The band only took one year working on their debut album, Swan Songs. The other two years were spent looking for a company that wouldn't try to censor the album. They first signed a record contract with MySpace Records in 2005 but they left the label after the label tried to censor their first album.[7] They then signed a contract with A&M/Octone Records and their first album, Swan Songs was released on September 2, 2008[8] and reached No.22 on the Billboard 200 in its first week of release, selling 21,000 copies;[9] which was later on released in the United Kingdom on May 18, 2009 with two bonus tracks.[10] In April of 2009, the band toured with American electronic musician Skrillex as "Sonny and the Blood Monkeys". On June 23, 2009, Hollywood Undead released Swan Songs B-Sides EP through iTunes.
The band released a CD/DVD set entitled Desperate Measures on November 10, 2009. The set includes a CD of previously unreleased six new songs, three of which are cover songs, as well a previously unreleased remix of "Everywhere I Go", and six live recordings of songs from Swan Songs, and a DVD of a full live performance by the band.[11][12] In December 2009, the band won Best Crunk/Rock Rap Artist at the Rock on Request Awards.[13] In its first week of release, Desperate Measures reached No. 29 on the Billboard 200. It also peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard's Rock Albums chart, No. 8 on the Alternative Albums chart, No. 5 on the Hard Rock albums chart, and No. 15 on the Digital Albums chart.[14]
Tracklist:
1 Undead
2 Sell Your Soul
3 Everywhere I Go
4 No Other Place
5 No. 5
6 Young
7 Black Dahlia
8 This Love, This Hate
9 Bottle and a Gun
10 California
11 City
12 The Diary
13 Pimpin'
14 Paradise Lost
The band released a CD/DVD set entitled Desperate Measures on November 10, 2009. The set includes a CD of previously unreleased six new songs, three of which are cover songs, as well a previously unreleased remix of "Everywhere I Go", and six live recordings of songs from Swan Songs, and a DVD of a full live performance by the band.[11][12] In December 2009, the band won Best Crunk/Rock Rap Artist at the Rock on Request Awards.[13] In its first week of release, Desperate Measures reached No. 29 on the Billboard 200. It also peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard's Rock Albums chart, No. 8 on the Alternative Albums chart, No. 5 on the Hard Rock albums chart, and No. 15 on the Digital Albums chart.[14]
Tracklist:
1 Undead
2 Sell Your Soul
3 Everywhere I Go
4 No Other Place
5 No. 5
6 Young
7 Black Dahlia
8 This Love, This Hate
9 Bottle and a Gun
10 California
11 City
12 The Diary
13 Pimpin'
14 Paradise Lost