Starbomb | |
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Origin | United States |
Genres | Comedy hip hop, synthpop, nerdcore |
Years active | 2013–present |
Associated acts | Ninja Sex Party, Game Grumps |
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Starbomb is an American musical-comedy group composed of Dan Avidan and Brian Wecht of musical-comedy duo Ninja Sex Party together with Flash animator and Internet personality Arin Hanson. The songs of Starbomb consist of video game parodies; Avidan provides vocals, Wecht produces instrumentals, and Hanson provides rapping vocals. All three are also known as a part of YouTube Let's Play webseries Game Grumps.
To date the group has released two studio albums, Starbomb and Player Select, both of which placed on several Billboard charts. Starbomb has also released several music videos, which occasionally feature known Internet, film, and video game fandom personalities such as Markiplier and Ashly Burch.
In summer 2013, Avidan began making comments about creating a new music project with Wecht and Hanson. The project wasn't officially announced until December 2, 2013, when the group released a preview of their song "I Choose You to Die" on Ninja Sex Party's official YouTube channel. They also announced that their first album, the self-titled Starbomb, would release on December 17, 2013. Leading up to the album's launch date, the group released further previews on the Ninja Sex Party and Game Grumps YouTube channels, the latter of which was hosted by Avidan and Hanson.
In the weeks following its release, Starbomb placed on multiple Billboard charts, reaching #1 on Comedy Albums and Heatseekers Albums. Music videos for several of the album's songs such as "Luigi's Ballad" and "It's Dangerous to Go Alone" were released to YouTube that same year and in spring of the following year.Destructoid commented on the album's release, stating that "While the concept itself may seem a bit juvenile, the awesome music (provided by Ninja Sex Party) and hilarious situations are more than enough to keep the more "mature" fan entertained."