From left: J-Dog, Funny
Man, Deuce, Da Kurlzz,
Hollywood

Johnny 3 Tears, and Charlie Scene

Undead

WHY YOU SHOULD CARE The six-member rap-rock group arose in Hollywood (duh!) and in 2005 accumulated 41 million song plays and more than 400,000 friends on MySpace prior to inking a contract. When Octone/ A&M signed them to release their debut, Swan Songs, the first single, “Undead,” turned into an instant radio hit.

MASKED MEN The group’s self-proclaimed
“lyrical genius,” Charlie Scene, says that the
explicit content of their first posted song,
“The Kids,” led the band to wear masks
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(though they only keep them on for a few songs in concert). “In ‘The Kids,’ we were talking about the LA scene and people in it, and we didn’t want them to know it was us talking about them,” Scene says. “My first mask was just a Del Taco bag—I had some Del Taco on the way to the studio and I saw the other guys all wearing masks and got extremely jealous, so I just put a Del Taco bag on my head.”

THE HEAD THAT DOESN’T BANG The Swan Songs
track “Everywhere I Go” includes a cheer-

ful shout-out to Scene’s manhood—and his predilection for displaying it. “Sometimes after I have a couple cold ones, I like to whip it out,” Scene says. Bandmate Johnny 3 Tears says it’s worth looking at: “The weirdest thing about his weenie is it’s a different color from the rest of his body. It looks like his weenie goes to a tanning salon, but the rest of his body doesn’t.” “Can I tell you something about Johnny’s weenie?” Scene rejoins. “It’s in the shape of a football. It’s thin in the front and back and big in the middle. It looks like a snake that swallowed a big-ass rat!” GARY GRAFF