I Set My Friends On Fire is an experimental rock band from Miami, Florida, was formed in 2007 by Matt Mehana and former member Nabil Moo. Chris Lent was later added as their permanent drummer in 2009. The group has released one album, You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter on Epitaph Records and is expected to release Astral Rejection in late winter/early spring. Despite the rumors, the band claims to have had no idea about the Aiden song of the same name, and the name I Set My Friends on Fire was derived from an inside joke.
History
Inception and I Set My Friends on Fire EP (2007—2008)
Matt Mehana and Nabil Moo were previously in a well-received local act named We Are The Cavalry. After their disbanding, Matt and Nabil began making songs under the name "I Set My Friends on Fire". They garnered a large audience due in part to
MySpace, where their first single, a rendition of
Soulja Boy Tell 'Em's "
Crank That (Soulja Boy)" (originally entitled "Crank That Cavalry Boy") received more than one million plays.
[1][2] Nonetheless, the duo's MySpace page was removed three times because MySpace had assumed that the duo were using software to increase the number of plays.
[1] The band released a self titled EP before releasing their first album. The songs included "Crank That", "ASL", and "Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beerholder".
The duo then signed to
Epitaph Records,
[3] who released their debut album
You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter on October 7, 2008.
[1] The band received negative to mixed reception from various critics.
Slant reviewer Nate Adams gave the album 0.5 rating out of five, citing "[It's] high in the running for worst album of the year[…]The music aims for brutality and melody, but misses the mark entirely on both counts."
[4] Alternative Press reviewer Phil Freeman also gave the album a half star out of five, remarking that the album "truly fails because it has exactly zero memorable moments".
[5] In a mixed review, John Lucas of the
Georgia Straight said that the album "seems designed to test the listener’s tolerance", but that "those willing to embrace a noisy, ambitious, self-indulgent, and downright weird record will find a lot to love".
[6] Logan Broger of
ChartAttack gave it three stars out of five, saying, "When the grind-electro-hardcore-pop duo aren't being obnoxious or comedic, there are some tunes that are actually good."
[7] Also giving it a three out of five,
Sputnikmusic reviewer Brent Stephenson said, "The album is really just meant to be as obscenely ridiculous as it possibly can, and in that regard it is quite successful. "
[8] You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter reached #29 on the
Billboard Top Heatseekers chart.
[9] The song "Things That Rhyme with Orange" was the second single off of the album and their third single overall. The music video was released soon after.
Works with Smosh (2009)
On November 21, 2008 the comedy duo
Smosh had teamed up with I Set My Friends On Fire and released their first music video and second single, called "Sex Ed Rocks" with over 14,000,000 views. Later in September 2009, they teamed up yet again and released their second music video and fourth single, called "Four Years Foreplay" with over 3,000,000 views. "Four Years Foreplay" featured I Set My Friends On Fire's new drummer
Chris Lent from
From First To Last. On an interview with BVTV, Matt stated that he and Anthony Padilla of
Smosh had been "chit-chatting" about new ideas.
I Set My Friends On Fire entered the studio in early 2010 to write and record their second album. In the June 2010 issue of
Alternative Press, their second album was expected to be entitled "
Astral Rejection", with a release date of June 22, 2010. The group performed at
The Bamboozle on May 1, 2010 and then entered the studio for a second time on June 2, 2010 to finish up their upcoming album. The first single off of the album, "Excite Dyke", was exclusively released via digital download on June 15, 2010, as part of a new Epitaph compilation CD entitled "
New Noise Vol. 1".
[10] In 2010 the band played on the "Scream It Like You Mean It 2010" tour with
Silverstein,
Emery,
We Came As Romans,
Dance Gavin Dance,
Sky Eats Airplane,
Ivoryline, and
Close To Home. It was announced on this tour that Moo had left the band, and that
From First to Last guitarist, Blake Steiner would be filling in for the time being. Mehana soon stated that only three songs, including "Excite Dyke", would be kept for the album and the other ten would be remade with Steiner. Although drummer
Chris Lent originally stated that the album would be out in "February or March maybe", he announced in late January that the album wouldn't be released until the summer. In support of the upcoming album, the duo will be playing the fourth annual
Artery Foundation Across the Nation Tour and all of
Warped Tour 2011.
Band members
- Current
- Matt Mehana - lead vocals (since 2007)
- Chris Lent - drums, keyboards, synthesizers, programming, guitars (since 2009)
- Touring
- Blake Steiner - guitars (2010–present)
- Evan Perry - electronics (2011–present)
- Former
- Nabil Moo - clean vocals, guitars, bass, drums, keys, synths, programming, backing vocals (2007–2010)
Discography
Extended Plays
- I Set My Friends On Fire (2008)
Albums
Singles
Music videos
| Year | Name | Director |
| 2008 | Sex Ed Rocks | Smosh |
| 2009 | Things That Rhyme With Orange | Dan Dobi |
| Four Years Foreplay | Smosh |
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