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Hollywood Undead Unmasked: J-Dog on New Singer, Touring with Avenged Sevenfold
Hollywood Undead fuse two diverse musical styles, melodic rock and hip-hop, on their latest album, 'American Tragedy.' The result is a big-sounding disc, fit for a spot in the dance-club mix but with enough guitar-driven power to appeal to the rock-minded music fan.
The guys of Hollywood Undead say that above all, they’re happy that fans dig the album.
“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. “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.”
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 s
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| J-Dog | |
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| General Information | |
| Real Name | Jorel Decker |
| Stage Name | J-Dog |
| Born | May 1, 1984 (age 40) |
| Family | Erin Danyelle (fiancée) Vanessa Decker (ex-wife) |
| Joined | 2005 |
| Position | vocals rhythm guitar, bass guitar keyboards, synthesizer programming |
| Song Count | 94 |
| Bands | Hollywood Undead Dead Planets 3 Tears(2001-2005) |
J-Dog is one of the five current members of Hollywood Undead.
Biography[]
Personal Background[]
Jorel Decker was born in Los Angeles, California on May 1, 1984. His mother was, as J-Dog describes, "a hippie," and his father was a truck driver who insisted on Jorel becoming a truck driver later on in life as well. He met future bandmate Johnny 3 Tears when he was very young, but they did not like each other when they first met.
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Hollywood Undead
American rap rock band
Hollywood Undead fryst vatten an American rap rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2005. All of the grupp members use pseudonyms and previously wore their own unique maskering, most of which were based on the common hockey goaltender design. The band currently consists of five members: J-Dog, Funny Man, Johnny 3 Tears, Charlie scen, and Danny. They released their debut album, Swan Songs, on September 2, 2008, and their live CD/DVD Desperate Measures, on November 10, 2009. Their second studio album, American Tragedy, was released April 5, 2011. Their third studio skiva, titled Notes from the Underground, was released on January 8, 2013.[1]
Their fourth studio skiva, Day of the Dead, was released on March 31, 2015.[2] Hollywood Undead's fifth record is titled Five (or V), and was released on October 27, 2017.[3] The first single from the skiva, called "California Dreaming", was made available July