That Handsome Devil
| That Handsome Devil | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| Genres | Experimental rock, alternative rock, alternative hip hop |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Labels | Arts & Crafts Recordings Stardust/Traffic Modern Savage Recordings |
| Associated acts | Alaskan Fishermen |
| Website | [1] |
| Members | Godforbid Jeremy Page Naoko Takamoto Andy Bauer Evan Sanders Jeremy Siegel Sam Merrick Deflon Sallahr |
That Handsome Devil, often shortened to THD, is an American rock band hailing from Brooklyn, New York, by way of Boston, Massachusetts.
The band mixes genres such as rock, funk, jazz, jive,blues, surf, R&B, reggae,rockabilly, rap, and psychedelic. Their sound has also been described as "equal parts Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, bizarre electronica, creepy hip hop and in-your-face gonzo rock".Gypsy jazz has been used in description of the band, while frontman Godforbid describes the band's music as "fringe pop".
The band was founded by Godforbid and Jeremy Page. Predating the band's existence, Godforbid and Page were both members of the hip hop group Alaskan Fishermen, along with Thirstin' Howl III and Father Time. In late 2004, That Handsome Devil, sometimes abbreviated "THD," released their first single, "Dating Tips" featuring three songs, "Dating Tips", "How to Get Money", and "Don't Go"[2] July 23, 2006, saw the release of their first eponymous EP That Handsome Devil, which included the single "Dating Tips" from 2004. "Elephant Bones", the fourth track on the album, was featured as a bonus song in Guitar Hero II.
Their first studio album, A City Dressed in Dynamite, was released on August 5, 2008 to scores of positive reviews, being praised as "profoundly entertaining", "bizarre in a beautiful way" and "a madcap musical frenzy as dizzying as it is dazzling". Although the music continued to be as stylistically varied as their last release, the album expanded on the band's prevalent themes of emptiness, drug addiction, materialism, and death, and continued to feature their trademark of dated soundbites from the 1950s.
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