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[[caption-width-right:210:Clockwise from top left: Naoko Takamoto, Jeremy Page, Godforbid.]]
->''"At times [the music] seems out of control; moving frantic, saying things you shouldn't. But [it] wears it well, and knows how to get away with it in public."''
-->-- '''Godforbid'''

According to Website/ThatOtherWiki, That Handsome Devil is "an American rock band hailing from Brooklyn, New York by way of Boston, Massachusetts". According to [[http://wearduringorangealert.blogspot.com/2008/08/band-of-week_27.html Orange Alert]], it's "a wonderful mix of Music/TomWaits, Music/GogolBordello, and G. Love (if he decided to grow a pair and stop singing about basketball and lemonade)". According to [[http://notablemusic.net/tuneoftheweek/2011/that-handsome-devil-adapt-2 Notable Music Co.]], it's "[[OverlyNarrowSuperlative everybody’s favorite]] psychedelic-rockabilly-jazz-R&B-blues-surf band". According to [[WordOfGod frontman Godforbid]], the band is simply "fringe pop". But one thing's for sure: whatever That Handsome Devil is, it's always a little bit [[BlackComedy deranged]] and a little bit [[TheAlcoholic alcohol-soaked]], and its fans love the band for it.

[floatboxright:Members:
* '''Godforbid,''' frontman, lead vocalist, and lead songwriter
* '''Jeremy Page,''' guitar, bass, keyboard, banjo, pedal steel, glockenspiel, percussion, accordion, synthesizer, kazoo, background vocals, and songwriter
* '''Naoko Takamoto,''' back-up vocals
* '''Andy Bauer,''' drums, percussion, accordion, guitar, and background vocals
* '''Evan Sanders,''' keyboard, trumpet, and trombone
* '''Jeremy Siegel,''' bass and background vocals
* '''Sam Merrick,''' drums
* '''Deflon Sallahr,''' live show hype man
* '''Abigail Sweetwater,''' personal assistant]

[floatboxright:Associated Acts
* '''Alaskan Fishermen,''' a hip-hop and rap group that includes Godforbid and Page
* '''American Style Cardboard'''
* '''Kendra Morris''']

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[[folder: Discography: ]]

* ''That Handsome Devil'' EP (2006)
* ''A City Dressed in Dynamite'' (2008)
* ''Enlightenment's For Suckers'' EP (2009)
* ''The Heart Goes to Heaven, The Head Goes to Hell'' (2011) (Abbreviated [=THGtH=])
* ''The Jungle Book'' Free Cover Album (Download [[http://thathandsomedevil.net/fr_thdhome.cfm here]]) (2012)
* ''Drugs & Guns For Everyone'' (2014)
* ''History Is A Suicide Note'' EP (2017)
* ''Your Parents Are Sellouts'' (2021)
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[[folder: Singles: ]]

* "Dating Tips" (2004)
* "Steady and Slow" (2007)
* "Hey White Boy" (2007)
* "Lucky Me" (2008)
* "Mr. Grinch" (2008)
* "Chicken Claw" (2009)
* "Marilyn Loves Heroin" (2009)
* "Disco City" (2009)

The band has been featured in the VideoGame/GuitarHero and VideoGame/RockBand game series as well as on the TV series Series/{{Weeds}} and Series/{{Reaper}}. It tours across the United States mideast in a month-long bar crawl every August.
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!!That Handsome Devil contains examples of:
* TheAlcoholic: Godforbid and many of the personae he takes on.
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* FauxlosophicNarration: Earlier interviews with Godforbid (here's an [[http://www.brainsturbator.com/articles/our_interview_with_godforbid_lead_singer_of_that_handsome_devil/ example]]). See "Heel Realization" below.
* HeelRealization: Godforbid, [[http://motherjones.com/mixed-media/2011/09/that-handsome-devil-godforbid-interview very recently]].
-->'''Godforbid:''' I had pure intentions, but then I became increasingly aware of how to [[ManipulativeBastard manipulate the moment]] or [[TheSocialExpert people around me]]. [...] It was a horrifying thing. I woke up from it like a blacked out night, "Ah! I've been a douchebag all these years!"
* ManipulativeBastard
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Godforbid. As summarized by the man himself:
-->'''Godforbid:''' I can't call myself high fructose corn syrup because Coca-Cola's the name that sells. They're not ready to hear high fructose yet.
* ShroudedInMyth: Godforbid. To quote [[http://pilgrimsofsound.wordpress.com/2009/02/02/that-handsome-devil-coming-of-the-next-madman/ a fan]]:
-->'''Anthony:''' Godforbid himself had earned a reputation made up of one part Jesus and three parts Jesse James.
** The origins of the band as well. Prevailing fan theory is that they met in the back of a cop car, but Godforbid nixed that pretty quickly, observing that police don't often put strangers together upon arrest.
** Intro to "Elephant Bones" in ''[[VideoGame/GuitarHero Guitar Hero II]]'':
--->"Dizzy from the fumes, white knuckled, holding the wheel hostage. A dirty old Cadillac barrels towards hell, with a brick on the gas pedal. That Handsome Devil".
%%* TheSmurfettePrinciple
%%* TheSocialExpert

!! The music provides examples of:

%%* BlackComedy
* ClusterFBomb: "Inside You".
* EvilSoundsDeep: Godforbid's voice has been described as "a lot like that talking plant from ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors''".
* GenreRoulette: Although almost all of the songs have blended influences, the sheer breadth of styles involved inevitably results in some weird transitions. A good example is the jump from "Charlie's Inferno" to "U + I in Suicide" on ''The Heart Goes to Heaven''.
* LyricalDissonance: "Charlie's Inferno" is a sprightly, elevator-music-esque tune about a man who is blocked from entering heaven and sent to IronicHell
%%* TheMasochismTango: "Twist the Knife".
* MoodWhiplash: "Party's Dead," the last song on [=THGtH=]. It's somber and notably lacking in black comedy.
* ReroutedFromHeaven: Charlie from "Charlie's Inferno" lives a seemingly virtuous life and is surprised when by the end of it, he gets sent to Hell instead. As it's gradually revealed, [[WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency he only did so for superficial reasons and was a showy braggart about it, thinking it would be an easy ticket to Heaven]], with the sheer lack of fulfillment or appreciation for such a life being what ironically damns him to Hell.
* RockOpera: THD's re-imagining of The Jungle Book, in which a man is kicked out of his home and betrayed by false friends, tries to find religion only to become disillusioned with it, joins the military, joins the anarchists opposing the military, becomes a solitary homeless scavenger, and ultimately decides to [[HopeSpot rejoin humanity]].
* SanitySlippage: "Viva Discordia".
* StairwayToHeaven: Charlie rides a golden escalator to heaven in "Charlie's Inferno".
* SuicideAsComedy: "U + I in Suicide".
* WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency: "Charlie's Inferno" follows the story of a man named Charlie who lives a seemingly virtuous life of decent gestures (being environmentally conscious, sending small gifts to his wife, waking to do the Pledge of Allegiance every morning, etc.), but with the very specific intent on being deemed "virtuous" so when he dies, he gets an easy trip to Heaven, [[UnsportsmanlikeGloating something that he can lord over his friends and family]], [[NoSympathy even as they mourn his death]]. He's naturally confused when he's just-as-naturally [[ReroutedFromHeaven rejected from Heaven and dumped into Hell instead]]. He proceeds to spend his eternity questioning why he's not being rewarded for his good deeds, never once questioning ''why'' said deeds are "good", and that lack of self-awareness is what damns him as being more of a sinner than he could ever realize.