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Early career (2001–2003)

Hellogoodbye started in 2001 as a recording project by Huntington Beach High School students Forrest Kline and Erik Fingar. With the interest only to entertain friends and woo crushes, Kline and friend Jesse Kurvink recorded some songs on Forrest's home computer. The first hellogoodbye song ever written was Kurvink's "Bonnie Taylor Shakedown (2001)" which later appeared on their debut Self-Titled EP. With Kline's interest in web and graphic design, the unofficial group got a working title, a website, and posted mp3's on MP3.com. As interest in the music grew, Kline and Kurvink recruited friends and chanced upon some opening slots at local shows.

In the first 2 years the group played local shows in Orange County at venues like Chain Reaction (Anaheim), The Hub (Fullerton), and Koo's Cafe (Santa Ana), made a few trips to play in Arizona, and did one mini-tour through AZ, NM, and TX with the band Peachcake. During this time they kept busy burning demos, screen printing tee-shirts and promoting via their website before signing to Drive-Thru Records in 2003.

The lineup went through a few changes before signing to Drive-Thru. Parker Case (who was in orange county's "Astoria" at the time, but would later form the now defunct JamisonParker and is currently a member of Say Anything) started out playing drums but was quickly replaced by Aaron Flora (occasionally of the band Throwdown and who currently plays in Northern) (member 2001-2003). Paul White (who currently plays with the band "The Deepsea Goes") (member 2001-2002) was the original bassist, but quit and was soon replaced by Marcus Cole (member 2002-2007). after signing to Drive-Thru Records, drummer Aaron Flora left to go to college and was replaced by current drummer Chris Profeta (formerly of A Cutthroat Kiss). Most Recently, bassist Marcus Cole left the band to be replaced by long time buddy Travis Head.

Hellogoodbye EP (2004–2006)

After Signing in 2003, Hellogoodbye released a Self-Titled EP on August 17, 2004, which has sold over 400k copies to date. The band began touring vigorously in support of this release in the U.S. and abroad. During the "Sounds of Change Tour" with An Angle, Socratic and Steel Train, Hellogoodbye flipped and totalled their van and trailer after Cole dozed off behind the wheel while driving through Pennsylvania on October 22, 2004. None of the band's members were injured. An archive of the bands touring history is maintained at http://www.hellogoodbye.net/tour/?go=archives and includes tours with the All-American Rejects, Motion City Soundtrack, Panic at the Disco etc.

While participating in 2005's South by Southwest, a music festival in Austin, Texas, the band appeared on several episodes of MTV's The Real World: Austin. The cast of the TV series produced a video documentary about three bands on the festival's line-up (the other two being Halifax and Enon), including interviews and live footage. The appearance gave a boost to the band's popularity.

November 22, 2005, Hellogoodbye released a DVD titled OMG HGB DVD ROTFL. It featured two hours of concert and touring footage, as well as music videos to the five songs off their debut EP. Following the release, the group was also featured on the third and fourth installment of the Drive-Thru Records DVD series. In December 2005, the band won MTV2's Dew Circuit Breakout, competing as Los Angeles' representative against New York City and Chicago finalists Pete Miser and Tub Ring. The prize included $10,000 cash, a set of Gibson equipment and an opening slot on an upcoming major U.S. tour.

Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs! (2006–present)

After two years of touring Hellogoodbye released its first full length record, Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!, on August 8, 2006 via Drive-Thru Records. In 2006, Hellogoodbye appeared on the Vans Warped Tour, did a full headlining tour with Reggie and The Full Effect & Ozma, visited the UK (with the Plain White Tees) and Japan as well as much of Europe. In 2007, they continued touring, doing a headlining tour with Boys Like Girls, a tour of Australia with Australian band The Lucksmiths, played the main stage of The Bamboozle in New Jersey, headlined the side stage at Give It a Name 2007, played the Reading and Leeds Festivals as well as European festivals Pukklelpop, Rock en Sein, and more. On the MySpace Music Tour (co-headlining with Say Anything) and in the January 2007 issue of Alternative Press magazine the group confirmed their new record will come out in 2008.

In January 2007, the single "Here (In Your Arms)" saw a resurgence on Top 40 radio and entered the Billboard Hot 100 (peaking at #14) and the Pop 100 (peaking at #9).^[1] The single is now certified Platinum. In the same month, they also appeared on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and Last Call with Carson Daly. Their song "Oh, It is Love" became the theme song on MTV's Engaged and Underage. On March 13, 2007, they released an iTunes exclusive three-song EP, which features three different remixes of the song "All of Your Love".

The band is currently writing and recording a new record at their home studio in Long Beach, CA which is scheduled to come out sometime this year.

Members

• Forrest Kline – Vocals, Guitar, Primary Songwriter
• Jesse Kurvink – Keyboards, vocals
• Chris Profeta – Drums, percussion
• Travis Head – Bass

Former members

• Parker Case – Drums (2001-2001)
• Aaron Flora – Drums (2001-2003)
• Paul White – Bass (2001-2002)
• Marcus Cole – Bass (2002-2007)

Discography

Albums

• Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs! (2006) #13 US, #17 UK
• Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs! And More! (2008)

EPs

• Hellogoodbye (2004)
• Remixes! (2006)
• The "All of Your Love" Remixes EP (2007) (iTunes exclusive)
• Hellogoodbye (EP) DVD Split (2008)

DVDs

• OMG HGB DVD ROTFL (2005)

Singles

Year	Title	Chart positions								Album
		U.S	U.S Pop	U.S Dance Airplay	U.S Digital	U.K.	IRE	SWE	NET
2005	"Shimmy Shimmy Quarter Turn"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Hellogoodbye (EP)
2006	"Here (In Your Arms)"	14	9	3	6	4	2	10	23	Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!
2007	"All of Your Love"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Baby, It's Fact"	—	—	—	—	81	—	—	—

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)
• "Jesse Buy Corsage"
• "Oh Angie"
• "If You Wanna...I Might"
• "Oh Karissa How I Miss Ya"
• "Lindsay Pai Aia 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

• "Fly Me To The Moon" – Frank Sinatra
• "1999" – Prince
• "La La" – Ashlee Simpson
• "What's My Age Again?" – Blink 182
• "Dammit" – Blink 182
• "All The Small Things" - Blink 182

"Escape" – Enrique Iglesias

• "The Way I Feel Inside" – The Zombies
• "Fight For Your Right" – Beastie Boys
• "Ignition (remix)" – R. Kelly