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Halocene is a band hailing from Phoenix, Arizona that was established on November 13, 2008. The band plays a variety of pop / rock / barbie metal and is currently made up of Addie Amick (nee Nicole) on lead vocals, Brad Amick as guitarist, bassist, bongosero, producer and alternate singer and with Joe on the drums. Past members include Cash Hart, Justin Polizzi and Sebastian McKelvey.

The band has toured from coast to coast opening for bands like Blink 182, Fall Out Boy, and rocking the Vans Warped Tour all without a label or management. Halocene has since found their stride as YouTube influencers, uploading weekly and collecting over 30 million views. They are also one of the first bands to regularly livestream their performances on Twitch.TV. Halocene is unsigned and 100% self made. All music production, videos, sites and media are all created by the band.

They have released 4 original albums and are working on their 5th, featuring hit songs "Rage" and "This is Our War".

Beginnings
Addie Amick (then Addie Nicole) was singing as a solo artist when, in late 2008, she decided to put an advertisement on Craigslist and found Brad Amick and ##### and began recording their first EP, "The Secret" from day one.

2011 to 2013
In 2011 the band released their sophomore album, "Can You Hear Us Now?" with the lead single "Sometimes", generating over 400,000 views on YouTube. They continued to release many rock covers of popular tunes and became an internet sensation, before heading out on several US tours spanning from California to New York City.

2014 to 2019
In the spring of 2014 the band released their next effort, "Make It Loud". After a long spurt of touring, the band decided to switch gears and start uploading rockified pop covers to Youtube full time, generating a combined 2 million views. Addie is quoted as saying" It's not that we don't want to make original music anymore, it's just that these covers are super fun for us and have proven to be very successful".

2019 to 2020
In December 2019 the band participated in Rajj Patel's "Rajj Talent Show", which they won in January 2020 using their new single, "This is Our War".

In early 2020 when COVID-19 hit North America the band began to really gain traction due to their strong online presence. They released multiple collaborations with a variation of Lauren Babic, Violet Orlandi and First to Eleven that quickly garnered multi-million views in a matter of months. They were also indoctrinated as Twitch Ambassadors and debuted their new original song "Rage" live on Twitch Rivals as part of the release of Riot Game's first-person shooter, Valorant.

The Masked Singer Australia Controversy
In October 2019 the band discovered their arrangement for a cover of "Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish, as well as some of Halocene's original content that was included in that cover, was used without permission by The Masked Singer Australia. A GoFundMe campaign was launched to battle The Masked Singer Australia but there has so far been no resolution. This battle was the inspiration for the band's hit song "This Is Our War".

Discography

 * The Secret (2009)
 * Can You Hear Us Now? (2011)
 * Make It Loud (2014)
 * Refraction (2018)
 * To be released in 2020

Influences
Yellowcard, Thrice, Chiodos, The Used, Blink 182, Four Year Strong