Hoods (band)

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{{Short description|American beatdown hardcore band}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Hoods

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| origin = Sacramento, California, U.S.

| genre = {{hlist|Beatdown hardcore{{Cite web |date=October 20, 2005 |title=HOODS 'The King Is Dead' Album Review |url=https://lambgoat.com/albums/1838/Hoods-The-King-Is-Dead |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=Lambgoat}}|{{nowrap|tough guy hardcore{{cite web |title=Hoods Pray For Death (2003) |url=https://www.punknews.org/review/2047/hoods-pray-for-death |access-date=9 November 2024}}{{cite web |title=Hoods The King Is Dead |url=https://lambgoat.com/albums/1838/hoods-the-king-is-dead/ |access-date=9 November 2024}}}}}}

| years_active = 1994–present

| label = Artery, Eulogy, Westcoast Worldwide, Victory Records, Breakout

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Hoods is an American beatdown hardcore band from Sacramento, California. Formed in 1994 by Mike "Mikey Hood" Mraz who later added Logan Murray, Tony Goodloe and Billy Gaffney. Hoods shows influences such as Madball, Sick of It All, Minor Threat and Cro-Mags. They released their first EP entitled Once Again in 1996 and concentrated on live performances. After numerous fights between fans and an altercation between a couple of the band members and a police officer, the band left the Sacramento area. The band moved to the San Francisco Bay Area playing shows with groups such as Powerhouse, Redemption 87 and Skin Lab.

In 1997 after a disagreement with bandmates and his mother's illness Gaffney left and was replaced by Jeremy. Murray and Goldoe then left and were replaced by Ben and Mario.

In 2005, Hoods were dropped from Victory Records after a dispute over royalties and management.{{cite news |last=Teitelman |first=Bram |date=February 24, 2015 |title=Hoods challenge Victory Records owner, math |url=https://www.metalinsider.net/beefs/hoods-challenge-victory-records-owner-math |work=Blastbeat Network|location=Brooklyn, NY |access-date=March 5, 2021}} They signed with Eulogy Recordings in 2005 and released The King Is Dead. The group released a new album, Ghetto Blaster, in April 2007. The release Pit Beast dropped in May 2009 after the band signed with I Scream Records. The cover art for this album was done by Craig Holloway, who created cover art for acts such as Negative Approach and Obituary among others. In 2014 the band signed with Artery Recordings and released "Gato Negro".{{cite news |last=Fernandez |first=Josh |date=November 25, 2014 |title=BE VERY AFRAID |url=https://submergemag.com/music/hoods/ |work=Submerge |location=Sacramento, CA |access-date=March 5, 2021}}