(həd) pe

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Current line-up (from left to right): Devin, DJ Product, Jahred, Mawk, Jaxon
Background information
Origin	Huntington Beach, California, USA
Genre(s)	Rapcore Hardcore Punk Hip Hop Alternative Metal Experimental Rock
Years active	1994–present
Website	http://suburbannoizerecords.com http://myspace.com/hedpe

(həd) pe (also known as Hed PE or (hed) Planet Earth) is a rapcore band from Huntington Beach, California.

They fuse punk energy with hip hop lyrics and instrumentation to form a sound they call "G-punk" (A combination of G-Funk and Punk). They have also been known to experiment with various other musical genres, such as reggae.

1 History
2 Name
3 Discography
- 3.1 LPs
- 3.2 Singles
4 Videography

[edit] History

Cover art from (həd) pe's 2000 release, Broke

(həd) pe was formed in 1994 by African-American / Brazilian-American MC Jahred Shane (aka M.C.U.D.) and lead guitarist Wesstyle, both of whom saw each other in attendance at many of the same shows in the Los Angeles and Southern Californian underground scene. They began writing songs and teamed up with Mawk (Bass guitar), Chizad (Guitar), B.C. (Drums), and DJ Product 1969 (Turntables) to form (həd) pe.

Their first album was the Church of Realities EP, produced by Wesstyle & released independently in 1995. Upon signing to Jive Records they came out with their self-titled major label debut, which featured rerecorded versions of many of the Church of Realities songs. These earliest recordings have a gritty, striking energy to them which members of the band have attributed to their use of amphetamines. Their biggest hit was the 2000 album Broke, which saw them experimenting with a smoother hip hop influence and an arguably more focused energy to their music. Broke featured guest appearances by Serj Tankian from System of a Down and Morgan Landers from Kittie on the track "Feel Good."

The band released the first single of their sophomore album, Broke, "Bartender" which got some air play on MTV but was largely ignored.

It's been claimed that pressure from the record label lead the band to pursue a more mainstream, accessible sound with the 2003 album Blackout. Whatever the reason, it was not as successful as Broke had been, and in its wake many of the original members of the band went their separate ways. Sonny Mayo, formerly of Snot and Amen (Currently of Sevendust), picked up guitar duties for touring after Chizad left the band. The band also parted ways with their label of six years, Jive Records, at this time.

concert at Rock Am Ring (Germany)

After signing to indie label Koch Records and adding guitarist Jaxon and drummer Moke (Formerly of Otep) to the line-up, (həd) pe frontman Jahred reworked some material he had originally written for a side-project with Fenix Jones and released the album Only in Amerika in 2005. (həd) pe continued to pursue their energy filled rap-metal in this album as well.

In June 2005 the band appeared on the cover of Origivation Magazine. The article was titled "Under F_cking Rated".

At the end of 2005, HED p.e. signed with Suburban Noize Records, and released Back 2 Base X on June 6, 2006, as well as a live CD and DVD.

They are currently preparing for a tour of Europe before heading on a national tour alongside Papa Roach on the 2006 Zippo Hot Tour.

Current members:

Jahred Shane aka M.C.U.D (Paolo Sergio Gomes) - vocals
DJ Product (Doug Boyce) - turntables/vocals (mostly screaming on concerts)
Mawk (Mark Young) - bass guitar
Jaxon (Jackson Benge) - guitar
Devin Lebsack - drums

Ex-members:

Chizad (Chad Benekos) - guitar
B.C. (Ben Vaught) - drums
Wesstyle (Wes Geer) - guitar
Sonny Mayo - guitar
Moke (Mark Bistany) - drums

[edit] Name

(həd) Planet Earth logo

(həd) pe's name has evolved over time. Originally they went by the name həd (with or without the parentheses), but they had to add the "pe" to their name to differentiate themselves from another band called Head. At the time of their self-titled album, they went by (həd) PLANETARY EVOLUTION. Starting with the 2001 album Broke they expressed some interest in having the meaning of "pe" change with each album, and so they went by (həd) PLANET EARTH for some time; they reused this name for the 2003 album Blackout as well. With Only in Amerika it again changed, this time losing the parentheses and switching to uppercase with HED p.e.. It seems there is no other standard way of spelling or capitalizing the name, but this article uses "(həd) pe" because that is what they used on the self-titled album. With the release of Only in Amerika, HED pe has officially decided to go without the parenthesis or upside-down e. The official (according to the HED pe website) spelling is HED pe.

HED means "Deep From In Yo Mind"

In 2006, (hed) p.e. reverted to the name which they used during their self titled album and Broke.

[edit] Discography

Main article: (hed)p.e. discography

[edit] LPs

#	Title	Year	Label
1	Church of Realities	1995	independent
2	(həd)p.e.	1997	Jive
3	Broke	2000	Jive
4	Blackout	2003	Jive
5	Only in Amerika	2005	Koch
6	Back 2 Base X	2006	Suburban Noize Records
7	TBA	2007	Suburban Noize Records

[edit] Singles

#	Title	Year	Label	Album
1	Ground	1997	Jive	(həd)p.e.
2	Serpent Boy	1997	Jive	(həd)p.e.
3	Killing Time	2001	Jive	Broke
4	The Meadow (Special Like You)	2001	Jive	Broke
5	Bartender	2002	Jive	Broke
6	Other Side	2003	Jive	Blackout
7	Represent	2005	Koch	Only in Amerika
8	Get Ready	2006	Subnoize	Back 2 Base X

[edit] Videography

#	Title	Year	Directed by	Album
1	Ground	1997	Ghetto Fabulous	Church of Realities
2	Bartender	2000	Marc Klasfeld	Broke
3	Killing Time	2001	Demian Rami Lichteinstein	Broke
4	The Meadow	2001	Chizad	Broke
5	Blackout	2003	Vem and Tony	Blackout
6	Represent*	2005	Dale Resteghini	Only in Amerika
7	Get Ready*	2006	Suburban Noize Records	Back 2 Base X