Handsome Devil is a

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band that consists of members Danny Walker (vocals, guitar), Billie Stevens (guitar), Keith Morgan (drums), and Darren Roberts (bass). Formed in the spring of 2000 and hailing from Orange County, CA (the same place that spawned Lit,

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, and

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), Handsome Devil is musically comparable to their regional forefathers, as they list such diverse artists as

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, The Descendents, and

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as important influences who helped shape their sound. The group signed to Lit's Dirty Martini label shortly after forming, and they hit the road opening for such bands as Hoobastank,

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, and Sprung Monkey. The band toured extensively in 2000 and the first half of 2001 before recording an album. Handsome Devil's debut release, ''Love & Kisses From the Underground'', was issued in September 2001 (although many stores didn't get the album until well after the September 11 release date due to shipping delays brought on by the

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.) Two years later, they followed up with the release of ''Knock Yourself Out''. Handsome Devil self-produced half of the new album, and co-produced the other half with Jeremy Popoff ( Lit), with one song, "What You See", co-produced by veteran rock producer Ed Stasium (

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). The music video for the single, "Hello Somebody", was directed by music video director, Allen M. Gottfried and gained nationwide airplay in support of the album release. Their third album, ''Fully Automatic'', was released in 2006.

Lineup

* Danny Walker -

Vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

Guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

* Billie Stevens -

* Keith Morgan -

Drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

* Darren Roberts -

Bass guitar The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an Electric guitar, electric but with a longer nec ...

Former members

* Brian Wedmore -

Discography

* '' Love and Kisses from the Underground'' (2001) * '' Knock Yourself Out'' (2004) * '' Fully Automatic'' (2006)

Music videos

* "Makin' Money" (2001) * "Bring It On" (2002) * "Hello Somebody" (2004)

External links

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Punk rock groups from California Musical groups from Orange County, California {{US-punk-band-stub