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== History ==
== History ==
Health was founded after its singer Jake Duszik met bassist John Famigletti, while Duzsik was working at the flagship [[Guitar Center]] in Los Angeles. They decided to form a band and enlisted guitarist Jupiter Keyes and drummer B.J. Miller, the former of which Duzsik knew from university.<ref name="revolverratwars"/> The band's name was chosen after the members agreed it should be an "everyday word." After reviewing a long list of terms, "health" was the only one not taken.<ref name="Jones">{{cite news|url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/interview-health/2238/|title=Interview: Health|last=Jones|first=Kenya|date=2009-09-17|work=Impose Magazine|access-date=2009-09-10|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204005501/http://www.imposemagazine.com/interview-health/2238/|archive-date=2008-12-04}}</ref>
Health was founded after its singer Jake Duzsik met bassist John Famigletti, while Duzsik was working at the flagship [[Guitar Center]] in Los Angeles. They decided to form a band and enlisted guitarist Jupiter Keyes and drummer B.J. Miller, the former of which Duzsik knew from university.<ref name="revolverratwars"/> The band's name was chosen after the members agreed it should be an "everyday word." After reviewing a long list of terms, "health" was the only one not taken.<ref name="Jones">{{cite news|url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/interview-health/2238/|title=Interview: Health|last=Jones|first=Kenya|date=2009-09-17|work=Impose Magazine|access-date=2009-09-10|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204005501/http://www.imposemagazine.com/interview-health/2238/|archive-date=2008-12-04}}</ref>


===''Health''===
===''Health''===

Revision as of 09:44, 25 July 2024

Health
Health performing at Becks Music Box in 2010
Health performing at Becks Music Box in 2010
Background information
OriginLos Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres
Years active2005–present
Labels
Members
  • Benjamin Jared Miller
  • Jake Duzsik
  • John Famiglietti
Past membersJupiter Keyes[6]
Websitewww.youwillloveeachother.com

Health is an American noise rock/industrial band from Los Angeles, California. The band currently consists of drummer BJ Miller, vocalist and guitarist Jake Duzsik, and bassist and producer John Famiglietti. It formerly also included Jupiter Keyes, who left in 2015. Originating from the Los Angeles underground experimental music community, they gained prominence with a remix of "Crimewave" by Crystal Castles before releasing a self-titled album in 2007.

Since then, they have released a further five albums: Get Color in 2009, Death Magic in 2015, Vol. 4: Slaves of Fear in 2019, the double album Disco4 in 2020 and 2022, and Rat Wars in 2023. The band has also contributed to a variety of video game soundtracks, including those for Max Payne 3, Cyberpunk 2077, Grand Theft Auto V, and Ultrakill.

History

Health was founded after its singer Jake Duzsik met bassist John Famigletti, while Duzsik was working at the flagship Guitar Center in Los Angeles. They decided to form a band and enlisted guitarist Jupiter Keyes and drummer B.J. Miller, the former of which Duzsik knew from university.[7] The band's name was chosen after the members agreed it should be an "everyday word." After reviewing a long list of terms, "health" was the only one not taken.[8]

Health

Health first gained a reputation through a remix of their song "Crimewave" by experimental electronic band Crystal Castles in August 2007. This was followed by their full-length debut a month later, which was recorded at L.A.’s noise/experimental venue, The Smell.[9][10][11] At the time, Famiglietti stated in an interview that it "completely changes the tone of anything you want to record; makes a lot of things dark and beautiful".[8] Spin praised the album, describing it as a "mind-numbing sonic overload only sauntered by Health's noisy predecessors."[12]

Health released their first remix album, Health//Disco in 2008, which received favorable critical reception.[13] That year, the band also opened for the rock band Nine Inch Nails on their Lights In The Sky tour.[14]

Get Color

To promote their 2009 album, Get Color, the band held a sweepstakes contest, in which the winner of a golden ticket was awarded a free trip to Los Angeles to go to Six Flags Magic Mountain with the band. Other prizes included locks of the band members' hair and posters autographed in blood.[15] The album was praised by Pitchfork, which described it as an "unqualified success" with a "more delicate balance of noise and prettiness" the the debut album.[16]

The following year, they released "Disco2", which featured remixed tracks from Get Color in addition to some new original songs.[17]

Max Payne 3 soundtrack

In 2012, Health composed the soundtrack for the Rockstar Games video game, Max Payne 3.[18] In an interview with Pitchfork, Duzsik said, "The number one reaction from HEALTH fans was, ‘What the fuck? You guys are doing a video game score?’ Just surprise. And very congratulatory." Duzsik continued, "It was fun to make music that was atypical for that sort of entertainment."[19] Ivan Pavlovich, music director of Max Payne 3 stated, "We wanted to give Max a sound that is really an identifiable sound and HEALTH as a band has an incredible sense of who they are and a very strong identity. When we saw HEALTH perform live it was very clear that they were the ones who were going to be able to capture this."[20]

The score was nominated for Best Score in a Game and "Tears" was nominated for Best Song in a Game at the 2012 Spike Video Game Awards.[21] On May 13, 2022, just before the 10-year anniversary of the game's release, an expanded anniversary edition of the soundtrack was announced for release later that year. This would also mark the album's first release on a Vinyl record.[22] In 2013, this was followed by the track "High Pressure Dave" which appeared in Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto V.[23]

Death Magic and Disco3

Health's third album, Death Magic, was released on August 7, 2015, on Loma Vista Records.[24] The album's release was preceded by three singles: On April 23, 2015, Health premiered "New Coke" on SiriusXMU. The song "Stonefist" would be the second single released in June. On July 24, "Men Today" was released as the third track from the album.[citation needed] During the European Death Magic tour in 2015, Jupiter Keyes left the band.[7][6]

Disco3 was released in the United States on February 17, 2017, on Loma Vista. Announced and released alongside a reverse telethon event on Facebook live, broadcast from the FunnyOrDie studios. Fans were asked to text a number in order to receive a call back from those involved, including BJ and John.[25]

Slaves of Fear and further video game work

Health's fourth album, Vol. 4 :: Slaves of Fear, was released on February 8, 2019, on Loma Vista. The album was preceded by the singles "Slaves of Fear", released in December 2018, and "Feel Nothing", released through the Adult Swim Singles Program in January 2019.[26][27][28]

Over the next year, Health also composed the soundtrack for GTA Online's Arena War update,[29] and the song "Major Crimes" for the video game Cyberpunk 2077.[30] "Major Crimes", alongside some other songs from the game, also appeared in its anime adaptation, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, in 2022.[31]

Disco4 series

On September 17, 2020, the band announced their fifth album, Disco4: Part I. Despite being called Disco4 "in the interest of continuity", it is not a part of Health's Disco series of remix albums, but a collection of original collaborations (with the exception of the album's lead single, "Cyberpunk 2020", which was composed solely by Health themselves).[32] The album was released through Loma Vista on October 16, 2020.[33] An accompanying remix album, Disco4+, was later released on April 2, 2021 on the band's Bandcamp page.[34]

On May 3, 2021, the band posted a short teaser on their social media accounts announcing a new song in collaboration with Nine Inch Nails, "Isn't Everyone", to be released on May 6. The trailer's description on YouTube confirmed that this would be the first song off of their next album, Disco4: Part II.[35] It was eventually released on 8 April 2022, featuring collaborations with artists such as Poppy, Lamb of God, The Neighbourhood and Street Sects.[36]

Rat Wars

In April 2023, Health announced their next single "Hateful" as part of an update to the video game Ultrakill.[37] This was followed by the announcement of their sixth album, Rat Wars, with a release date of December 7, alongside two additional singles, "Children of Sorrow" and "Sicko".[38] To promote its release, they published a Vampire Survivors-like game, Rat Wars Survivors, on itch.io themed around the album.[39]

Musical style

At the time of its first record, Health was described as a noise band with "raw synth, haunting monotone vocals, and drum[s]."[40][41] The band used a "Zoothorn", a permutation of microphone and guitar pedal and an occasional atonal sound without a symmetrical structure.[42] With their third album Death Magic and Vol. 4: Slaves of Fear, Health shifted their style, incorporating more electronic elements and a closer adherence to a standard song structure, and taking greater inspiration from metal and industrial music.[43][19][44]

Lyrically, the band describes the role of lyrics as being "purposely kept vague for the listener" "... We wanted the vocals to have an even, unaffected feel. A softness, like a Zombies melody, or even a Gregorian chant. We aren't just interested in being a noisy screaming band."[45]

Members

Current members

  • Jake Duzsik – vocals, guitar (2005–present)[7]
  • John Famiglietti – bass, pedals, electronics (2005–present)[7]
  • BJ Miller – drums (2005–present)[7]

Past members

  • Jupiter Keyes – guitar, synthesizer (2005–2015)[7]

Discography

Studio albums

Album Details Peak chart positions
US
Alt.
[46] 		US
Current
[47] 		US
Heat
[48] 		US
Indie
[49]
Health
  • Released: September 18, 2007[9]
  • Label: Lovepump United
 — — — —
Get Color
  • Released: September 8, 2009[50]
  • Label: Lovepump United
 — — 17 43
Death Magic — 24 5 —
Vol. 4: Slaves of Fear
  • Released: February 8, 2019[28]
  • Label: Loma Vista
 93 — 6 —
Disco4: Part I
  • Released: October 16, 2020[33]
  • Label: Loma Vista
 — — — —
Disco4: Part II
  • Released: April 8, 2022[36]
  • Label: Loma Vista
 — — — —
Rat Wars
  • Released: December 7, 2023[38]
  • Label: Loma Vista
 — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Remix albums

Album Details Peak chart positions
US
Dance
[51]
Health//Disco
  • Released: May 27, 2008[13]
  • Label: Lovepump United
 —
Health::Disco2
  • Released: June 22, 2010[52]
  • Label: Lovepump United
 22
Disco3
  • Released: February 17, 2017[25]
  • Label: Loma Vista
 —
Disco3+
  • Released: June 16, 2017[53]
  • Label: Loma Vista
 —
Disco4+
  • Released: April 2, 2021[34]
  • Label: None (Self-released)
 —

Splits

  • 2006 – Health/Elphaba 7" split (Rome Plow Records)
  • 2007 – Crystal Castles//Health 7" split (Lovepump United)

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
Dance
Dig.
[54] 		US
Dance
Sales
[55] 		US
Hard
Rock 		US
Hard
Rock
Dig. 		UK
Indie
"Crimewave" (Crystal Castles vs. Health) 2007 — — — — 9 Health//Disco
"Triceratops" / "Lost Time" 2008 — — — — — Health
"Heaven" — — — — —
"/ / M \ \" — — — — —
"Perfect Skin" — — — — —
"Die Slow" 2009 — 9 — — — Get Color
"USA Boys" 2010 — — — — — Health::Disco2
"Tears" 2012 — — — — — Max Payne 3 Official Soundtrack
"Men Today" 2015 — — — — — Death Magic
"New Coke" — — — — —
"Stonefist" — — — — —
"Life" — — — — —
"Crusher" 2016 — — — — — Disco3
"Blue Monday" 2017 22 — — — — Atomic Blonde
"Hard to Be a God" (with Nolife) — — — — — Disco4: Part I
"Mass Grave" (with Soccer Mommy) 2018 — — — — —
"Body/Prison" (with Perturbator) — — — — —
"Innocence" (with Youth Code) — — — — —
"Hate You" (with JPEGMafia) 2019 — — — — —
"Judgement Night" (with Ghostemane) — — — — —
"Delicious Ape" (with Xiu Xiu) — — — — —
"Full of Health" (with Full of Hell) 2020 — — — — —
"Cyberpunk 2.0.2.0" — — — — —
"Isn't Everyone" (with Nine Inch Nails) 2021 — — — — — Disco4: Part II
"Anti-Life" (with Tyler Bates and Chino Moreno) — — — — — Dark Nights: Death Metal soundtrack
"Dead Flowers" (with Poppy) — — — — — Disco4: Part II
"Cold Blood" (with Lamb of God) 2022 — — — — —
"Hateful" 2023 — — — — — Rat Wars
"Sicko" (feat. Godflesh) — — — — —
"Children of Sorrow" — — — — —
"Ashamed" — — — — —
"Unloved" — — — — —
"Demigods" — — — — —
"The Drain" (with Bad Omens and Swarm) 2024 — — 7[56] 6[57] — Concrete Jungle [The OST]
"Ashamed" (version with Lauren Mayberry)[58] — — — — — —

Music videos

Title Year Director(s)
"Die Slow" 2009 John Famiglietti
"We Are Water" 2010 Eric Wareheim
"USA Boys" John Famiglietti
"Tears" 2012 David Altobelli, Jeff Desom
"New Coke" 2015 John Famiglietti
"Stonefist" Naked Faces
"L.A. Looks" 2016 Derrick Beckles
"Euphoria" 2017 John Famiglietti / James Kid
"Life" 2018 Jason DeMarco
"Ashamed (of Being Born)" 2023 John Famiglietti / James Kid
"Children of Sorrow" 2024
"Don't Try" rose-engine
"Ashamed" (version with Lauren Mayberry)[58] Mynxii White

Soundtracks

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