Hellogoodbye started in 2001 as a recording project by Huntington Beach High School students Forrest Kline and Jesse Kurvink.
With the interest only to entertain friends and woo crushes, Kline and Kurvink recorded some songs on Forrest's home computer.
The first Hellogoodbye song ever written was Kurvink's "Bonnie Taylor Shakedown 2K1" which later appeared on their debut self-titled EP.
With Kline's interest in web and graphic design, the unofficial group got a working title and a website and posted songs on MP3.com.
As interest in the music grew, Kline recruited friends and chanced upon some opening slots at local shows.
During this time they kept busy burning demos, screen printing tee-shirts and promoting via their website before signing to Drive-Thru Records in 2003.
During the "Sounds of Change Tour" with An Angle, Socratic, and Steel Train, Hellogoodbye flipped and totaled their van and trailer after Cole dozed off behind the wheel while driving through Pennsylvania on October 22, 2004.
The cast of the TV series produced a video documentary about three bands on the festival's line-up (the other two were Halifax and Enon), including interviews and live footage.
It featured two hours of concert and touring footage, as well as music videos to the five songs off their debut EP.
In January 2007, the single "Here (In Your Arms)" saw a resurgence on Top 40 radio and entered the Billboard Hot 100 (peaking at No.
"Here (In Your Arms)" peaked within the top ten of the charts in the Republic of Ireland, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
On March 13, 2007 they released an iTunes exclusive three-song EP, which featured three different remixes of the song "All of Your Love".
A few months later that year, the MTV movie Super Sweet 16 aired on television, featuring a live performance by Hellogoodbye of their song "All of Your Love".
[citation needed] Hellogoodbye was selected to perform at Boston's notorious CollegeFest event on September 26, 2009.
On the Vans Warped Tour 2011, Hellogoodbye was filmed by Chris Skiles and interviewed by Juliet Simms.
In March 2013, Hellogoodbye released a live album, Did it Kill You?, recorded at a house party in December 2012.
features several tracks from the band's second LP, an original Christmas song written by Forrest, and a cover of the Beach Boys' hit, "Barbara Ann".
[12] On January 13, 2015, the band released the single "I Wanna See the States" for a promotion for PBS Learning Media's geography lessons.
In January 2017, Forrest Kline teased that a new track would be released on behalf of a charity donated to the ACLU, and revealed the title hours later as "Stare into the Black", before posting it on the band's online store for sale.
[15][16] On July 22, 2018, Hellogoodbye announced via their official Facebook page that their new album S'Only Natural will be released on October 5, 2018.