Hoods (band)

Hoods
Hoods
Origin	Sacramento, California, U.S.
Genres	Beatdown hardcore
Years active	1994–present
Labels	Artery, Eulogy, Westcoast Worldwide, Victory Records, Breakout

Hoods is an American beatdown hardcore band from Sacramento, California. Formed in 1994 by Mike "Mikey Hood" Mraz who later added Logan Murray, Tony Goodloe and Billy Gaffney. Hoods shows influences such as Madball, Sick of It All, Minor Threat and Cro-Mags. They released their first EP entitled Once Again in 1996 and concentrated on live performances. After numerous fights between fans and an altercation between a couple of the band members and a police officer, the band left the Sacramento area. The band moved to the San Francisco Bay Area playing shows with groups such as Powerhouse, Redemption 87 and Skin Lab. In 1997 after a disagreement with bandmates and his mother's illness Gaffney left and was replaced by Jeremy. Murray and Goldoe then left and were replaced by Ben and Mario.

In 2005, Hoods were dropped from Victory Records after a dispute over royalties and management.^[2] They signed with Eulogy Recordings in 2005 and released The King Is Dead. The group released a new album, Ghetto Blaster, in April 2007. The release Pit Beast dropped in May 2009 after the band signed with I Scream Records. The cover art for this album was done by Craig Holloway, who created cover art for acts such as Negative Approach and Obituary among others. In 2014 the band signed with Artery Recordings and released "Gato Negro".^[3]

Band members

Current

Mikey Hood – vocals^[4]
Jon (the jew) Korn – guitar^[5]
Marty Cole – guitar
Bryan Ball – drums
Twig – bass

Original members

Mikey Hood – guitar, vocals
Tony Goodloe – vocals
Logan Murray – bass
Billy Gaffney – drums

Former

Craig Spinelli – drums
Rob McCarthy – drums
Evan Krejci – guitar
T-Gibbs – vocals
Stephen Lauck – guitar
Ben Garcia – vocals
Jeremy Roberts – drums
Mario – bass
Navene Koperweis – drums
Whiteboy Ben – drums
Nick Reinhart – guitar
Nate raider – bass
Nick Lang "Lurch" – guitar
Zack Peterson – guitar
Mike Spaulding – vocals
Eddy Lloreda – drums
Elijah Martinez - drums

Discography

Year	Album	Label
1996	Once Again 1996 (EP)	Back ta Basics
1997	New Blood	Gain Ground
1998	Alone	Breakout Records
1999	Endless Pain	Stillborn Records
2001	Time...The Destroyer	Victory Records
2003	Pray for Death	Victory Records
2004	Seven Years in Sacramento	Self-released
2004	Live – The Legend Continues	720 Records
2005	Hoods/Freya (split)	Victory Records
2005	The King Is Dead	Eulogy Recordings
2007	Ghetto Blaster	Eulogy Recordings
2009	Pit Beast	I Scream Records
2014	Gato Negro	Artery Recordings

References

^ "HOODS 'The King Is Dead' Album Review". Lambgoat. October 20, 2005. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
^ Teitelman, Bram (February 24, 2015). "Hoods challenge Victory Records owner, math". Blastbeat Network. Brooklyn, NY. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
^ Fernandez, Josh (November 25, 2014). "BE VERY AFRAID". Submerge. Sacramento, CA. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
^ "Artists". Eulogy Recordings. Archived from the original on December 16, 2011. Retrieved December 6, 2011.
^ "Members". Hoods. Retrieved November 5, 2014.

External links

Hoods at Facebook
Hoods at Artery Recordings

[:0-1] "HOODS 'The King Is Dead' Album Review". Lambgoat. October 20, 2005. Retrieved August 27, 2023.

[2] Teitelman, Bram (February 24, 2015). "Hoods challenge Victory Records owner, math". Blastbeat Network. Brooklyn, NY. Retrieved March 5, 2021.

[3] Fernandez, Josh (November 25, 2014). "BE VERY AFRAID". Submerge. Sacramento, CA. Retrieved March 5, 2021.

[4] "Artists". Eulogy Recordings. Archived from the original on December 16, 2011. Retrieved December 6, 2011.

[5] "Members". Hoods. Retrieved November 5, 2014.

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