小简介
这支来自美国洛杉矶的六人乐团,Hed P.E是一组曲风多元,诡谲多异的乐团。这六人是由:MCUD (MC Undone/Jared主唱兼作词者),Wesstyle (主吉他手兼编曲者),Chizad (Chad吉他手兼主唱),Mawk (Mark贝斯手),BC (Ben鼓手),DJ Product 所组成。
有趣的一点是这乐团除了主唱及乐手,还多了一位DJ负责混音不同类型的曲风,Hed P.E的曲风非常广泛,由hip hop、rap、hardcore、punk及heavy rock的多种元素创造出独一无二Hed P.E的 G-punk曲风,正如他们所期望的一样,他们希望以最原始、原味的朋克Hip-Hop音乐震撼宇宙!
他们的首张专辑《Church Of Realities》在97年发行后即把他们在Hip-Hop乐界的地位推上更高的领域,他们的音乐地位好比是Wu-Tang Clan、Rage Against The Machine及Beastie Boys的综合呈现,而他们的“流氓饶舌唱法”也影响了Dr. Dre及NWA的音乐,他们在饶舌界的地位是举足轻重、无可比拟。听他们的音乐有如沉浸在Korn、Faith No More、Cypress Hill以及Public Enemy的世界中。能融合如此多的乐团曲风于一身却又能独树一格的乐团,唯有Hed P.E才能达成这样的极致境界!
Hed P.E的团名非常具哲理意识、Hed(higher thoughts)代表的是更深邃的想法、Planet Earth(spiritual interconnectedness of people)意指全人类的灵性沟通!
Hed P.E嘻哈摇滚式的音乐近来在世界各地逐渐受注目,台湾音乐人如黄立行及MC HOTDOG也以类似的摇滚嘻哈曲风创作,在美国此类型音乐早已流传盛行许久。这支来自美国加州的(hed) Planet Earth(简称Hed P.E)就是当今美国嘻哈新金属摇滚炙手可热的佼佼者,Hed P.E的音乐风格除了在美国大受欢迎及推崇之外,最近在英国和Papa Roach 的巡回演唱会中也颇受佳评而多增加了四场演出,场场售罄的票房记录更羡煞不少团体。Hed P.E三月份将在庞克发源地英国展开他们的巡回演唱会,表演的城市包括伦敦、曼彻斯特、格拉斯哥等地方。
Hed P.E并不是造作、反叛的乐团,他们真实的在创作音乐在搞音乐,非常具创意及爆炸力。他们的词曲也和他们的团名一样,多以正面的省思为主,主题以克服生活障碍及一般地球人面对生活成长课题为出发点。Hed P.E以他们一贯的强烈Hip-Hop摇滚作风颠覆传统的作法,从第一支单曲到皆是Hed P.E音乐极致的呈现!Hed P.E是一个解构各种类型音乐元素,建构多元音乐风格的地球音乐人,让你拥抱Hip-Hop邪恶,却又从中解放的团体,想体验音乐快感的冲动省思,就到HED星球。
Huntington Beach, California's (hed) p.e. (the "pe" stands for "Planet Earth") was founded in 1994 by frontman Jahred (aka M.C.U.D., aka Jerred Shaine), whose goal was to fuse the region's long-standing punk rock heritage with G-funk-inflected hip-hop — a sound he labeled "G-punk." Three years and a self-financed 1995 EP entitled Church of Realities later, (hed) p.e. (also comprising lead guitarist Wesstyle , rhythm guitarist Chizad, bassist Mawk, drummer B.C., and DJ Product on turntables and samples) released their eponymous debut through Jive Records, then hit the road with Ozzfest and bands like Korn, Static-X, and System of a Down. A second album, Broke, followed in the year 2000, and a third, Blackout, in 2003, after which (hed) p.e. switched labels from Jive to Koch, and underwent something of an overhaul (welcoming new guitarist Jaxon and drummer Moke) prior to recording their fourth album, 2005's Only in Amerika. The all-new Back 2 Base X and Best of (hed) Planet Earth compilation arrived in 2006, followed by Flat Bill Hat in the summer of 2007.