold out countless headline shows worldwide and toured with everybody from Avenged Sevenfold to Stone Sour, while appearing at global festivals including Download, Rock on the Range, Rock In Rio, Family Values, and more.

However, at the start of 2014, the masked madmen found themselves in a rather precarious, if not familiar, position when their previous record label folded.

"We didn't actually have a label or a home that we knew of," sighs Johnny 3 Tears. "It affected the record in a positive way though. Everyone was a little pissed off, so we went into the studio with a lot more to prove."

"It's really similar to how Swan Songs came about," adds J-Dog. "We experienced this extreme frustration of being screwed over by everybody, and we filtered that into the music. We were like, 'Fuck everyone. Fuck radio singles. Fuck making the label happy because we don't have one. Let's just fucking do Hollywood Undead.'"
The band hunkered down at home and began tenaciously writing and recording what would become Day of the Dead. Teaming up with longtime producers Griffin Boice and Sean Gould, they literally created each song together in the same room—for the first time in years.
"We started using our old Hollywood Undead formula of writing everything as a unit,” J-Dog continues. On the last record, each of us spun off and did his own thing. Day of the Dead truly was a group effort. As a result, it's definitely different, but we pay homage to our old sound as well. We took a step forward, while looking backward."

"I feel like we cut out more rules on every record," says Johnny 3 Tears. "We let ourselves go a little farther, and we allow ourselves to write without walls. That's one of the reasons we have a wider variety here."

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