Hey Monday was an American
rock
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band from
West Palm Beach, Florida
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, formed in 2008. They released their debut album ''
Hold On Tight'' in 2008, which produced the singles "
Homecoming
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" and "How You Love Me Now". The album was followed up with their 2010 EP ''
Beneath It All
''Beneath It All'' is the first EP by American rock band Hey Monday
Hey Monday was an American rock band from West Palm Beach, Florida, formed in 2008. They released their debut album '' Hold On Tight'' in 2008, which produced the singles "Ho ...
'', which achieved moderate commercial success, and ''
Candles
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'' EP in 2011. Their final release, ''The Christmas EP'', was released on December 6, 2011. The band is on hiatus and claims to not be "broken up".
Cassadee Pope
Cassadee Blake Pope (born August 28, 1989) is an American pop and country singer. She was the lead vocalist and songwriter of the pop band Hey Monday, with whom she released one studio album and two EPs. Pope embarked on a solo career in early ...
has since released
three studio albums as a solo artist and became the
first female winner of ''The Voice''.
History
Formation and ''Hold On Tight'' (2008–2009)
Hey Monday was formed in March 2008 after
Cassadee Pope
Cassadee Blake Pope (born August 28, 1989) is an American pop and country singer. She was the lead vocalist and songwriter of the pop band Hey Monday, with whom she released one studio album and two EPs. Pope embarked on a solo career in early ...
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 joined forces with drummer Elliot James who then recruited rhythm guitarist Alex Lipshaw. Soon afterward they enlisted bassist Michael "Jersey" Moriarty and Hey Monday was formed. They were discovered when
Fall Out Boy
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's
Pete Wentz
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heard one of their demos while he was in the Crush Management office. Wentz wanted to sign them to his label,
Decaydance
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, but
Columbia Records
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was also interested so the band ended up signing a joint deal with both labels. They recorded their debut album, ''
Hold On Tight'', throughout mid-2008 and it released on October 7 to very minor commercial success; it charted on
''Billboard'' Heatseekers albums. Soon after they began extensive touring with
the Academy Is...,
We the Kings
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This Providence
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A Rocket to the Moon
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VersaEmerge
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and
Cash Cash
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. The following year they supported Fall Out Boy on both their major U.S. and international tours. Their popularity grew and the band went on their first headlining tour with This Providence,
The Friday Night Boys
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,
Stereo Skyline, and
the Bigger Lights
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as support. They also headlined a few dates in Europe. In late-2009 they supported
All Time Low
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on the
Glamour Kills
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Tour.
Departure of Elliot James
Following the band's headlining tour in the UK, James left the band. He went on tour performing with the group
the Scene Aesthetic
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History
The band gained recognition through MySpace after posting their ...
and reformed his former band Easton. At the beginning of 2012 Easton evolved into a new band, Break Blossom, which released a six-track EP, ''Last Night of Your Life'', in May 2012, but the band split up six months later. James later launched a solo career, firstly releasing two singles in 2015 under the alias Baallet. Since 2016 he has released music under his own name, beginning with the EPs ''Soft Dreams Osaka'' (2016) and ''Favourite'' (2017). His debut solo album ''Always Lately'' was released in August 2019.
''Beneath It All'' (2010)
![Hey Monday performing in 2010](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Hey_Monday_performing_in_2010.JPG)
Hey Monday spent the beginning of 2010 finishing the writing and recording of ''
Beneath It All
''Beneath It All'' is the first EP by American rock band Hey Monday
Hey Monday was an American rock band from West Palm Beach, Florida, formed in 2008. They released their debut album '' Hold On Tight'' in 2008, which produced the singles "Ho ...
'', which was originally going to be their second full-length studio album. After the writing and recording process, they went on the 2010 Alternative Press Tour with The Summer Set, Every Avenue, The Cab and NeverShoutNever. The band also played Bamboozle's Main Stage on Sunday, May 2. Hey Monday then played the entire
Warped Tour 2010
The Vans Warped Tour
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on the Altec Lansing stage. The band performed two songs from ''Beneath It All'' on Jimmy Kimmel live on September 22, 2010, the lead single "
I Don't Wanna Dance" and "Wish You Were Here". Although
Cassadee Pope
Cassadee Blake Pope (born August 28, 1989) is an American pop and country singer. She was the lead vocalist and songwriter of the pop band Hey Monday, with whom she released one studio album and two EPs. Pope embarked on a solo career in early ...
and Mike Gentile were the only official members of the band at the performance the fill-in musicians wore shirts with the absent band member's pictures on them. Hey Monday appeared in the fourth episode of the TV series
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, called "Nobody Loves Me But My Mother".
Departure of Michael "Jersey" Moriarty
In 2010 following the band's performance at Warped Tour, the group announced that Jersey would be leaving the band. Mike Gentile's brother Chris then joined the band as bassist. Jersey is now doing a solo project and has released an EP named ''Oh Boy Here We Go''.
Christmas EP and hiatus (2011–2018)
On February 8, 2011, Hey Monday re-released their second EP, ''
Candles
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'', digitally and a music video for "Candles" on March 9. "Candles" was used for a duet on Glee's episode ''Original Song'' done by Kurt Hummel and Blaine Anderson for a Regionals performance. In the spring of 2011, Hey Monday toured with All Time Low, Yellowcard, and The Summer Set on The Dirty Work Tour. In May 2011, Hey Monday played in Indonesia and went on a South American tour with
Nevershoutnever
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that following August. In the fall of 2011, Hey Monday departed from the record labels Decaydance and Columbia. The band self-released ''The Christmas EP'' digitally on December 6, 2011, to iTunes and other digital outlets; it peaked in the top 10 of iTunes's Albums. On December 16 the band announced they were going on a hiatus. Pope went on to win the
third season of NBC's
''The Voice''. Mike and Chris Gentile also moved on to form Rescue Kid alongside Armando and Eddie.
Homecoming show (2019)
On November 25, 2019, after an eight year hiatus, Pope, Gentile and Lipshaw played an entire set as part of the “Hey, it’s Monday” Nashville pop punk show.
Musical style
Hey Monday has been described as
pop punk
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,
emo pop
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pop rock
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,
and
power pop
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.
Awards
Band members
Last lineup
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Cassadee Pope
Cassadee Blake Pope (born August 28, 1989) is an American pop and country singer. She was the lead vocalist and songwriter of the pop band Hey Monday, with whom she released one studio album and two EPs. Pope embarked on a solo career in early ...
– lead vocals, acoustic guitar, violin (2008–2011, 2019)
* Mike Gentile – lead guitar, backing vocals (2008–2011, 2019)
* Alex Lipshaw – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2008–2011, 2019)
* Chris Gentile – bass, backing vocals (2010–2011, 2019)
* Patrick McKenzie – drums (2010–2011, 2019)
Former members
*
Elliot James – drums (2008–2009)
* Michael "Jersey" Moriarty – bass, backing vocals (2008–2010)
Timeline
Discography
* ''
Hold On Tight'' (2008)
References
External links
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