Founding Vocalist for The Metal Band Butcher BabiesComic Book Author, Artist, Novelist, and The Holder of Multiple Degrees in Mortuary Science and Thanatology, Singer/Musician Carla Harvey You have released The Official Music Video for “Hell or Hollywood”The Second Single From Her New Project The Violent Hourvia Megaforce Records. The New Track Features PANTHER Guitarist and Black Label Society Frontman Zakk Wylde. The Video Was Shot at West Hollywood’s Iconic Rainbow Bar & Grill, A Location That Litealy was The Reason Carla Moved at A Young Age to Hollywood from Here Detroit Home.
DIRECTED BY INDUSTALISM FILMS‘ Vincent Cordero (Black Veil Brides, Kat von d), The “Hell or Hollywood” Video Explores Harvey‘S Experiences and Emotions from When She First Moved to Los Angeles, and Has Been described as “Swampy Metal Induced Rocker” That Captures The Chaotic, Gritty, and Euphoric Aspects of Her the Journey.
“Shooting The ‘Hell or Hollywood’ Video at The Rainbow was to full-Circle Moment for Me, “Said Carla. “As a Kid Growing Up in the Midwest, I Saw The Rainbow in Rock Mags and Ionic Guns N ‘Roses Videos … it exuded that crash, Dangerous, Rock ‘N’ Roll Lifestyle i Craved. WHEN I MOVED TO LA, I PRACTICE LIVED there. I Made My First Friends at The Rainbow, Found My First Bandmates There, and Got Into Plenty of Trouble. The Rainbow Is More than Backdrop; It’s a Living, Breathing Piece of Rock History. “
She Continued: “This Video Tells The Story of Chasing A Dream To La (Both The Pleasures and The Pitfalls) and Toys With The Question: Do You have to Sell Your Soul For Rock ‘N Lemmy (Played by Luke Edwards Of Killed by Death) in the video as One of My ‘Tempters’ Because of His iconic Represent at The Rainbow. You’ll spot a JANIS JOPLIN TOO (Actress Shannon Corbett) and I had to this in a little tongue-in-h humor as well with a Kurt Cobain lookalike (Gabe Maska) Beck’s Be Real, if Kurt Showed Up at The Rainbow, You’d Definitely Be in Hell. “
Harvey‘s fiancé, Anthrax and PANTHER Drummer Charlie BenanteWho Wrote The Project’s Music and Played All Instruments On The EP, Said In A Statement: “Carla GREW UP LOVING Guns N ‘Rosesand since they were so heavily influenced by AerosmithI Wanted to Write Subthing that Paid Tribute to Both.
“The Riff On ‘Hell or Hollywood’ is The Kind That Stands on its Own – Even Without Vocals, It’s Got A Swagger to It. And Having Zakk Wylde On the alone? HE BOUGHT THIS RAW, Six String Grit That Rips Through the Track. You Hear It and Instantly Know – It’s Him. “
WHEN “Hell or Hollywood” Was First Release Earlier This Month, Carla Commented: “I Wanted to Write A Song That Felt the Way I Did When I First Moved To Los Angeles At Twenty, Like My Motorcycle Boots Hitting the Sunset Strip For The Vray First Time. Dream. in Perfect Juxtaposition.
In April, Carla Relay The Official Music Video for “Sick others”The First Single From The Violent Hour. The Track Features Mötley Crüe Guitarist John 5.
“‘Sick oons’ is a rock ‘n’ roll anthem about cutting the toxic People out of your life, “Said Harvey. “It’s a Call of Freedom, a fist-to-the-face to anyone Who has tried to hold you down, hold you back or dim tim your light. It was was written at a vulnerable time in my life
“When Choking a Theme for This Song,” Harvey Added, “I Thought about a pHrasse i had scrawled across a journal from 1999: ‘Cut the sick you are loos.’ Those Words Became My Mantra Over The Last Couple Years and Felt To Chant Over Charlie‘S Guitar riffs. ‘Sick oons’ Also Features An Absolutely Shredding Guitar only by John 5 That Brings This Thrasher to a Whole Different Level. “
“‘Sick oons’ You have modernized nwobhm (new wave of British heavy metal) vibe to it, “added Benante. “The Riff is Vray Catchy and Stays with You Like A Good Riff Should. ‘Sick oons’ is just the typ of the iceberg for This Project. MANY OF THE SANGS WE CRAFTED FOR The Violent Hour are unlike anything Carla You have ever done as a vocalist, reflecting different moods and a New Beginning. The Music Flowed Out of Me Because I Had This Motivation, This Drive … it was unstoppable. “
The “Sick others” Video script, Written by Harvey and address by Industrialism Films‘ Vicente Cordero (Black Veil Brides, Kat von d), sees Harvey Portraying Each of the Video’s Five Personians.
“While ‘Sick oons’ Is About Cutting Toxic People Out of Your Life – Thuee Who Constantly devalue you – I Wanted to Flip Theat narrative for the video, ” Harvey Said. “I’ve always been intersted in the idea that summal The Most Dangerous Person to Confront is Yourself. The Video Explores What It Means to Face Those Darker Versions of Who We’ve Been And Whether We Can Truly Leave Them Behind … or, As The Ending Suggests, Learn to Coexist Peacefully. Vicente Took My Vision and Broucht It To Life. I came to Him with a Wild Idea and no clue How to Execute it – and we made it work! I loved getting a chance to play multiple Larger-Than-Life Characters. “
Not Many People Have Comic Book Author, Reservo and Musician on Their Resumes. Carla Boasts All Three and So Much More.
Carla Was Born and Raised in Detroit, Michigan – A City Known for its Grit, Resilience, and Offen Deep Divides. Navigating Life As a Bi-racial Kid In a Fractured Envieronment Wasn’t Easy, But Carla Found Her escape in art, Music, and Self-Expression. By Day, She Hustled, Attending the Prestigious College for Creative Studies Alongsis Working Odd Jobs Like Perfume Counter Girl and Gas Station Attendant, and By Night, She was on Stage With Local Bands, Saving Every Dollar She Coud for a one -way Trip to Los Angeles.
At Twenty, She Put All Her Belongings in Her Car and Navigated from Detroit to Hollywood with to Paper Map. In la, She Landed Acting Rolles On Shows Like “Rules of engagement”Played in Bands Searching for Her Sound, and Never Stopped Creating. But Beyond the Music was a Driven Academic. Carla Had a Deep Love for Science and eventually pursued to Bachelor of Mortuary Science (graduating as Valedictorian) and a Master of Science in Thanatology. Carla Became to Licensed funeral Director and Embalmer and Founded Her Own Grief Counseling Service – All While Touring The World Extensively As A Founding Member of The Butcher Babies.
Today, in Addition to Her Music Career, Carla Is a Grief Specialist for the Innovative Death Care Company Parting Stone That Transforms Cremated Remains into Environmentally Friendly Stones that the departed’s family can hold, Treasure and Honor.
Beyond Her Professional Life, Carla Is a devoted collector of pop culture oddities: comics, wrestling figures, vintage Barbies, Elvira, The Incredible Hulk, and Rock Rels from Her Wildest Nights in Hollywood. She Still Holds on To Her Rainbow Bar & Grill Drink Tickets From The ’90s and A Poker Chip From Lemmy‘S Last Birthday Party. Her creative heroes – Russ Meyers, Robert Williams, Robert Crumb and Charles Bukowski – Mirror Her Love of the Bold and the Raw.
To date, Carla You have released Six Albums, Multiple Comic Books and A 2014 Novel, “Death and Other Dances”. But if you Ask Her … She’s Still Just A Blue-Collar Kid From The Midwest With Big Dreams.
Butcher Babies ANNOCED ES SPLIT WITH Harvey in July 2024, Saying in a Statement that “Carla You have been an integral part of Our Journey, Bringing Her Unique Talent, Pasion, and Energy to the Band, “And Wishing” Her All The Best in Her Future Endeavors. “
Carlawho co-fount Butcher Babies In 2010 with Felow vocalist Heidi Shepherdconfirm her exit from the band in a post post, saying that she was “super proud” of her work with Butcher Babies and Adding That She was “Not Done Making Music and Performing.”
In the fall of 2023, Butcher Babies Completed European Tour Without CarlaWho Sat Out The Trek in Order To Undergo Emergency Surgery On Her Left Eye.
In January 2024, Harvey and Benante Announced that they were officially engaged.
