Hellogoodbye article: OCRegister; POWER PLAY

In an article by NIYAZ PIRANI in the OCRegister, Orange County's news source they dive into the revival of pop-punk, indie rock music. This article is from March 2006 BUT somehow it was in recent Yahoo! news, so I thought I would share anyways. Here is a link to the full article.


Here is the section that they wrote about hellogoodbye (remember this was back in 2006):

Hellogoodbye

If outside forces had their way, Hellogoodbye might never have recorded its debut.
"The game plan was to go to the studio like a year ago or more and (the label) was like, 'Go on this tour and you can record after that' then we'd get back and it would be like, 'You've gotta go on this tour and you can record after that,'" lead singer and guitarist Forrest Kline said with a hint of frustration in his voice. "It would have been nice not to have had such a long wait for this CD, but it obviously worked out."

When he finally found the time to sit down and work on the electronically tinged power-pop debut, also picked for Alternative Press' list, fate threw another roadblock in his way. On a visit to New York, the front man's laptop - which contained the demos for the album - was stolen.
It hasn't been all bad luck for the Huntington Beach quartet. Rounded out by Jesse Kurvink (keyboards), Marcus Cole (bass) and Chris Profeta (drums), Hellogoodbye was signed to Drive-Thru Records after gaining a following through MP3.com and shows at birthday parties, Anaheim's Chain Reaction and the Hub in Fullerton.

The band's only release, a 2004 self-titled EP, was originally an experiment on Kline's computer. From there, Hellogoodbye won MTV2's Dew Circuit Breakout (a showcase competition for new bands) and accidentally ended up on MTV's "The Real World" when the Austin, Texas, cast had to film a documentary on South by Southwest, an annual event that features bands from all genres.

Recently, the band debuted its first video for "Shimmy Shimmy Quarter Turn" on TRL. Now, it's on the opening slot on this tour, but Kline, looking optimistically into the future, is reluctant to label the recent explosion in pop-punk popularity as just another obsession in the music scene.

"I try not to think of it as a trend or anything," he said. "I just try to make music."