Myke Hideous
| Myke Hideous | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 15, 1966 |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Associated acts | The Empire Hideous, Misfits, Bronx Casket Co., Spy Society 99 |
| Website | mykehideous.com |
Myke Hideous (born October 15, 1966) is an American gothic rock singer and songwriter from New Jersey.
He is the founder and frontman of the East Coast gothic rock band The Empire Hideous, which was active throughout the 1990s and into the early 2000s. He also performed with The Bronx Casket Co., Spy Society 99 and the Misfits as a fill-in vocalist (May–July 1998: South American and European tours).
Myke Hideous formed The Empire Hideous in 1988, for which he was the lead singer and songwriter. The group issued its first recording, a 12" EP entitled "The Empire Hideous" in 1990. Although the band went through numerous personnel changes throughout the 1990s, they released two subsequent EPs, a live album ("I'm Dead, You're Dead, We're All Dead", 1998) and a live studio recording ("Victim Destroys Assailant", 1998). The band toured throughout the USA during the 1990s. Myke crafted an enigmatic and brooding stage persona and would become known among fans for his often shocking stage antics, including being whipped in between songs, donning a crown of thorns, and inserting hypodermic needles into his flesh.
Hideous auditioned for the Misfits' original reformation in 1995, losing out to Michale Graves.
The following year, Mark Steiner released a documentary film entitled To Build an Empire, about The Empire Hideous.
In 1998, he was hired as a fill-in vocalist for the Misfits when Michale Graves took an indefinite hiatus because he did not want to go on an extensive tour outside the United States. He did vocals at all the group's shows on the Europe and South America tours that summer, but Graves returned to the band later that year after the tour was completed.
After his Misfits experience, Myke Hideous briefly fronted his horror punk side project, Spy Society 99 and The Bronx Casket Co., with whom he recorded the albums "The Bronx Casket Company" (1999) and "Sweet Home Transylvania" (2002, credited as "Spy").
In 2003, Myke released a new studio album, "Say Your Prayers". Myke felt inspired to resurrect The Empire Hideous shortly after 9/11 when a friend remarked, “if ever there were a time for The Empire Hideous to resurface as America’s number one, apocalyptic gothic rock band, now would be that time". Myke reunited with former guitarist Jeff Austin for the record and it was met positively by fans.
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