Hey Monday was formed in March 2008 after Cassadee Pope and Mike Gentile's former band Blake broke up. Pope and Gentile wanted to continue playing music and began holding auditions for a new band around their local Florida music scene. Pope and Gentile quickly recruited rhythm guitarist Alex Lipshaw and drummer Elliot James. Soon afterward they enlisted bassist Michael "Jersey" Moriarty and Hey Monday was formed. They were discovered when Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz heard one of their demos while he was in the Crush Management office. Wentz wanted to sign them to his label, Decaydance, but Columbia Records was also interested so the band ended up signing a joint deal with both labels.
Hey Monday are an up & coming female fronted pop-punk band. And frankly, they opitomise the genre. They way they sound, the way they look and simply the way they go about their business just screams POP-PUNK. In terms of dress sense they are all pretty casual most of the time. Even though they make a fair amound of money, the majority of the time they look like they've just been picked up from a skate park.
"Alternative Press: You’re debut record ‘Hold On Tight’ hasn’t even been released in the UK yet. You have fans every night singing along to every word. How does that make you feel?
Cassedee Pope: We feel accomplished but have a long way to go but really surprised how kids have taken our music so far and how soon it’s all happened. We owe a lot to Pete (Wentz) promoting us and to our label Columbia and Decaydance. It’s insane!"
This is an extract from an interview Hey Monday did with Alternative Press. Like most pop-punk bands interviews tend to be casual and quite personal. How many Rock bands or Pop acts do you know that would use the term "It's Insane!"?
Their artwork tends to be extremely simple and blunt with the odd attack of colour. Like many pop-punk bands, Hey Monday have kept their visual appeal to a minimum and chosen to focus on portraying their songs and charisma as reasons for people to like them.
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