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Blow Up Hollywood, the spellbinding band from New York, is the musical equivalent of art house films or literary fiction. With the release of The Diaries of Private Henry Hill, their 3rd studio album, this talented and intricate collective of musicians express a musical style that is unparalleled.
Based on the journal entries of a young, deceased soldier from the Iraq war, Blow Up Hollywood takes us on Private Henry Hills surreal journey as he joins the army out of necessity rather than patriotism. Cleverly disguised as a pop song, the album opens with WMD, (Weapons of Mass Destruction). The melody is optimistic but the message is not. The accompanying video's animation serves again to sugar coat its biting commentary on the Iraq war. Henry slowly assimilates to his new military persona in the chilling and warped tracks "Bombs Away" and "Charge", only later to feel deceived, shamed, and despondent by the tragedy of war in "Shock and Awe" and "Puppet." In the finale, Requiem, Henry gives up his puny American life.
How the journals of Private Henry Hill made it into Blow Up Hollywood's hands is a story in and of itself. Last year, principal songwriter/guitarist/vocalist Steve Messina, who volunteers at a homeless shelter in NYC, encountered a particularly pathetic homeless man who came in for the night. Steve talked to the man for hours as the man relayed the story of his son, Henry, a young soldier who fought and died in Iraq. Inconsolable, the man left the shelter that night with only the clothes on his back, leaving Steve with the experience of reading his son's diaries. Three in all, Steve had poured over these journals. He was so moved by this young man's All-American life that he wanted to honor the memory of Henry Hill by writing his story, song by song. And, so he did.
As listeners move through The Diaries of Private Henry Hill, it vacillates from song to song to bring out the depth of the raw emotion of Henry's journal entries, from minimalist to full blown orchestral ambience. The music is simultaneously progressive and retrospective, blending layered sonic landscapes, developed melodic movements, and deeply emotional sensibilities. It draws from the core creative values of the classic rock greats and yet lives on its own plane, peerless and alone.
With this album, Blow Up Hollywood have made the quantum leap from critical pariahs to their current rarified status as Americas most challenging rock band for true music junkies.
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Member Since: 1/9/2005
Band Website: blowuphollywood.com
Band Members: ***NEWS*** BLOW UP HOLLYWOOD FEATURED ON INDIE FILM "BODY OF WAR" CD WITH EDDIE VEDDER, LENNON, SPRINGSTEEN AND NEIL YOUNG
"Body of War: Songs that Inspired an Iraq War Veteran," a double-CD compilation of songs curated by Iraq war veteran Tomas Young, will be released by Sire Records on March 18, 2008 -- two days before the fifth anniversary of the United States’ invasion of Iraq. Young, now 26, was shot and paralyzed from the chest down after serving in Iraq for less than a week. His heart-wrenching and inspiring story is told in the critically acclaimed feature documentary "Body of War," produced and directed by Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro.
Influences:
All crafted music...interesting sounds...pop, rock, jazz, classical and experimental music...Flaming Lips, Pink Floyd, Ravel, Radiohead, God Speed You! Black Emperor, Bjork, David Bowie, Sigur Ros, The Beatles, John Cage...so many others..
Epic films, their Directors and their Music, like The Last Temptation Of Christ, Buffalo '66, 2001 A Space Odyssey, The Planet Of The Apes (the original version), Sid and Nancy, The Godfather, American Beauty, Love Liza, Maria Full of Grace, Breaking The Waves, The Brown Bunny, Requiem For A Dream, Billy Elliot, many, many more.

Sounds Like: LINKSVIEW & PURCHASE ALBUMSPURCHASE ALBUMSBODY OF WAR FEATURING B.U.H.sounds like.....
chamber rock, dark chill, soundart, cinematic, exotica, orchestral ambient, postrock, drone, psychedelia, melancholic, experimental, spacerock, sonic art, acid folk, dream-pop, post classical, evolutionary, sleeprock, drugmusic, artrock, music for the middle of the night, downtempo, avant rock, makesyouracidtripsseemdullbycomparison...
... what will you call it?
Record Label: MJ12 Music / Available for licensing / contact us
Type of Label: Indie

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Body Of War Compilation CD

..> ..> ////// Sire Records to Release "Body of War: Songs That Inspired an Iraq War Veteran" on March 18th, 2008 Eddie Vedder, John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen, Bright Eyes, Neil Young, Lupe Fiasco, ...
Posted by blow up hollywood on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 06:23:00 PST

throw me a line

my love, my devotion, drifting away from me. dark clouds, hang over, white swells out at sea. throw me a line, you've drifted to far this time. throw me a line, you've drifted to far. fading, emo...
Posted by blow up hollywood on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 09:40:00 PST

the air -conditioned nightmare

"America is no place for an artist: to be an artist is to be a moral leper, an economic misfit, a social liability. A corn-fed hog enjoys a better life than a creative writer, painter or musician." "A...
Posted by blow up hollywood on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 08:07:00 PST

Mistake

I got drunk by myself last night and said and did things I probably should'nt have. I was feeling very anxious and decided to open up a fresh bottle of scotch to calm my nerves. It was not&n...
Posted by blow up hollywood on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 12:38:00 PST

Fearless

I've never felt so alone in my entire life then I do right now. I've left my entire life back on the east coast. Everyone I love 2,500 miles away. Packed up all my hopes and dreams...
Posted by blow up hollywood on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 10:47:00 PST

burn

fire, he screams, send some one quick to me. how can i burn so bright while i die inside. save me! save me from myself, you see i'm cut and hurt so bad. the wound is so deep, the knife is st...
Posted by blow up hollywood on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 11:00:00 PST

the call of california

Of old she called with her lips of song,     She called with her breath of musk From peaks where the sunlight lingers long,     And the values in the purpled dusk; She called t...
Posted by blow up hollywood on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 06:29:00 PST

the turning of the wheel

  where there was light - darkness where there was sound - silence where there was hope - sorrow and i stood and mused over the turning of the wheel amazed by it's persistence awed by i...
Posted by blow up hollywood on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 05:59:00 PST