The Hiss

The Hiss
The Hiss
Origin	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Genres	Alternative rock, indie rock, post-rock, art rock, hard rock, grunge, psychedelic music
Years active	September 2001–2008
Labels	Sanctuary Records
Past members	Johnny Kral; Ian Franco; Adrian Barrera; Todd Galpin; Milton Chapman; George Reese; Mahjula Bah-Kamara
Website	Thehiss.com

The Hiss was an American five piece rock band from Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

Career

Adrian Barrera and Todd Galpin set their sights on Georgia after a lackluster music career in their home state of Florida. They soon met up with Ian Franco, Milton Chapman and Johnny Kral and formed The Hiss. In March 2003 their self-produced single "Triumph" entered the UK Singles Chart.^[1] They have toured the U.S. and Europe with Jet, Oasis and The White Stripes. Their sound is comparable to The Stooges, The Velvet Underground and The Rolling Stones. They have released two full-length studio albums. Some enhanced copies of the album have two music videos on them. They are heavily influenced by surrealism and because of this, might be considered art rock. They released a new LP Chocolate Hearts, all songs written in Atlanta after their recording studio in Florida's Key West area was evacuated because of hurricanes. The band split up in November 2008.

In popular culture

"Back on the Radio" featured in videogames Tony Hawk's Underground 2 and FlatOut
"Clever Kicks" featured in videogames NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup and Crash 'n' Burn

Members

Last formation

Adrian Barrera: Guitar and vocals
Todd Galpin: Drums
Milton Chapman: Keyboards and organ
George Reese: Bass

Former members

Ian Franco: Guitar
Johnny Kral: Bass
Mahjula Bah-Kamara: Bass

Discography

Albums

Panic Movement - 2003 - Sanctuary Records
Chocolate Hearts - 2007

Singles

"Triumph" - 2003 - UK No. 53
"Clever Kicks" - 2003 - UK No. 49
"Back On The Radio" - 2003 - UK No. 65^[1]

Others

The song "Cazzy" was featured in a psychedelic rock compilation album.
The song "Back On The Radio" was featured in two video games: Flatout and Tony Hawk's Underground 2.
The song "Clever Kicks" was featured in the video games: NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup and NASCAR SimRacing.
The song "Clever Kicks" was featured in the movie: CATWOMAN.

References

^ ^a ^b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 253. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

External links

The Hiss on MTV

[British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums-1] Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 253. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

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