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''Beating a Dead Horse'' is the debut studio album by YouTube comedian Jarrod Alonge, self-released on May 26, 2015.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jarrod Alonge unveils Comedy Album )〕 The album features seven different fictitious bands created by Alonge that satirize the tropes and aspects of various genres within alternative music, including metalcore, post-hardcore, pop punk, emo, progressive metal, hardcore punk, and others. The album was a critical and commercial success, reaching number 1 on the ''Billboard'' Top Comedy Albums chart and number 18 on the Top Heatseekers chart. On October 30, Alonge announced a deluxe reissue of the album featuring six additional songs, set for release on December 4. ==Background== Alonge announced plans to record the album on September 26, 2014, and launched an Indiegogo campaign with an initial goal of raising $12,000. He released several promotional videos throughout October, including mock interviews with the fictitious bands that would be featured on the album. His goal was reached by January 2015, ultimately raising over $18,000, allowing for more songs to be recorded than he had initially anticipated.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Album Funded )〕 On April 5, 2015, Alonge released an official trailer for the album, revealing a 15-song tracklist, and several samples of the album's songs. The following month, the list of guest vocalists that would be featured on the album was announced, including Mattie Montgomery of For Today, Johnny Franck, formerly of Attack Attack! (who also would produce the album), and Mike Semesky, formerly of Intervals. Alonge also announced that the album would be mastered by Joey Sturgis, a well-known metalcore producer that had worked with many bands, such as Asking Alexandria, The Devil Wears Prada, I See Stars, and Of Mice & Men. The first track to be revealed off of the album, "Hey Jarrod, What's That Song Again?" was released on May 12, 2015 with an accompanying lyric video. Five more of the album's songs were released in the following weeks with lyric videos, before the album was officially released on May 26. Alonge continued to promote the album after its release, releasing a music video for the album's first single, "The Swimmer" on May 27, 2015. Another promotional video was released for "Save My Life" on August 11. A third video for "Inconceivable Somatic Defecation" was released on August 26. The following month, on September 25, a music video for "Unbreakable" was released. On October 30, Jarrod announced on his YouTube channel he would be releasing a deluxe edition of the album, titled "Beating a Dead Horse: Deluxe Ultra-Limited Exclusive Undead Edition," featuring six new songs and new album artwork. The reissue will include parodies of Bring Me the Horizon, Attila, and The Story So Far. All of the fictitious bands (with the exception of Chewed Up) will be featured on the reissue. It is set for release on December 4, 2015. The first track on the deluxe reissue, "Suck my 401k," was released on November 6, with an accompanying lyric video. On November 18, "Brevé Canzoné" was released. On November 27 "First World Tragedy" was released with a music video to go along with it. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Beating a Dead Horse (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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