Hyper Crush

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The group first gained widespread exposure through their Myspace page. They began playing shows in Los Angeles and other places in and around California. In late 2007, they released their debut, Mixtape Volume 1, which contained 31 original Hyper Crush songs. Along with the mixtape, they also released independently-made music videos for "The DeLorean" and "Slow Motion".

Both musically and in their appearance, Hyper Crush makes copious references to the decades of the 1950s and the 1980s. Common examples of these references include the Nintendo, popular arcade games from the 1980s, Technicolor, Hypercolor clothing, the DMC DeLorean, and Sega Genesis. Sounds from Nintendo's Duck Hunt game begin the song "The Arcade" and music from The Legend of Zelda end it. In addition, their fans are called "The Zapper Gun Gang," which is derived from an NES Zapper reference made in the lyrics of "The Arcade." During live performances, Fontaine often wields a modified laser shooting version of the 1989 Nintendo Power Glove.

At the CD release party hosted by Hyper Crush, they also premiered the video for "The Arcade", the title track of the album, although it was not put online and made viewable to the public until June 30. The video was a joint project of Six29 Entertainment and A hill Productions and was directed by Mickey Finnegan. It was Hyper Crush's third video, but the first one to be professionally done.

Hyper Crush released the video for "Robo Tech" in late February 2009. This was their fourth video and second video to be professionally done. It was directed by Mickey Finnegan, as was "The Arcade".

The delays in releasing their second album incited the band to release some material through a different channel, and they released their second mixtape on the Internet on June 26, 2009. Valentine spoke about the mixtape: "We wanted to make something cool to put out, especially because our album seems like it's taking long to people... We were like, 'Okay, it's hard to put the album out so we're gonna put out a 21-song mixtape.' Making new music is important to us and we want to give that to our fans."

Hyper Crush released the first single off their upcoming album on September 17, 2009, titled "Keep Up" with Tommy Henriksen co-producing and co-writing the track with Hyper Crush. On May 21, 2010, the group held a video premiere party at The Roxy for "Keep Up," openly inviting fans to join them via Twitter. They released the second single "Ayo" featuring Diplo along with a music video featuring tour footage. The third single "Kick Us Out" was released on November 3, 2010 and peaked at number 6 on the Billboard Dance/Club Play chart. The music video premiered on Vevo on March 16, 2011.

Starting on July 1, 2011, the group began a summer-long series titled "Free Song Friday." Similar to Kanye West's GOOD Fridays, Hyper Crush released a new free song, sometimes accompanied by a new music video, every Friday. A list of giveaways in chronological order include: "MBCCD," a remix of She Wants Revenge's "Must Be the One," "Rockstar," "Flip The Switch" and its music video, a "Flip The Switch" remix, and "Maniac" along with its music video.

The group left their record label Universal Motown, to form their own independent label, Night Wave Records. Under their new label, they released the single for "Werk Me" on October 17, 2011. The video for "Werk Me" premiered on the front page of Vevo months later on January 10, 2012. Their second studio album, Night Wave was the first to be released on Night Wave Records and is available for download on iTunes.

Their third album, "Vertigo", was released on October 15, 2013. It contains the first single "Visions of Coleco" and the moderate hit single "Rage", along with 8 more tracks.

After three years without any news, on March 31, 2016 Hyper Crush posted a video on their YouTube channel which shows all three members of the group working on a new album. On June 21, 2016 they released a new song called "Dizzy".

On September 25, 2020, Hyper Crush released the single "Repeat" on several streaming services and published a music video. The new video was shot through Preston's video production company, Ridge Production.

On December 22, 2020, the single "No Sweat" was released by Hyper Crush on YouTube and Spotify.

Hyper Crush toured with Kevin Rudolf in spring 2009. The second half of the tour was cancelled for unknown reasons.[1][2]

They also toured the US at the end of 2008 with The Medic Droid as headliners and Chronic Future supporting. They toured in spring 2009 supporting Kevin Rudolf, alongside Cash Cash, The Audition, and Go Crash Audio. Hyper Crush toured the West Coast of the US on the "We Make It Rain" tour with Brokencyde and Karate High School. They also covered this area on the "Electrik Party Tour across America" with J0HNNY. In May, 2009, Hyper Crush performed at The Bamboozle.

In July 2009, Hyper Crush toured in Europe as the opening act for Lady Gaga.

Hyper Crush supported Breathe Carolina on the No Checkpoints In The Jungle tour in February 2010. The tour also included Let's Get It, Queen's Club, and The Spin Cycle.

In August 2010, Hyper Crush co-headlined the Lazertag Tour with Far East Movement with music by DJ EYE and special guests The Cataracs and Dev.