Top Album of the Year!

Billboard Magazine has named Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs! the number 13 independent album of the year, and the number 3 alternative indie album of the year! Congratulations to hellogoodbye!'

holiday songs:)

On the DTR Myspace page they have Winter Wonderland up:)

Enjoy!!

RAD myspace bulletin lol

from their myspace:

heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy guyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyssssssssssssssssessssssss

well first, i had a GOOD day yesterday in san francisco! our life mentor, nightbeast, played us an encore(nightbeast @ myspace). and it was very naked. he has some sort of tribal pelt on. and i chilled with crazy crackheads around the venue. i REEK of urine now, and i LOVE it. i'll miss you guys (the crackheads). also i found out here (in your arms) sold a million copies of itself! that means i get a cool platinum plaque! so thank you guys SO MUCH for buying it (and not our whole record, that would have been terrible!) im so stoked. its a first for drive thru records, and obv a first for me! anyways its really really neat and exciting and kinda turns me on a little but also sorrrta makes me dribble out a lil peepee. uh. wow.

so THANK YOU!!! i will repay you slowly and secretly by visiting each of you in the night!

loooooove, forrest

ps. a few more US shows coming up before we take a break to record some new songs that will not sell as many copies as our old songs. so come out!!! (also, we're going to the uk too first. do you live there? oh perfect!)

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

From Drive-Thru Records:

Congratulations to hellogoodbye for selling ONE MILLION copies of their single "Here (in Your Arms)," officially bringing it to PLATINUM status! This is a Drive-Thru first ever!!! Thanks so much to all of you who downloaded the single... you are now a part of Drive-Thru history.

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."

Last Call

On the Last Call website at NBC.com it says Tom Lennon and the Eastern Conference Champions will be there on August 9th, so really I don't know what is going on. This is what I got from the Drive Thru Records Newsletter.

Last Call With Carson Daly --- ITS THE TRUTH I SWEAR

In the newsletter from Drive Thru Records hellogoodbye WILL be on Last Call with Carson Daly on August 9th performing All of Your Love.

I trust Drive Thru Records and so should you.

"that was a great 28 mins and 12 seconds of my life"

i agree with Sasszers3. it is the greatest. yes, i've blogged so much today. but ok get over it. if you dont watch this ur an idiot.

interview, all of your love, interview, call and return, interview, touchdown turnaround/USA/one more time

BIG NEWS

Tune into Last Call with Carson Daly on NBC on Thursday, August 2nd to watch hellogoodbye play "All Of Your Love"!

is forrest the World's Sexiest Vegetarian?of course he is!

vote for forrest on the peta2.com poll!!

Sign up for the drivethru records or hellogoodbye newsletter to get hgb 411 asap!!!

Tune in to TBS!!

From the amazing Drive Thru Records Newsletter:

Tune in to TBS this weekend to see a hellogoodbye interview and live performance of "Here (In Your Arms)"! The segment will be on during the TBS Weekend Extra this Saturday around 4pm during the movie "John Q." Check your local listings for more details.


Kudos to TBS.


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