Rocking With Jam Man is with Hollywood Gods N’ Monsters with Former Bass player of Steel Panther Travis Haley (Lexxi Foxx) Diggity Dave and 7even (Kris Aragon)

Rocking With Jam Man is with Hollywood Gods N’ Monsters and I talked with Former Bass player of Steel Panther Travis Haley (Lexxi Foxx) Diggity Dave and 7even (Kris Aragon) and we talked about this new project, how Travis got involved, him leaving Steel Panther, inventing a new genre of music, the possibility of this project turning into a reality show, what the live show will be like, and what is next for the band

Travis Haley, former bass player (Lexxi
Foxx) of longtime fan favorite metal parody act “Steel Panther” has
announced the formation of his new band “Hollywood Gods N’
Monsters” with long time friend and television celebrity from MTV’s
“Pimp my Ride” Diggity Dave.

The Monsters – After performing for over two decades with his former
band, Travis Haley had amicably decided to move on and do something
a little different in the space of music and bass playing alike. Diggity
Dave was quoted saying “It’s not like he ever thought he wasn’t
challenged by the copious amount of talent that resided within “Steel
Panther,” it’s just that he wanted to explore different kinds of music
and was intrigued by some of the music I was sending him.”

Diggity Dave has been doing television since the early 2000’s but came
from the world of music. Diggity was signed to Warner Brothers
Records in the mid 90’s with a band he fronted named “Shake the
Faith” which featured Tommy Thayer (KISS) on guitar, Brian Jennings on
guitar (who went on to play with the band “Closure”) and drummer
Danny Parker (who went on to co-found Warner Brothers recording
artist “Beautiful Creatures”). After a decade of being on MTV, Diggity
went on to star in countless other TV shows, including “Battleground
Earth” with longtime friend Tommy Lee (Motley Crue) and famed
rapper Ludacris.

Travis, Diggity, Brian, Danny, and their female singer 7even (Kris
Aragon) have known one another for 20 years before collaborating on
this magnipotent, musical, mishmash. Travis was quoted saying “I am
very proud of what I’ve accomplished with my other band, and nothing
can take away the memories and the camaraderie that existed for all
those years, but I just felt it was time for something new, and when I
heard this music, I knew this was the group of friends and the music I
wanted to collaborate on.”
Gods before Monsters – Because Diggity, Brian, and Danny had all
played in “Shake the Faith” together and had been best of friends with
Travis Haley for more than half their lives, the opportunity to form a
new band was simply too compelling not to do so. Diggity confesses
that the challenge was what kind of music they would construct. “Once
we figured it out, we then set out to find the missing pieces that would
propel the sonic and sound needed to round out this parade of
hooligans. We knew we were in need of two types of talent. A rapper
extraordinaire that could dismantle any genre of music and reconstruct
it into his own image, and a female singer that could terrorize through
the throat but tingle the testicles. We managed to find the perfect
purveyors of punched out panic.” A rapper named HYPE (AKA H.M.K.)
who is a phenom in the world of not just rap but also a vocalist too.
HYPE, who just released a single titled “Money & Power” was already a
bullet on the rise in the musical scene when he was brought into the
fold with HGNM. Hype added, “I knew this was a great opportunity to
represent legends past and present from all genres of music, while also
transforming music for a new generation. It was a no-brainer to team
up with these rockstars and “Define My HYPE” to the world.”

Rounding it out was a female singer who goes by the name 7even (also
known as Kris Aragon). Travis says 7even (Kris) was vital for the overall
sound of the band because the music demanded not just a female
presence, but a female who could occupy a musical space that was
jumping from pop, punk, rock, rap, and country.

Hollywood Gods N’ Monsters – Their music is what some might call
“mashup” but they get agitated when people throw them in that
category. HGNM is a new hybrid of musical forms, one that has not
been explored, but is sure to ignite a million copy bands once they
“blow up the area” and introduce the world to “Smashup” music. The
band explains it as a blender of styles, sounds, artists, genres, and
attitudes. Diggity elucidates it this way, “this generation, the one before
it, and the one that’s following are ripe for a band like us. It’s about
losing yourself in the music, about dancing, about feeling alive. That’s
why the Dj scene is conquered music, because people wanna go to a
show and not think about what they’re listening to. They just wanna be
enveloped in songs that they know, their friends know, and hell…even
their parents know. Travis closes by saying, “we are not a cover band.
This is original stuff we’re creating, and it’s a living, breathing history of
music. What other band mixes the 70’s band Chic, with Queen, with
Aerosmith, Sugarhill Gang, Blondie, and DMX? And that’s just one song
by us. Also, kids wanna see rock stars again…bigger than life entities on
stage that accentuate the songs. Stick around because we’re bringin it
all back in a time machine that captures that way people use to rage on
the radio from the 70’s, 80’s to present time.”

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