HED P.E.

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Koch Records, HED P.E. and HedRocks.com are teaming up and looking for YOUR help. HED has decided to enlist the help of its fans in choosing the song they'd best like to see as the first video from their forthcoming album, "Only In Amerika".

By logging onto the 411 section on www.HedRocks.com now, fans can listen to streams of four songs hand-picked by the band and immediately vote on their favorite. The songs will remain posted throughout the week of Jan. 20, 2005. The winning song will officially become the band's first video from the forthcoming new disc. The video will be shot in Los Angeles later this month.

The production on HED's fourth CD, "Only In Amerika", was swift and painless, albeit a bit of a budget shock from what the band was accustomed to on a major label budget. States frontman Jahred, "The new CD was recorded true punk rock style. The only studio we used was to record the drums. Most of the s*** was recorded in my apartment, but it was cool, cuz we could take our time. The clock wasn't ticking, so we got real creative and s***."

Formerly signed to Jive Records and described by Rolling Stone as "the one rare metal act willing to admit that good times actually exist," the Los Angeles-based group has sold over 700,000 albums since the release of their first EP in 1995. The band has toured with some of the biggest acts in music including METALLICA, SLAYER, KORN, DEFTONES, LINKIN PARK, P.O.D., SLIPKNOT and many more.

HED P.E.'s new album, "Only In Amerika", is scheduled for release on February 22.

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HED P.E. will hit the road later this month in support of their new album, "Only in Amerika", which is scheduled for release on February 22 via Koch Records.

HED P.E. recently re-tooled its line-up to consist of band leader/vocalist Jahred (vocals), Jaxon (guitar), Mark (bass), Moke (formerly of OTEP, drums) and DJ Product 1969© (turntables, samples). A video was shot for the album's first single, "Represent".

HED P.E. tour dates:

Jan. 29 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Circuit
Feb. 01 - Kansas City, MO @ Beaumont
Feb. 02 - St. Louis, MO @ Pop’s
Feb. 03 - Belfontaine, OH @ The Blue Cat
Feb. 04 - Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theater
Feb. 05 - Detroit, MI @ Harpo’s
Feb. 06 - TBA
Feb. 08 - Battle Creek, MI @ Planet Rock
Feb. 09 - West Dundee, IL @ Clearwater Theater
Feb. 10 - Springfield, IL @ TBA
Feb. 11 - Edgerton, WI @ Big E’s
Feb. 12 - Minneapolis, MN @ Star Central
Feb. 13 - Cedar Falls, IA @ The Reverb
Feb. 15 - Flint, MI @ Machine Shop
Feb. 16 - Allentown, PA @ Crocodile Rock
Feb. 17 - Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero
Feb. 19 - Sayerville, NJ @ Starland
Feb. 20 - Hartford, CT @ Webster Theater
Feb. 22 - Binghampton, NY @ Magic City Music Hall
Feb. 23 - Buffalo, NY @ Showplace Theater
Feb. 24 - Farmingdale, NY @ Downtown
Feb. 25 - Albany, NY @ Northern Lights
Feb. 26 - Boston, MA @ TBA
Feb. 27 - Portland, ME @ TBA
Mar. 01 - New York, NY @ BB Kings

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Check out HED P.E.'s updated site.

Only in Amerika is in stores now and defnitely worth checking out.

Official Site: www.hedrocks.com/

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(HED)P.E.: New Song Posted Online

A brand new (HED)P.E. track, entitled "Suffa", has been posted on the group's MySpace page.

www.myspace.com/hedpe

The song comes off the band's new full-length album, "Insomnia", due on July 17 via Suburban Noize Records. A video for "Suffa" was recently shot and will debut shortly.

"Insomnia" is the follow-up last year's Suburban Noize debut, "Back 2 Base X", which led to the group embarking on back-to-back sold out tours with PAPA ROACH and the KOTTONMOUTH KINGS, and headlining tours in Europe and Japan.

(HED)P.E. will be on the road all summer with the "Strange Noize Tour", also featuring KOTTONMOUTH KINGS and TECH N9NE.

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(HED) P.E. Frontman Discusses Conspiracy Theory

Anarchy Music recently conducted an interview with (HED) P.E. frontman Jahred. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow:

Anarchy Music: If we can get serious then for a minute, one of the things I've heard from people who have the record is "What is this Illuminati secret government stuff that he's talking about?" For the people who don't know, tell us what's going on behind our backs in this country...

Jahred: It's such a massive amount of material. Let's just say that globalists, people behind the scenes, orchestrating wars, putting shitty chemicals in food, it goes on and on and on — all for what reason and what end? I don't know. People need to study it for themselves. I feel like if I give little pieces of it, it's almost laughable because of the brainwashing that goes on where people think they know everything already. That, to me, the biggest trick. What it is just saying is that we're all in a matrix. What you see on the news and on CNN and read in the papers is all fake to get us going and use us for our money and our emotions and our lives to generate wars and wealth. Why should Dick Cheney make 10 million dollars a day and our soldiers in Walter Reed Hospital can't even get taken care of when they come home injured? You mention that to an older person and they think you're fucking crazy. No, I think they're fucking crazy because there is something crazy going on on the planet where we're being motivated to kill each other and who's benefiting from it? I don't think it's all over oil. I think it's over power and control. I don't believe that Republicans and Democrats are giving up their power every four years. The elections, all of it seems to be unravelling for me.

Anarchy Music: The Vietnam period has many parallels to today. The music fans back then mobilized and ended up changing the world. Do you think that today's music fans can be mobilized?

Jahred: I'm glad you brought that up because the powers-that-be know that what you just said is for sure a universal truth, that music is a power for change. The world is musical, the world hums. There's four seasons a year, there's four beats to a measure. Music from Bob Marley to John Lennon to the bands who were causing change in Vietnam. That stuff is really powerful and the powers-that-be know it. That's why in the mid-'90s when all this bullshit started coming down... They knew it because they made it happen. They took down the monopoly clause, that's how Clear Channel owns so many fucking stations. Before that, the FCC wasn't going to allow it. They want this propaganda thing. Very few people own every outlet of communication. We all know what kind of evil that is. It's like 1984. To me it's no coincidence that in a time where there is a really a need for liberation style of music, that all you hear is a victim-conscious Emo music being pured at the kids. This is the world that I live in. This is real.

Anarchy Music: What happens if we don't mobilize? You even talk about the possibilities on the new album...

Jahred: You're talking about an end to our universe. 2012 is coming and the Earth wants to transcend into another dimension. The Dark Ones want to lower our vibrations until we can't have true freedom. We can't know what's going on if we're not allowed to evolve as a species without somebody screwing with us, which goes against nature. If we don't mobilize, we'll be creating our own hell on Earth. You can't reduce liberty in the pursuit of freedom, or vice-versa. You can't let them listen to every conversation because you're afraid some dudes from the sand are going to attack us again. It's not just me thinking this. Representatives from every state are going to the President and saying "our people don't want to be in this war," and he's saying "I'm the decider." I thought this was a Democracy, but I guess it's not.

Read the entire interview at www.anarchymusic.net.

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(HED)P.E. Announces 'Heavy Hitters Tour'

Orange County, California's (HED)P.E. will embark on the Heavy Hitters Tour, also featuring KINGSPADE, SUBNOIZE SOULJAZ (featuring Big B, Dirtball), DOG FACED GODS and INSOLENCE.

Commented (HED)P.E. frontman Jared Gomes: "What a way to start the new year! 2008 promises to be the best year (HED)P.E. has ever seen. We laid the ground work in the last two years, and we are experiencing such a swell right now that we feel so blessed by the youth of this planet earth. The Heavy Hitters tour, which is a co-headline tour with KINGSPADE, promises to be one of the freshest tours of early 2008. KINGSPADE is just straight dope and they possess the freshness of the KOTTONMOUTH KINGS, but with a nice hip-hop twist. We are just so stoked to be able to go on the road, and give the kids what they want; diversity. Because everyone knows they will never get it from those bitch-ass corporate tours. This is an official takeover!"

(HED)P.E. is continuing to tour in support of its sixth studio album, "Insomnia". The album is the group's heaviest record in nearly a decade, returning to the group's hardcore roots. The album’s lead single, "Suffa", quickly lit up request lines at Sirius Satellite Radio's Hard Attack and become one of the most requested tracks alongside high profile groups like DOWN, AS I LAY DYING, MACHINE HEAD, DEVILDRIVER and MEGADETH.

Heavy Hitters Tour featuring (HED)P.E., KINGSPADE, SUBNOIZE SOULJAZ and INSOLENCE:

Jan. 25 - Las Vegas, NV @ Jillians
Jan. 26 - Farmington, NM @ Gator's
Jan. 27 - Albuquerque, NM @ The Launchpad / Sunshine Theatre
Jan. 29 - Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
Jan. 30 - Minneapolis, MN @ The Rock
Jan. 31 - Rockford, IL @ Forest Hills Lodge
Feb. 01 - Mokena, IL @ The Pearl Room
Feb. 02 - Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's
Feb. 04 - Towson, MD @ Recher Theatre
Feb. 05 - Boston, MA @ Harper's Ferry
Feb. 06 - Hartford, CT @ Webster Theatre
Feb. 07 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Diesel
Feb. 08 - Detroit, MI @ Harpo's
Feb. 09 - Columbus, OH @ Alrosa Villa
Feb. 10 - St. Louis, MO @ Pop's
Feb. 12 - Denver, CO @ The Gothic Theatre
Feb. 13 - Fort Collins, CO @ The Aggie Theatre
Feb. 14 - Grand Junction, CO @ The Mesa Theatre
Feb. 15 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Avalon Theater
Feb. 16 - Boise, ID @ The Big Easy
Feb. 17 - Spokane, WA @ The Big Easy
Feb. 19 - Seattle WA @ Studio Seven
Feb. 20 - Portland, OR @ The Roseland Grill