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Aron Erlichman (born March 2, 1983), better known by his stage name Deuce (formerly known as "Tha Producer"), is a Jewish-American music producer, singer-songwriter, and rapper. Brought to fame as a producer, singer-songwriter and one of the founding members of rap rock band Hollywood Undead, Deuce has since moved on to solo work through the label "Five Seven Music", a branch of Eleven Seven Music. He is also involved in a movement with fellow rapper Truth (Vardan Aslanyan) called "Nine Lives" (often stylized as both "9LIVES" and "IX LIVES"). Deuce released his debut album of the same name on April 24, 2012, which sold 11,425 copies in its first week. Deuce has also collaborated with artists Marc Bosserman, BrokeNCYDE and Blood on the Dance Floor in the past.
History:
Musical beginnings (2001-2005):
Deuce began creating rock-based music under his birth name of Aron Erlichman, early in 2001. In 2005, he released four tracks--"Franny", "Surface Air", "Breaking Through", and "Sometimes"--from his first EP called Aron on Broadjam, an Internet sharing site for opinions and ratings, where he gained little recognition. He later co-founded Hollywood Undead with Jorel Decker and Jeff Phillips, and sang clean vocals and produced instrumentals for the band, until his departure in early 2010. In early February 2012, three more pre-Hollywood Undead tracks were released and surfaced, including "Far Away", "Fallen Stone", and "Dreams".
Hollywood Undead (2005-2010):
Further information: Hollywood Undead
Deuce co-founded the band Hollywood Undead as a vocalist and producer with close friend Jorel Decker (J-Dog). The band began their musical career with the creation of the rap-rock song "The Kids", which was greatly promoted by Jeffree Star. Deuce initially adopted and recorded songs with the band under the pseudonym "Tha Producer" due to his role in production but shortened this pseudonym to "Deuce" not long after. At the time of Deuce's departure, Hollywood Undead had gained success with Swan Songs, which peaked at number 22 on the Billboard 200 in its first week. A few EPs were released, the Swan Songs B-Sides EP and the Swan Songs Rarities EP in 2009 and 2010, respectively. In 2009, Hollywood Undead released their first live album, Desperate Measures, which peaked at number 29 on the Billboard 200.
In late 2009, Deuce left Hollywood Undead after having several problems with the band. He later wrote a song titled "Story of a Snitch" about Hollywood Undead, the 'snitch' allegedly being about Hollywood Undead member J-Dog, with the lyrics consisting mainly of obscenities and insults directed towards Hollywood Undead, also making claims such as he was kicked out of the band and that members of the band were "tryin' to spit just like me Deuce but they don't have it".
In an interview with YouTube interviewer Bryan Stars, Hollywood Undead members Johnny 3 Tears and Da Kurlzz were asked why Deuce had left the band, revealing that he was not working well with the band and that they had to "bend over backwards to accommodate Deuce in a lot of ways..." and also that he held them back on their song writing quality." Deuce in a different interview with Bryan Stars however stated that the band were in fact jealous of his leading role in the band and that he was fully responsible for the band's current position. Also, Hollywood Undead stated that Deuce required a personal assistant, revealed to be Jimmy Yuma, now Deuce's guitarist and lyricist, and Yuma replied that Deuce paid him himself, not the band, to set equipment up and to tour with him; the confusion was that the band also paid him to set up their equipment separately. Deuce also commented that on one tour, the band was waiting for him in order to fly to their next destination and blamed it on Deuce for being late; however Deuce had stated that the manager told him that the band had broken up and was not touring.
During an interview with JackedUp Radio, Deuce states that one of the disputes he had with Hollywood Undead was over having a personal Twitter account; Deuce claims that when he began to connect with fans over Twitter he was told that "if you keep twittering, you're not going to be allowed to go on tour".
Upon signing with A&M/Octone with Hollywood Undead in 2008, Deuce states that he was also signed as a solo artist. He released his first four-track EP, The Two Thousand Eight EP, which contained songs "The One", "Gravestone", "Hollyhood Vacation" (featuring Truth) and "Deuce Dot Com", all of which would four years later be remastered and released within his début album, the latter of the two being bonus tracks. The EP was released through iTunes and received little success. Shortly after Deuce was evicted from the band, the EP disappeared from iTunes. Deuce accused the label of breaching the original contract terms and later sued the company under this accusation. Deuce discovered a loophole that revealed he was permitted to produce remixes and mixtape-style songs using the instrumentals of other musicians, so long as he did not incur a profit.
They Call Me Big Deuce EP and Epicenter Music Festival 2010 (2010-2011):
In September 2010, Deuce made his first official live performance as a solo artist at California's Epicenter music festival, opening for Eminem, Blink-182, Kiss, Bush, Rise Against, and others.
In September 2011, The Call Me Big Deuce EP was released as the first collective release of material by American singer-rapper Deuce as an independent solo-artist. The mixtape consists of 14 previously released songs compiled into one download at the artist's newly launched website, as most of the songs were released at random times and file-sharing websites between 2005 and 2011. The mixtape was released in order to promote the first album and contains verses over instrumentals by 50 Cent, Eminem, Tupac Shakur, B.o.B and Jay-Z. The mixtape did not contain the previously released songs "Freaky Now", "Surface Air" and "Now You See My Life", which would later be released with his debut album a year later. "Now You See My Life" would be remixed to contain a verse from rapper Skee-Lo, replacing Deuce's second verse.
Deuce formed an eponymous band to assist with live performances and instrumental-production. The band consists of Jimmy Yuma (previously known for assisting with writing and producing the Hollywood Undead song "This Love, This Hate"), friend and drummer Tye Gaddis, his sister that plays keyboard live, Arina Chloe, and fellow rappers Bryan "b.LaY" Lay and Truth.
Nine Lives and Fight to Unite Tour (2011-2013):
Deuce completed work for his debut album in late 2011. The album was scheduled to be released March 27, 2012, by Five Seven Music; however, it was pushed back until April 24, 2012. The album artwork for Nine Lives was released on February 10 by Loudwire, who also announced that Deuce would be joining artists Blood on the Dance Floor, brokeNCYDE, The Bunny The Bear, William Control, New Years Day, Polkadot Cadaver, and Haley Rose on the Fight To Unite Tour.
The lead single, "Let's Get It Crackin'", was released November 28, 2011, with an accompanying music video and features Jeffree Star. The album's second single, "America", was initially set to be released for January, 2012, but was released a week early on January 10 due to a leak of the full music video in December 2011. Deuce commented on the album saying, "This album has that signature Deuce sound and is similar in flavor to what I created on Swan Songs, but completely unrestricted and rated NC-17. I took some of the shit I couldn't get away with on Swan Songs and brought it to another level for Nine Lives. If you liked what I did before, you will love this...". The album's third and final single before release was titled "Help Me". The song makes fun of the music industry as a whole and particularly James Diener of A&M/Octone. The song was finally released on the 27th of March.
In an interview by Gibson guitars, Deuce talked about the inspiration of his single "America". "I was just going through a weird time, and I was really down. Then I said, 'I don't care how bad my life is, I'm just going to accept it and use it to my advantage.". When comparing Nine Lives to Swan Songs, Deuce said "It's not like last time where there were so many people, now it's all Deuce. Before it was people who weren't producers and not song-writers trying to change things, and now it's just Deuce and I can do exactly what I want."
Nine Lives ended up selling 11,425 copies in the United States during its first week, peaking at number 37 on the Billboard 200. As of late December 2012, "Nine Lives" has sold over 100,000 copies.
A remix EP, titled Deuce REMIXXXED, was released on May 5, 2012, with remixes of both "America" and "Let's Get It Crackin'". On July 3, a single was released for Independence Day which was called the "America(n) Pride", which contained "America", two remixes, and the music video on iTunes. On July 17, 2012 Deuce released a remix of "I Came To Party" with "Rock mix" in parenthesize via his official Twitter account. The song, as the name suggests, has a heavier rock feel than the original and includes a new verse at the beginning.
Deuce participated on the Uproar Festival 2012 on the Jägermeister stage along with Redlight King, In This Moment and Thousand Foot Krutch. In 2013, Deuce was awarded "New Artist Of The Year" from loudwire, beating Tremonti and Falling in Reverse.
On February 14, 2013, Deuce released "The One" (Nine Lives version) as a single and music video. He was also once again scheduled to be part of the Fight to Unite 2013 tour along with Kottonmouth Kings, Dizzy Wright, Eskimo Callboy, and Snow tha Product.
Following an arrest after a car chase throughout the Los Angeles area on June 15, 2012, long-time collaborator Truth was prevented from touring with the band outside of LA. In March 2013, Truth announced he was "retired from recording" and was leaving the music industry.
New material and touring (2013-2014):
On May 19, 2013, Deuce for the second time participated on the Rock on the Range 2013 on the Jägermeister Stage on day 3 of the festival, along with Middle Class Rut, Thousand Foot Krutch and Beware of Darkness.
In May 2013, Deuce also confirmed that he has been working on a second album and has already recorded on ideas and working on full length material for songs. And also hoping to have collaborations on his rock songs. Deuce had posted on Facebook that he will be releasing new material around Christmas and that he would be collaborating with Ronnie Radke of Falling in Reverse, and will also be releasing other new material of his own. On October 17, 2013, Deuce's sister Arina Chloe released a single that featured Deuce titled "Will You Cry for Me."
On January 21, 2014, Deuce confirmed on Twitter that he is collaborating with Blood on the Dance Floor for the second time on a new song called "We're Takin' Over!", and that the artwork for the single was being released the following day.
On March 28, 2014, Deuce performed for the first time outside of the United States in Moscow, Russia. Deuce also performed a new song called "Nightmare" from his upcoming album, and announced that its release would be in the summer. In early 2014, Bryan Lay stopped as Deuce's hype man in order to work on his mixtape "Initiation Part 2". The two still remain on good terms. In May, Deuce announced that longtime collaborator and rapper, Gadjet, would be the new hype man for the band via Instagram. Deuce confirmed that Gadjet would make another appearance on his next project.
changing labels (2014-Present):
In November 3,2014, Deuce Announced that he is leaving the label Five Seven Music. On November 5,2014 Deuce announced that he will be joining the Canadian rockband Bleeker Ridge.
Fan base and Nine Lives "Movement":
A common misconception is that "Nine Lives" is the name of Deuce's band. Deuce, however, describes "Nine Lives" as a "gang" of musicians and friends who get together to create, share and enjoy music the movement has since expanded from Los Angeles and has gained a large online-following (mainly through social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook). Truth was C.E.O. of the Nine Lives movement, and ran the company from an office located on Vine, between Hollywood and Franklin. Truth has given the term a similar description as Deuce, adding that "Nine Lives" is also a clothing line and brand, partnered with American Apparel.
Legal issues and controversy:
A&M/Octone:
Deuce filed a lawsuit against the A&M/Octone label claiming a breach of contract. The suit alleges that the label refused to release his solo music because the vulgarity and gang references in the lyrics made the music not commercial enough. The lawsuit was settled privately in court, the visible results being that Deuce is now able to release music under a new label, as well as keep his stage-name and mask designs. Deuce commented on the legal situation and how it affected him while writing his début album, noting, "It just made me tougher and stronger. Having to write, record and make a whole album during a period of time when your music's being taken down could be hard and a lot of people could lose duration or hope. But I have my skills, because I've written so much with my old band that it just didn't affect me too much."
Hollywood Undead assault:
Erlichman claims his former Hollywood Undead bandmates began targeting him with angry threats and even attacked him on May 25, 2012. Erlichman was performing solo on May 25 at Hollywood club Angels & Kings. The singer left the club after the performance but claims his former bandmates were 'lying in wait'. He said when they spotted him, they jumped him and proceeded to punch, kick and stomp on him. Erlichman's friend was also injured in the attack when he stepped in to defend the former front man. Erlichman claimed he was badly hurt and went to the police alleging former bandmates Dylan "Funny Man" Alvarez and Jorel "J-Dog" Decker were the primary culprits. In October 2012, Erlichman filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court.
Musical style and lyrical themes:
Deuce uses a mixture of rap rock and hip hop music with elements of metal music, much like his former band Hollywood Undead and has been compared to such, along with the early works of Eminem, particularly from his works off the debut album Nine Lives. Deuces lyrics, a lot like Hollywood Undead's debut album Swan Songs, tends to be a mixture of serious then sexual themes, often using explicit language, however has been negatively criticized due to choice of wording and being full of himself, often calling the lyrics awful on most songs, however some claim the songs to be catchy and cleverly done.
Deuce's album Nine Lives has often been seen as a successor to the Swan Songs album by his fans and in some reviews and even claimed in multiple interviews himself that the album is. He said, in an interview with YouTube personality Bryan Stars, that he wrote and produced on that album and continued to say that his music was better than what the band is now without him and that people should listen to his album if they want songs akin to Swan Songs.
Band members:
Although a solo artist, Deuce performs with a live band to provide additional instrumentation and vocals.
Current members
Jimmy Yuma - production, lead guitar, backing vocals (2008-present),
Arina "Arina Chloe" Erlichman - keyboards, backing vocals (2010-present),
Tye Gaddis - drums, percussion (2010-2012; 2013-present),
James Kloeppel - rhythm guitar (2012-present),
Tony "Gadjet" Leonard - vocals, hype man (2014-present),
Former members
Vardan "Truth" Aslanyan - vocals, hype man (2008-2013),
Bryan "b.Lay" Lay - vocals, hype man (2012-2014)
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