Pop Evil
Sep 26, 2011
Pop Evil, formed in Muskegon, Michigan in 2001 by Leigh Kakaty, Dave Grahs, and Dylan Allison. Lead guitarist Tony Greve was originally added as a temporary studio musician for the band but was invited to become a full-time member in early 2007. Around that time, bassist Jamie Nummer left the band for personal reasons and was replaced by Matt DiRito, formerly of Archangel and Before the Fire.
Pop Evil's debut studio album, Lipstick on the Mirror, was released August 12, 2008, and it features radio favorites "Hero", "Somebody Like You", "100 in a 55", and "Stepping Stone." The album was released on independent label Pazzo Music that is distributed by Universal Music Group subsidiary, Fontana Distribution. In April 2008, Pazzo Music released their first national radio single "Hero" which peaked inside the top 25 at Active Rock radio. On March 6, 2009, it was announced that Pop Evil signed with Universal Records on March 5 and will go back into the studio to re-release Lipstick on the Mirror, Re-Mixed and Re-Mastered with a new song "Rolling Stone" and an acoustic version of 100 in a 55. The album was officially released the Remixed/Mastered "Lipstick on the Mirror" through major label Universal Republic Records in May 2009. Also that month "100 in a 55" peaked at on the Active Rock charts at #8 making it one of the longest standing singles at Active Rock in 2009. The song was on the chart for 30 weeks.
In January 2010, the band announced that they are heading back into the studio to record a new album, which is titled War of Angels, scheduled to be released in 2011. In September, the band debuted the first single from War Of Angels, "Last Man Standing," in an exclusive video with UFC fighter Frank Mir. In April 2011, the band played 'Monster You Made' live acoustically on the Bubba the Love Sponge Show and stated it was a song the band hoped might be an album single. The album was officially released after some minor date changes on July 5, 2011. "Monster You Made Me" was officially released as their second single off the album on June 7th and has been climbing up the Rock charts ever since.
