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Starbomb was an American musical-comedy group composed of
Dan Avidan Leigh Daniel Avidan (born March 14, 1979), also known by his stage name Danny Sexbang, is an American musician, Internet personality, comedian, songwriter, actor and record producer. He is one half of the musical comedy duo Ninja Sex Party with B ...
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Brian Wecht Brian Alexander Wecht, also known by his character name Ninja Brian, is an American musician, Internet personality and theoretical physicist. He is best known as a member of comedy musical duo Ninja Sex Party and video game-based comedy music t ...
of musical-comedy duo
Ninja Sex Party Ninja Sex Party (often abbreviated as NSP) is an American musical comedy duo consisting of singer Dan Avidan and keyboardist Brian Wecht. They formed in 2009 in New York City and are currently based in Los Angeles. They are also known as two thi ...
together with Flash animator and
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Arin Hanson Arin Hanson (born January 6, 1987), also known by the pseudonym Egoraptor, is an American YouTuber, actor, rapper, and animator. He is well-known for his Flash cartoons, as well as being the co-founder and co-star of the popular YouTube Let's Pla ...
and "space rock masters" TWRP, a Canadian music group known for collaborations with NSP. The songs of Starbomb consist of video game parodies; Avidan provides sung vocals, Hanson provides rapping vocals, and Wecht performs instruments. All three are also known as a part of
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Game Grumps ''Game Grumps'' is an American Let's Play web series hosted by Arin Hanson and Dan Avidan. Created in 2012 by co-hosts Hanson and JonTron, Jon Jafari, the series centers around its hosts playing video games. After Jafari left the show in 2013 to f ...
''. The group released three studio albums, ''
Starbomb Starbomb was an American musical-comedy group composed of Dan Avidan and Brian Wecht of musical-comedy duo Ninja Sex Party together with Flash animator and Internet personality Arin Hanson and "space rock masters" TWRP, a Canadian music group ...
'' (2013), ''
Player Select ''Player Select'' is the second studio album by American comedy supergroup Starbomb, composed of Dan Avidan and Brian Wecht of American comedy duo Ninja Sex Party and Flash animator and Internet personality Arin Hanson. The album was released ...
'' (2014) and ''The TryForce'' (2019). Starbomb has also released several music videos, which occasionally feature known Internet, film, and video game fandom personalities such as
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. Although the project was not announced until 2013, Hanson stated that the band had actually been formed "way before", without specifying when.


History


Formation and ''Starbomb'' (2013)

In summer 2013, Avidan began making comments about creating a new music project with Wecht and Hanson. The project wasn't officially announced until December 2, 2013, when the group released a preview of their song "I Choose You to Die" on Ninja Sex Party's official YouTube channel. They also announced that their first album, the self-titled ''
Starbomb Starbomb was an American musical-comedy group composed of Dan Avidan and Brian Wecht of musical-comedy duo Ninja Sex Party together with Flash animator and Internet personality Arin Hanson and "space rock masters" TWRP, a Canadian music group ...
'', would be released only two weeks later on December 17, 2013. Leading up to the album's launch date, the group released further previews on the
Ninja Sex Party Ninja Sex Party (often abbreviated as NSP) is an American musical comedy duo consisting of singer Dan Avidan and keyboardist Brian Wecht. They formed in 2009 in New York City and are currently based in Los Angeles. They are also known as two thi ...
and ''
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'' YouTube channels, the latter of which was hosted by Avidan and Hanson. In the weeks following its release, ''Starbomb'' placed on multiple ''
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'' charts, reaching #1 on
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. Music videos for several of the album's songs such as "Luigi's Ballad" (in which
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voiced Princess Peach) and "It's Dangerous to Go Alone" were released to YouTube that same year and in spring of the following year.
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commented on the album's release, stating that "While the concept itself may seem a bit juvenile, the awesome music (provided by Ninja Sex Party) and hilarious situations are more than enough to keep the more "mature" fan entertained."


''Player Select'' (2014)

''Starbomb'''s final song, "Outro," hinted at a future album. However, no official confirmation of a second album was forthcoming until fall of the following year. On December 16, 2014, Starbomb's second album, ''Player Select'', was released. Like its predecessor, snippets of the album's songs were released on YouTube prior to its release. Additionally, ''Player Select'' placed on several ''Billboard'' charts, and achieved #1 on Comedy Albums. ''Player Select'' also charted on position #3 on ''Billboard'''s end of year charts for US Comedy Albums.
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gave the album an overall favorable review, remarking that "Plenty of swearing and 8-bit innuendo make this for the adult retro gamer and not the kids, but the laughs are plentiful and big."


''The TryForce'' and disbandment (2015–2021)

In the video for "The Simple Plot of Metal Gear Solid", released on December 25, 2015, Hanson indicated there would be a third album. On March 31, 2017, it was announced Hanson would join Ninja Sex Party for the Rock Hard 2017 tour, performing as Starbomb. However, on July 5, 2017, Hanson announced that he would not make the remainder of the Rock Hard Tour dates. On November 7, 2017, the official Instagram for the band posted images of Hanson and Wecht working on a new project, with the caption, "Interesting things are happening...". On November 15, 2017, a third album was teased again, with the Starbomb Twitter account posting "hey @ tomhanks do u want to do a guest verse on our next album, this is a serious offer" which never received an official response. On a November 28, 2017 episode of ''Game Grumps'', Avidan and Hanson confirmed that they had finished recording the third Starbomb album in
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. The writing and recording process was very different from previous albums, as the trio challenged themselves by spending only one day writing and recording each song; they also mentioned a tentative release date of December 2018.
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, Ninja Sex Party's frequent recording and touring partner band, will be featured on the album. On a July 29, 2018 episode of ''Game Grumps'', Hanson and Avidan announced that the title of the upcoming album was ''The TryForce'', "as in, we're trying our best! We're a force that tries", with a planned December 2018 release. On August 19, 2018, Ninja Sex Party mentioned in a
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post that ''The TryForce'' would be produced by Jim Roach, who had produced their album ''
Cool Patrol ''Cool Patrol'' is the sixth studio album by American musical comedy duo Ninja Sex Party, released on August 17, 2018. Following two cover albums, it marks their return to original and comedy-oriented material since Attitude City in 2015. It is ...
''; Wecht had acted as producer on previous Starbomb albums. Regarding the songwriting process, Hanson stated in July 2018 that the third album was an equal effort between the three members, in opposition to previous albums in which he felt that Avidan and Wecht were responsible for most of the songwriting. He stated "my footprint on the first two albums wasn't super huge. It was... Ninja Sex Party does video game songs, featuring Egoraptor, you know, whereas the third Starbomb album really feels like we all wrote it together." Later the same month, Avidan agreed that the new album would be more of a team effort in a video. On December 23, 2018, the official Starbomb Twitter account released an image that was presumed to be a small portion of the album cover for ''The TryForce''. Over the course of the next few months, they also released several more portions of the image. On January 8, 2019, in a ''Game Grumps'' video titled "2019 Game Grumps Updates + More!", Avidan and Hanson stated that ''The TryForce'' would be due for a late March 2019 release. On February 4, 2019, Starbomb announced in a new animated music video (for their first album's "Regretroid") that the album would instead be released on April 19, 2019. On March 29, 2019, a ''Game Grumps'' video titled "NEW STARBOMB ALBUM (2019)" confirmed that pre-orders for ''The TryForce'' would be available April 5, 2019. On April 5, 2019, a music video for "Blowing the Payload", Starbomb's first original song since 2014, was released on Egoraptor's YouTube channel, titled, "Overwatch RAP". On April 12, 2019, another new video, for the song, "A Boy and His Boat", titled, "BEST Zelda Rap IN THE WORLD!!!" was uploaded to the same channel. On April 19, 2019, the album's release date, a music video for "Welcome to the Mario Party" was uploaded to the channel, titled, "SICKEST Mario Party RAP!!". On April 19, 2019, the album was released, along with several new merchandise items. It is stated in various tracks that the album is potentially their last. On March 2, 2021, during an Instagram Q&A, a user asked Wecht "Was ''The TryForce'' album really the last Starbomb album?", to which Wecht responded with "Probably." Two days later, on an episode of ''Game Grumps'', Avidan stated that Starbomb had "essentially finish dits run." In a tweet on November 20, 2022, Brian Wecht (Ninja Brian) teased a possible fourth Starbomb album.


Discography


Studio albums


Members

Band members *
Dan Avidan Leigh Daniel Avidan (born March 14, 1979), also known by his stage name Danny Sexbang, is an American musician, Internet personality, comedian, songwriter, actor and record producer. He is one half of the musical comedy duo Ninja Sex Party with B ...
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backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are use ...
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rapping Rapping (also rhyming, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular". It is performed or chanted, usually over a backing beat or musical accompaniment. The ...
(20132021) *
Arin Hanson Arin Hanson (born January 6, 1987), also known by the pseudonym Egoraptor, is an American YouTuber, actor, rapper, and animator. He is well-known for his Flash cartoons, as well as being the co-founder and co-star of the popular YouTube Let's Pla ...
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rapping Rapping (also rhyming, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular". It is performed or chanted, usually over a backing beat or musical accompaniment. The ...
, backing and lead vocals, production (20132021) *
Brian Wecht Brian Alexander Wecht, also known by his character name Ninja Brian, is an American musician, Internet personality and theoretical physicist. He is best known as a member of comedy musical duo Ninja Sex Party and video game-based comedy music t ...
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, programming, production (20132021) Session and touring musicians *
Tupper Ware Remix Party TWRP (pronounced ''twerp''), formerly known as Tupper Ware Remix Party, is a Canadian rock band originally from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Initially founded in 2007, the band moved to Toronto in 2011 with a change in members and musical direction. Th ...
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backup band A backup band or backing band is a musical ensemble that typically accompanies a single artist who is the featured performer. The situation may be a live performance or in a recording session, and the group may or may not have its own name, such a ...
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opening act A opening act, also known as a warm-up act, support act, or supporting act, is an entertainment act (musical, comedic, or otherwise), that performs at a concert before the featured act, or "headliner". Rarely, an opening act may perform again a ...
(2015–2021) ** Lord Phobos – guitar ** Commander Meouch – bass guitar, backing vocals ** Doctor Sung –
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, synthesizer, modified vocals ** Havve Hogan – drums


Commercial performance


Year-end charts


References

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