Jarrod Michael Alonge (born March 25, 1993) is an American comedian, director and musician from Orlando, Florida. He is best known for his parodies of the artists, sub-genres and stereotypes within alternative music. He has released three independent full-length studio albums, Beating a Dead Horse, Friendville and Awkward & Depressed, all of which reached number one on the Billboard Top Comedy Albums chart. He is also the songwriter and guitarist of post-hardcore project CrazyEightyEight. As of September 2017, his YouTube channel has amassed over 200,000 subscribers with more than 33 million total views.
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Career
Alonge began posting videos online via YouTube as early as 2009, but did not gain a substantial following until the releases of Every Metalcore Vocalist and Every Pop Punk Vocalist in the summer of 2013. His early video ideas were the result of experiences he had while attending concerts in high school, claiming that the stage voice and persona of metalcore vocalists was "absolutely ridiculous." Since then, he has released sketch videos in collaboration with bands like Issues, Sleeping With Sirens and We Came As Romans. Alonge's sarcastic, satirical and deadpan style of comedy has earned him considerable acclaim. In 2014, he won the Kerrang! Award for Best Comedian.
Alonge independently released his debut music comedy album Beating a Dead Horse on May 26, 2015, working closely with ex-Attack Attack! guitarist and producer Johnny Franck. The album features seven different fictitious bands created by Alonge that satirize the tropes of various genres within alternative music, including metalcore, post-hardcore, pop punk, emo, progressive metal, hardcore punk and others. The album was a critical and commercial success, reaching number 1 on the Billboard Top Comedy Albums chart and number 18 on the Top Heatseekers chart. In October 2015, Alonge announced the release of Beating a Dead Horse: Deluxe Ultra-Limited Exclusive Undead Edition which contained 6 new songs in addition to the original 15 tracks.
Alonge continued writing comedy music and released the pop punk parody album Friendville on April 1, 2016. This album was also a critical and commercial success, reaching number 1 on the Billboard Top Comedy Albums chart once again, number 12 on the Top Heatseekers chart, and number 37 on the Top Independent Albums chart. Shortly after on June 17, 2016, he released the metalcore parody extended play Space Zombies EP, which took a stylistic departure from his previous albums and directly satirizes The Devil Wears Prada, A Day To Remember, Architects and For Today.
Alonge also served as the Fearless Records pit reporter for Warped Tour 2015 and 2016, making sketch videos with various bands on the tour including Blessthefall, PVRIS, August Burns Red, The Word Alive, As It Is, The Color Morale, Wage War and Oceans Ate Alaska. In November 2015, Alonge made an appearance on Punk Goes Christmas Deluxe Edition alongside August Burns Red, This Wild Life and Being As An Ocean. In July 2016, Alonge presented the Most Dedicated Fans Award to The Ghost Inside at the 2016 Alternative Press Music Awards in Columbus, Ohio.
In May 2017, Alonge unveiled his new project, CrazyEightyEight, a non-comedic post-hardcore band featuring Lauren Babic of Red Handed Denial as the lead vocalist. The group's debut EP, No Words Spoken, was released on June 2, 2017.
Alonge's third full-length album, Awkward & Depressed was released on July 28, 2017, under the moniker of emo band Canadian Softball.
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Personal life
Alonge studied biology at Tennessee Technological University and graduated with a BS degree in 2014, having originally planned to attend medical school. He is a self-described "Star Wars fanatic," making multiple references to the franchise in his content. He currently lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He has two pet cats named Bug and Bean, and has been in a relationship with Rachel King since 2014.
Discography
Studio albums
Extended plays
Music videos
Singles and demos
- "I'm So Scene" (2013)
- "Eternity (Literally)" (2014)
- "Pop Punk Pizza Party" (2014)
- "12 Days of a Pop Punk Christmas" (2015)
- "Pubic Apology" (2016)
Awards and nominations
References
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