Starbomb

Starbomb
Origin United States
Genres Comedy hip hop, synthpop, nerdcore
Years active 2013–present
Associated acts Ninja Sex Party, Game Grumps
Members

Starbomb is an American musical-comedy group composed of Dan Avidan and Brian Wecht of American musical-comedy duo Ninja Sex Party and Flash animator and Internet personality Arin Hanson.[1] The songs of Starbomb consist of video game parodies; Avidan provides vocals, Wecht produces instrumentals, and Hanson provides rapping vocals. Starbomb has also released several music videos, which occasionally feature known Internet, film, and video game fandom personalities such as Markiplier and Ashly Burch.

To date the group has released two studio albums, Starbomb and Player Select, both of which placed on several Billboard charts.

History

In summer 2013, Avidan began making comments about creating a new music project with Wecht and Hanson.[2] The project wasn't officially announced until December 2, 2013, when the group released a preview of their song "I Choose You to Die" on Ninja Sex Party's official YouTube channel.[3][4] They also announced that their first album, the self-titled Starbomb, would release on December 17, 2013. Leading up to the album's launch date, the group released further previews on the Ninja Sex Party and Game Grumps YouTube channels, the latter of which was hosted by Avidan and Hanson.[5][6][7]

In the weeks following its release, Starbomb placed on multiple Billboard charts, reaching #1 on Comedy Albums and Heatseekers Albums.[8][9] Music videos for several of the album's songs such as "Luigi's Ballad" and "It's Dangerous to Go Alone" were released to YouTube that same year and in spring of the following year.[10][11] Destructoid commented on the album's release, stating that "While the concept itself may seem a bit juvenile, the awesome music (provided by Ninja Sex Party) and hilarious situations are more than enough to keep the more "mature" fan entertained."[12]

Starbomb's final song, "Outro," hinted at a future album. However, no official confirmation of a second album was forthcoming until fall of the following year. On December 16, 2014 Starbomb's second album, Player Select, was released. Like its predecessor, snippets of the album's songs were released on YouTube prior to its release. Additionally, Player Select placed on several Billboard charts, and achieved #1 on Comedy Albums.[13] Player Select also charted on position #3 on Billboard's end of year charts for US Comedy Albums.[14] AllMusic gave the album an overall favorable review, remarking that "Plenty of swearing and 8-bit innuendo make this for the adult retro gamer and not the kids, but the laughs are plentiful and big."[15]

In the video for "The Simple Plot of Metal Gear Solid," released on December 25, 2015, Arin from Starbomb indicated there would be a third album.[16]

Discography

Members

Chart performance

Chart Peak
position		 Album Year
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[17] 42 Starbomb 2013
US Comedy Albums (Billboard)[8] 1 Starbomb 2013
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[9] 1 Starbomb 2013
US Rap Albums (Billboard)[18][19] 17 Starbomb 2013
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[20] 2 Player Select 2014
US Comedy Albums (Billboard)[13] 1 Player Select 2014
US Rap Albums (Billboard)[21] 4 Player Select 2014

Year-end charts

Chart (2015) Position Album Year
US Comedy Albums (Billboard)[14] 3 Player Select 2015

References

  1. ↑ Napierski, Steve (2013-12-19). "Luigi's Ballad". Dueling Analogs. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
  2. ↑ "NinjaSexParty Dan, Commander Holly, and Chad - FriendZone! - Polaris". Polaris. YouTube, Google. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "Egoraptor and NSP are STARBOMB!". Arin Hanson. Show You. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  4. ↑ Herd, James. "Egoraptor and Ninja Sex Party announce their newest project: STARBOMB". Pixcelation Entertainment. WordPress. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  5. ↑ "Starbomb Is Coming NEXT WEEK!". Ninja Sex Party. YouTube, Google. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  6. ↑ "STARBOMB Debut Album Pre-Order - GET HYPED!!". Game Grumps. YouTube, Google. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  7. ↑ "Starbomb drops TOMORROW!". Ninja Sex Party. YouTube, Google. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  8. 1 2 "Starbomb chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  9. 1 2 "Starbomb chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  10. ↑ Bonds, Ian. "Starbomb is here, shove it in your eyes and earholes". Destructoid. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  11. ↑ Aziz, Hamza (2014-03-18). "Ryu and Ken have a rap battle about their dicks". Destructoid. Retrieved 2014-03-19.
  12. ↑ Bonds, Ian. "Starbomb is here, shove it in your eyes and earholes". Destructoid. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  13. 1 2 "Comedy Albums". Billboard.com. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  14. 1 2 "Comedy Albums: Year End". Billboard.com. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
  15. 1 2 "Player Select (review)". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  16. ↑ "The Simple Plot of Metal Gear Solid - ANIMATED MUSIC VIDEO by Studio Yotta - Starbomb". Retrieved 2016-08-30.
  17. ↑ "Starbomb chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  18. ↑ "Starbomb chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  19. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/artist/5894039/starbomb/chart?f=335
  20. ↑ "Starbomb - Chart History - Independent". Billboard.com. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
  21. ↑ "Starbomb - Chart History - Rap". Billboard.com. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
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