D. Hollywood

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On a warm night in March I went to the Dragonfly to check out a new band emerging from Los Angeles called D. Hollywood. I had no idea what to expect, but they were heavily recommended by a colleague who has never led me astray. And this was no exception. When D. Hollywood hit the stage I was instantly mesmerized. a wall of feedback exploded into "my name is love". A fat groove with a crunchy spy movie guitar riff. And very clever lyrics personifying "love" in an amusing on the brink of funny, yet smart manner with a darkness looming in the corner. Front man "Dirty" instantly grabs your attention, stylish and energetic, his charisma is deep and sincere with a lingering sense that he's a bit "off" in the brain. Dirty's charm and quirk perfectly personify D. Hollywood's music. Artsy yet comprehendible, radio friendly but unique.
Dirty is joined by two more guitar players, Skinny Tubs and Michael Vincze. Together they make a huge tone smoothie with the perfect blend over a peach fuzz bass and heavy hitting beats by low end specialist Trip Dub and drummer Christian James-Hand. Song after song D. Hollywood continued to deliver. The heartfelt revelation in "on fire" has hints of Foo Fighters, while the brain melting craziness of "walking on a train" is more like the Gorillaz mashed with Counting Crows. When they closed the set with the west coast anthem "California" the crowd was hyped, screaming and inspired. D. Hollywood has a diverseness that is refreshing, overflowing with talent, they are a blinding light in enormous dull music scene in Los Angeles.
I had the opportunity to sit down with D. Hollywood's front man "Dirty" after the show.

DC: One thing that impressed me was that all the songs were very different, but they had your personality all over them. how does your writing process work?

Dirty: I dunno.. does it work? (laughs). I guess there are two ways songs happen for me... sometimes they just fall out of you... and sometimes they are hours and weeks of painstaking bona-fide hard labor. I prefer the first... but I haven't seemed to gain control on that quite yet. I write a lot while driving in my car, recording into my phone then take them back to the home studio to flesh them out. But songs happen in many ways. Skinny Tubs and I write together as well, he's got a couple cuts on the new EP.

DC: what's going on with the Ep?

Dirty: Well we just finished it! It will be releasing in the beginning of the summer. I leaked a couple tracks at thecollectiveca.com but there will be an official release date coming in the very new future. I'm super stoked on this... it's our first release.

DC: Where did you record it?

Dirty: I recorded a lot of it in my studio apartment. some of the tracks began the recording process before I knew this were gonna turn into a band. I'd record drums, guitars & bass until I had exhausted my capabilities then get my friends to do what I couldn't.. and it just kinda turned into a band... an awesome band.

DC: you're quite the musician, what's your background?

Dirty: (laughs) thanks man... I have a bachelors degree in percussion. I've been a drummer since I was 10 playing in all kinds of things through high school and college. I even got to study in Brazil for a little bit... I had done a lot of instrumental composition but really started writing songs a few years ago. producing and engineering in the studio at the same time. Now it's just music.. not a specific instrument that I'm in love with.

-Dwayne Compton

Member Since:

March 07, 2010

Members:

"Dirty" Bradley Lane

Andy Tubman

Christian James-Hand

John Armstrong

Michael Vincze

Influences:

agony & ecstacy.... cheap and expensive wine... you... you're mama... just kidding.... I've spent my life studying music... and i wanna rock.