Wired All Wrong is a nu metal band formed by musician/producers

Matt Mahaffey Matt Mahaffey (born June 9, 1973) is an American multi-instrumentalist, record producer, composer, and recording engineer best known for his band Self and his composer collective Cake In Space. Personal Mahaffey grew up in Kingsport, Tennessee ...

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and

Jeff Turzo Jeff Turzo, as singer/programming and songwriting/production partner in the electro-rock band God Lives Underwater (GLU), spent the better part of the 1990s as a producer and touring artist, first signed by Rick Rubin to American Recordings in ...

previously of

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. The two have been longtime friends since a mix-up of their bands on MTV. Partly due to the unfortunate deaths of

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from GLU and Mike Mahaffey from Self, Matt and Jeff were able to shift their attention away from their other bands. Their debut album, '' Break out the Battle Tapes'', came out on September 12, 2006.

Break out the Battle Tapes

Wired All Wrong released their first LP, '' Break out the Battle Tapes'', on September 12, 2006 which features the singles "Lost Angeles," "Nothing at All" and "Elevatin". The song "You're Freakin' Me out Girl" features rapper

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. The band went on tour in the fall of 2006 to promote the album. A notable performance was at LA Weekly's

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. The band had a contest for their fans to make the

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for "Nothing at All."

Live performances

Wired All Wrong has been described as functioning similar to

, Turzo's former band, in the sense that the two founding members, Turzo and Mahaffey, write, record and produce all the music then perform it live alongside a full band. Their on-stage presence is that of an over-the-top, garage-band-esque, heavy metal sound accented by Mahaffey's light-hearted stage antics. Wired All Wrong performed and recorded a remix of their hit song "Lost Angeles" live at radio station

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. An mp3 of what has been dubbed the "Super Funky Fresh Mix" of the song is available on the band's MySpace.com page in a blog from September 25, 2006.

Producers

The duo produced for the band

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on their debut album '' Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!''.Purevolume biography
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' third album '' Crossing the Rubicon'' as well as the entire 2008 album ''

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'' by

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Albums

*'' Break out the Battle Tapes'' (2006)

References

External links

Wired All Wrong Official Site

MySpace Profile

Matt's MySpace Page

* AllMusic.com's WAW Page {{Authority control Rock music groups from California