Hellogoodbye EP

Released: August 17, 2004
Recorded: Forrest Kline's house (Huntington Beach, California)
Genre: Rock, power pop
Length: 22:04
Label: Drive-Thru Records
Producer(s): Forrest Kline


All the vocals and instruments were recorded solely by Forrest Kline, except for the lead vocals on track 4, which were performed by Jesse Kurvink.
On March 18, 2004, shortly after the band got signed to Drive-Thru, the first five tracks were released digitally, as the second of two free downloadable EPs (the first one being Jenoah's Morning Is When Jenoah Wakes up) on the label's homepage. The Hellogoodbye EP was downloaded about 300,000 times, while the physical release issued half a year later sold over 80,000 copies to date.

1. "Shimmy Shimmy Quarter Turn (Take It Back To Square One)" (Forrest Kline, Jesse Kurvink) – 3:13
2. "Call N' Return (Say That You're Into Me)" (Kline) – 2:17
3. "Bonnie Taylor Shakedown 2K1" (Kurvink) – 2:33
4. "Jesse Buy Nothing... Go to Prom Anyways" (Kurvink) – 2:50
5. "Dear Jamie... Sincerely Me" (Kline) – 8:34
6. "Bonnie Taylor Shakedown 2K4" (Kurvink) – 2:32

Re-issue Bonus Tracks

7. "Shimmy Shimmy Quarter Turn (Take It Back To Square One)" (Demo) – 3:01
8. "Shimmy Shimmy Quarter Turn (Take It Back To Square One)" (Gm Og Mix) – 3:03
9. "Call N' Return (Say That You're Into Me)" (Demo) – 2:18
10. "Bonnie Taylor Shakedown... 2K1" (Demo) – 2:35
11. "Bonnie Taylor Shakedown... 2K1" (Gm Og Mix) – 2:37
12. "Asking Jessica To Be Official" – 1:16
13. "Jesse Buy Corsage" (Prequel To Jesse Buy Nothing) – 2:21
14. "In Da Club" (Promo For Chain Show) – 0:46
15. "Welcome To My Record" (Gm Og Mix) – 1:59
16. "One Armed Scissor" (Voicemail By: Turtle) – 0:54
17. "Trevor Roolz (A Lot)" (Gm Og Mix) – 0:32
18. "Lindsay Pai Ala Mode" (Or Songs For Lindsay Pai) – 4:19
19. "Oh Karissa, How I Miss Ya" (Gm Og Mix) – 0:40
20. "Oh, Angie" (Demo) – 1:13
21. "Oh, Angie" (Gm Og Mix) – 0:54

Album Artwork

The CD cover is a spoof on Andy Warhol's album cover for The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967) by The Velvet Underground. Instead of featuring a banana with the words "peel slowly and see", it instead depicts an avocado with the accompanying phrase "mush slowly and guac."

Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!

Released: August 8, 2006
Recorded: Cracker Tracks (Los Angeles, California)
Genre: Rock, power pop
Length: 35:02
Label: Drive-Thru Records
Producer(s): Matt Mahaffey, Jeff Turzo, Forrest Kline

Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs! is the first full-length album from hellogoodbye. It was released on August 8, 2006 by Drive-Thru Records. Recording of the album finished in March 2006. The cover artwork was done by LeDouxville (see Jesse LeDoux). Selling 40,057 units within its first week, the album debuted at #13 on the Billboard 200, at #1 on the independent album chart and on #1 at the internet album chart.

The Japanese release additionally features two live versions of "Here (In Your Arms)" and "Homewrecker".

The first single is "Here (In Your Arms)", with the music video directed by Scott Culver. The concept features a sleep away camp where the last day dance is taking place that night and pog tournaments are held. In the video, Forrest tries to win over a crush by kissing her before the night is over.

As of April 2007, the album has sold 343,569 copies in the United States. It was released in the United Kingdom on May 21, 2007, where it debuted at #17 on the UK Albums Chart.

1. "All of Your Love" Kline 2:56
2. "Here (In Your Arms)" Kline 4:00
3. "All Time Lows" Kline 2:44
4. "Stuck to You" Kline 2:44
5. "Homewrecker" Kline 2:31
6. "Oh, It Is Love" Kline 4:00
7. "Baby, It's Fact" Kline 3:17
8. "Figures A and B (Means You and Me)" Kline, Kurvink 2:21
9. "I Saw It on Your Keyboard" Kline, Kurvink 3:03
10. "Touchdown Turnaround (Don't Give Up on Me)" Kline, Kurvink 2:30
11. "Two Weeks in Hawaii" Kline 4:51

Re-issue bonus tracks

• 12. "All Time Lows" (Demo) (2:49)
• 13. "All Time Lows" (Demo 2) (2:42)
• 14. "All Time Lows" (Gm Og Mix) (2:56)
• 15. "Homewrecker" (Demo) (2:43)
• 16. "Figures A and B (Means You and Me)" (Demo) (2:24)
• 17. "Figures A and B (Means You and Me)" (Gm Og Mix) (2:29)
• 18. "I Saw It on Your Keyboard" (Demo) (3:04)
• 19. "I Saw It on Your Keyboard" (Gm Og Mix) (3:01)
• 20. "Touchdown Turnaround" (Demo) (3:03)
• 21. "Touchdown Turnaround" (Demo 2) (3:19)
• 22. "Touchdown Turnaround" (Gm Og Mix) (2:56)
• 23. "Two Weeks in Hawaii" (Demo) (4:41)
• 24. "Confuscious Say Rock and Roll" (by The Fortune Cookies) (2:18)
• 25. "If You Wanna I Might" (Demo) (4:15)

UK bonus tracks

1. "Baby, It's Fact" (live from London)
2. "All of Your Love" (live from London)
3. "Shimmy Shimmy Quarter Turn" (from the Hellogoodbye EP)

Japanese bonus tracks

1. "Here (In Your Arms)" (live at House of Blues)
2. "Homewrecker" (live at House of Blues)
3. "Shimmy Shimmy Quarter Turn" (from the Hellogoodbye EP)

Live at the Avalon

On the re-issue, Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs! And More!, is included a bonus DVD of a 50-minute live concert performed at the Avalon in Boston, Massachusetts on May 6, 2007 during their tour with The Hush Sound and Boys Like Girls.

1. "All Time Lows"
2. "Shimmy Shimmy Quarter Turn"
3. "All of Your Love"
4. "Stuck to You"
5. "Dear Jamie...Sincerely Me"
6. "Bonnie Taylor Shakedown...2K4"
7. "Baby, It's Fact"
8. "Oh, It Is Love"
9. "Call N' Return"
10. "Here (In Your Arms)"
11. "Touchdown Turnaround (Don't Give Up on Me)"
12. "Dammit" (Blink-182 cover)

Credits

• Jack Antonoff – mandolin, guitar
• Stevie Blacke – mandolin
• Marcus Cole – bass
• Forrest Kline – vocals, guitar
• Jesse Kurvink – keyboards
• Matt Mahaffey – drums
• Chris Profeta – drums

Remixes!

Released: November 7, 2006
Genre: Rock, power pop
Length: 14:09
Label: Drive-Thru
Producer: Forrest Kline

Remixes! is a remix EP by the band Hellogoodbye. It is only available online.

1. "Here (In Your Arms)" (Young Americans Remix) (Forrest Kline) – 5:20
2. "Here (In Your Arms)" (Club Mix) (Kline) – 2:17
3. "Baby, It's Fact" (Down Mix) (Kline) – 3:22
4. "All of Your Love" (A Cappella) (Kline) – 2:29

Ukulele Recordings

Released: 2008
Genre: Power pop, indie rock
Length: 8:07
Label: Drive-Thru

1. "The Thoughts That Give Me the Creeps"
2. "Betrayed by Bones"
3. "Everyday" (Buddy Holly cover)

When We First Met EP

Non-album tracks

• "Winter Wonderland" – released on Happy Holidays from Drive-Thru Records (2004)
• "Weird Science" – released on Dead Bands Party: A Tribute to Oingo Boingo (2005)
• "Asking Jessica to Be Official" (ft. Ryan Wilson)
• "Jessie Buy Corsage"
• "Oh Angie"
• "If You Wanna...I Might"
• "Oh Karissa How I Miss Ya"
• "Lindsay Pai Ala Mode (I Just Think She's the Best)"
• "Welcome to the Record"
• "Trevor Roolz (A Lot)"
• "Two Gay German Clubbers Who Are in a Club"
• "Secret Song aka Ethan's Song"
• "One-Armed Scissor", which is actually a phone message Forrest received and turned into a song.

Covers

• "What's My Age Again?" – Blink-182
• "Dammit" – Blink-182
• "All the Small Things" - Blink-182

OMG HGB DVD ROTFL

Released: November 22, 2005
Length: 120 min.
Label: Drive-Thru Records

OMG HGB DVD ROTFL is a DVD by the power pop band Hellogoodbye, released on November 22, 2005 by Drive-Thru Records. It contains two hours of music videos, tour footage, a full 40-minute concert and a 30-minute acoustic set.

The title is composed of acronyms used in internet slang, and stands for "Oh my God/Hellogoodbye/Digital versatile disc/Rolling on the floor, laughing". When designing the artwork for the DVD jacket, vocalist/guitarist Forrest Kline initially intended it to be a space filler until they would find a serious title. However, OMG HGB DVD ROTFL stuck.

Music Videos

The DVD's first segment comprises the band's five music videos to all the songs off their Hellogoodbye EP, along with a making of montage. All of the videos show the band in ridiculous costumes and/or comedic alter egos — from a parody of Baywatch in "Shimmy Shimmy Quarter Turn", directed by Darren Doane, via a tennis match in "Call n' Return", directed by Scott Culver, to players, German exchange students and finger puppets in the remaining three videos, which were all directed by Jonathan London and filmed exclusively for the DVD.

House of Blues performance

Secondly, OMG HGB DVD ROTFL contains a 40-minute concert, filmed in hi def at the band's stop at the House of Blues in Anaheim, California on July 14, 2005, during their tour with Houston Calls, JamisonParker and The Rocket Summer. Following a short pre-show interview, the band plays an eleven song set, including their entire debut EP.

Setlist

1. "Call n' Return"
2. "All Time Lows"
3. "Figures A and B"
4. "Dear Jamie... Sincerely Me"
5. "Homewrecker"
6. "Here in Your Arms"
7. "Bonnie Taylor Shakedown... 2K1"
8. "Oh, It Is Love"
9. "Shimmy Shimmy Quarter Turn"
10. "Touchdown Turnaround"
11. "Jesse Buy Nothing... Go to Prom Anyways"

Chain Reaction acoustic benefit

Following the House of Blues performance is a 30-minute unplugged benefit concert for the Deborah Heart and Lung Center, recorded at Chain Reaction in Anaheim, California on January 7, 2005. Hellogoodbye play calmer interpretations of their songs using banjos, rattles, a glockenspiel and similar acoustic instruments. Kurvink and Profeta's musician fathers joined the band onstage for "Fly Me to the Moon".

Setlist

1. "Dear Jamie... Sincerely Me"
2. "Homewrecker"
3. "All Time Lows"
4. "If You Wanna, I Might"
5. "The Way I Feel Inside" (The Zombies cover)
6. "Fly Me to the Moon" (Frank Sinatra cover)
7. "Call n' Return"
8. "Shimmy Shimmy Quarter Turn"

Tour footage and extras

Lastly, the DVD features approximately twenty minutes of road stories and touring antics, shot during their West Coast tour with Houston Calls, JamisonParker and The Rocket Summer. Besides containing another acoustic rendition of "Homewrecker", the segment also gives insight on Hellogoodbye's backstage routines, such as blowing up inflatable pool toys and waging Super Soaker wars on Houston Calls. In addition, the tour is documented by a photo slideshow.