Hoods is an American

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band from

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. Formed in 1994 by Mike "Mikey Hood" Mraz who later added Logan Murray, Tony Goodloe and Billy Gaffney. Hoods shows influences such as

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. They released their first EP entitled ''Once Again'' in 1996 and concentrated on live performances. After numerous fights between fans and an altercation between a couple of the band members and a police officer, the band left the Sacramento area. The band moved to the San Francisco Bay Area playing shows with groups such as Powerhouse,

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and Skin Lab. In 1997 after a disagreement with bandmates and his mother's illness Gaffney left and was replaced by Jeremy. Murray and Goldoe then left and were replaced by Ben and Mario. In 2005, Hoods were dropped from

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after a dispute over royalties and management. They signed with

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in 2005 and released ''The King Is Dead''. The group released a new album, ''Ghetto Blaster'', in April 2007. The release ''Pit Beast'' dropped in May 2009 after the band signed with I Scream Records. The cover art for this album was done by Craig Holloway, who created cover art for acts such as

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and

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among others. In 2014 the band signed with

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and released "Gato Negro".

Band members

Current

*Mikey Hood – vocals *Jon (the jew) Korn – guitar *Marty Cole – guitar *Bryan Ball – drums *Twig – bass

Original members

*Mikey Hood – guitar, vocals *Tony Goodloe – vocals *Logan Murray – bass *Billy Gaffney – drums

Former

*Craig Spinelli – drums *Rob McCarthy – drums *Evan Krejci – guitar *T-Gibbs – vocals *Stephen Lauck – guitar *Ben Garcia – vocals *Jeremy Roberts – drums *Mario – bass *

Navene Koperweis Navene Koperweis (born May 31, 1985) is an American drummer, best known as the former drummer of Animosity, Hoods and Animals as Leaders. He currently plays for Entheos, and serves as session drummer for Job for a Cowboy and also Machine Hea ...

– drums *Whiteboy Ben – drums *Nick Reinhart – guitar *Nate raider – bass *Nick Lang "Lurch" – guitar *Zack Peterson – guitar *Mike Spaulding – vocals *Eddy Lloreda – drums *Elijah Martinez - drums

Discography

References

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