Artist:Framing Hanley
Song:Lollipop
Album:The Moment: Deluxe Edition
This 2008 cover of the Lil Wayne hit Lollipop is to date the only chart single for the indie band Framing Hanley. Their music is a mix of emo and hard rock. They were called Embers Fade when they formed in Nashville in 2005. Bassist Luke McDuffee and drummer Chris Vest were high school friends. They met lead singer Kenneth Nixon upon entering college. Then guitarists Brandon Wooten and Tim Huskinson joined. A couple of demos got the attention of former Creed bassist Brett Hestla. He got them a record deal with Silent Majority Group owned by former Creed lead singer Jeff Hanson with Warner Music distribution. The name Framing Hanley is a tribute to a friend who died in a 2006 car accident. Their debut album The Moment was released in 2008. After Huskinson was replaced by Ryan Belcher, Framing Hanley recorded a hard rock cover of the Lil Wayne hit Lollipop. After it got a million plays on MySpace, it was released as a single and reached #22 on the Alternative Rock chart. Lollipop was added to the 2009 Deluxe Edition of The Moment. It is their biggest hit to date. They left Silent Majority after the 2010 album A Promise to Burn. They raised the money for the 2014 album The Sum of Who We Are through Kickstarter. Then they went on hiatus. When they reformed in 2018, Nixon was the only original member. Finding Hanley released an album in 2020. And they just released a new single. So I would expect a new album shortly. So why doesn't Nixon just go solo? I'm sure he owns the name Finding Hanley and he believes that still has value. I dunno about that. Here's the video for Lollipop by Framing Hanley.
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