Beating a Dead Horse (album)
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| Studio album by Jarrod Alonge | ||||
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"BADH: Deluxe Ultra-Limited Exclusive Undead Edition"
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Beating a Dead Horse is the debut studio album by YouTube comedian Jarrod Alonge, self-released on May 26, 2015. The album features seven different fictitious bands created by Alonge to satirize the tropes and characteristics of alternative music sub-generas like metalcore, post-hardcore, pop punk, emo, progressive metal, hardcore punk and others.
The album was a critical and commercial success, reaching number 1 on the Billboard Top Comedy Albums chart and number 18 on the Top Heatseekers chart. On October 30, Alonge announced a deluxe reissue of the album featuring six additional songs, which was released on December 4, 2015.
Alonge announced plans to record the album on September 26, 2014, and launched an Indiegogo campaign with an initial goal of raising $12,000. He released several promotional videos throughout October, including mock interviews with the fictitious bands that would be featured on the album. His goal was reached by January 2015, ultimately raising over $18,000, allowing for more songs to be recorded than he had initially anticipated.
On April 5, 2015, Alonge released an official trailer for the album, revealing a 15-song track list, and several samples of the album's songs. The following month, the list of guest vocalists that would be featured on the album was announced, including Mattie Montgomery of For Today, Johnny Franck, formerly of Attack Attack! (who also would produce the album), and Mike Semesky, formerly of Intervals. Alonge also announced that the album would be mastered by Joey Sturgis, a well-known metalcore producer that had worked with many bands, such as Asking Alexandria, The Devil Wears Prada, I See Stars, and Of Mice & Men.
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