The band's line-up is not the same as when they started. In fact, the line-up might change by the time you finish reading this.
Influences:
- Black Sabbath, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Nine Inch Nails, Beastie Boys, Bob Marley, The Notorious B.I.G., Rage Against the Machine, Sex Pistols, The Clash, Slayer, Suicidal Tendencies, Minor Threat
(həd) Planet Earth is a Punk Rock band from Huntington Beach, California. Their style of music, dubbed "G-Punk", draws mainly from Punk Rock and Hip-Hop, touching upon Hardcore Punk, Reggae, and occasionally Funk, Jazz and Heavy Metal.
Their lyrical subject matter is quite diverse, ranging from some of the more frivolous subject matter of Gangsta Rap (pot smoking, sex, etc.) to more political topics. Vocalist Jared is also heavily interested in conspiracy theories, like government cover-up of alien life, the Illuminati, etc.; because of this, Hed PE is often overlooked or downright condemned, despite the diversity of their music.
Members:note
- Jared Gomes (also known as MCUD (MC Underdog), Jared Shaine and his birthname, Paulo Sergio Gomes): Vocals (founding member)
- Kid Bass (Kurt Blankenship): Bass (Since 2015)
- D.J. Blackard: Guitar (Since 2018)
- Major Trauma (Jeremiah Stratton): Drums (since 2009)
Past members:
- Mawk (Mark Young): Bass (1994–2015: founding member)
- Jaxon (Jackson Lee Benge): Guitar (2004–2015)
- DJ Product © 1969 (Doug Boyce): Turntables (1994–2013, briefly returned in 2019: founding member)
- The Finger: Keyboard (1994-1996: founding member)
- Chizad: Guitar (1994-2002: founding member)
- Wesstyle (Wes Greer): Guitar (1994-2003: founding member; current touring guitarist for Korn)
- B.C. Vaught: Drums (1994-2003: founding member)
- Sonny Mayo: Touring guitarist (2002-2003; formerly of the band Snot)
- Christopher Hendrich: Drums (2004)
- Moke: Drums (2004-2006)
- Devin Lebsack: Drums (2006-2007)
- Tiny Bubz: Drums (2007-2008)
- Greg Harrison (Gregzilla): Guitar (2015-2017)
- Will Von Arx: Guitar (2017-2018)
Discography:
- Church of Realities (1995)
- Hed PE (1997)
- "Ground
"
- "Ground
- Broke (2000)
- Blackout (2003)
- "Blackout"
- "Blackout
- Only in Amerika (2004)
- Back 2 Base X (2006)
- Insomnia (2007)
- "Suffa"
- "Suffa
- New World Orphans (2009)
- Truth Rising (2010)
- "No Rest For The Wicked"note
- "Truth Rising"
- "No Rest For The Wicked
This band demonstrates the following tropes:
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The band members themselves/live performance
- I Have Many Names: Most current and former band members have aliases.
- Revolving Door Band: The band has frequently changed line-ups over the years, mostly with guitarists and drummers, with the only consistent members being Jared, Mawk and DJ Product.
- The Stoner: Entire band.
- Tribal Face Paint: Often worn by Jared since the band's formation, this has recently extended to the rest of the band, especially when playing for Juggalo audiences, and comes into play heavily on some music videos, like "Here And Now".
Lyrics/Themes/Concepts
- Arc Number: The band often refers to the year 2012, and draws lyrical themes from various theories surrounding the year.
- Erudite Stoner: Jared, in real life.
- Esoteric Motifs: Various.
- I'm Going to Hell for This: "Amerikan Beauty" features this line.
- Intercourse with You: Quite a few of Hed's songs are about this. And not in a subtle or metaphorical way, either. "Work On This", for example, contains a female vocalist singing the lyric "I don't wanna love you, I just wanna fuck you".
- One-Woman Song: "Sophia"
- Political Rap
- Shout-Out: Quite a few.
- "Feel Good": "Satan laughing, spreads his wings and gets a new tattoo"
- "Crazy Legs": The entire chorus originated from a line in Slick Rick's "La Di Da Di".
- "Boom (How You Like That)": "You're in the jungle, baby, you're gonna die!"
- "The Box": "No woman - no cry - know why? Cuz e'rythings gonna be alright" (taken from Bob Marley's song of the same name)
- "Daze of War": "But we don't give a fuck if you don't give a fuck" (alteration of a Snoop Dogg lyric)
- "Game Over": "it was all a dream, I was smoking all the finest weed, like a Kottonmouth King." Sid Vicious is also referenced.
- This Means War!: This line occurs in the song "War".
Music/Music referential
- Bonus Material: Each of their albums has bonus tracks on international releases, usually on the Japanese editions. New World Orphans was originally released in three different versions, each containing unique bonus tracks; when it was reissued on iTunes, its only bonus track was the single "Here And Now". Fans who preordered Truth Rising received a Skull and Bonus CD, which contained exclusive songs, remixes and an interview with Jared in which he discussed the 9/11 Truth Movement.
- Cover Version: A few, including "Crosstown Traffic" and "For What It's Worth" (retitled "
Children" by the band). In concerts, the band has covered songs by Rage Against the Machine and Bob Marley. - Genre-Busting
- Genre Mashup: It's not unusual for Hed PE to begin a song with a Hardcore Punk lead, switch to rapping over a Hip-Hop beat, then jump into another style.
- Genre Roulette
- Hardcore Punk
- Harsh Vocals: Aside his occasional growling, he sometimes performs bluesier harsh singing.
- Hidden Track
- Their self-titled album contains one dubbed "Tits, Clits and Bong Hits" by fans
- Broke has some studio outtakes
- Insomnia has audio of a newsreport involving an explosion at a THC extraction lab operated by then-Methods of Mayhem leader and former Hed PE member Tim Murray. The most revealing part of the audio is when the reporter specifies that manufacturing marijuana is more illegal than selling or possessing it.
- Hip-Hop
- Lucky Charms Title: The band's name includes a schwa, a letter used in the International Phonetic Alphabet.
- Punk Rock
- Three Chords and the Truth
- Xtreme Kool Letterz: "(həd)"
Music Videos
- Shout-Out: The animated music video for "Truth Rising" briefly features a figure that strongly resembles the Hatchetman.
