Jarrod Alonge

Jarrod Alonge
Jarrod Alonge at the 2015 APMAs
Birth name	Jarrod Michael Alonge
Born	(1993-03-25) March 25, 1993 (age 32) Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Years active	2009–present
Genres	Sketch comedy musical comedy satire deadpan comedy self-deprecation cringe comedy
Website	boketo.media/about
Musical career
Genres	Pop punk comedy rock parody metalcore hardcore punk post-hardcore easycore emo math rock deathcore progressive metal crunkcore
Instruments	Guitar vocals programming

Jarrod Michael Alonge (born March 25, 1993) is an American comedian, songwriter and media producer. He is best known for his parodies of the artists, sub-genres and stereotypes within alternative music. His three independent full-length comedy albums Beating a Dead Horse, Friendville and Awkward & Depressed all reached number one on the Billboard Top Comedy Albums chart. Alonge is the owner and founder of Boketo Media, a digital media and production company which launched in March 2019. He is also the lead songwriter and guitarist of post-hardcore supergroup CrazyEightyEight.

Personal life

Alonge studied biology at Tennessee Technological University and graduated with a BS degree in 2014, having originally planned to attend medical school. ^[1] He currently lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee with his wife Rachel and daughter Eleanor. ^[2]

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Title	Artist
2015	Beating a Dead Horse [3]	Various
2016	Friendville [4]	Sunrise Skater Kids
2017	Awkward & Depressed	Canadian Softball
2018	Burning Alive	CrazyEightyEight
2020	The Praxis of Prophylaxis	Vermicide Violence
2023	Emotaku	Sunrise Skater Kids

Singles and EPs

Year	Title	Artist
2013	I'm So Scene	Amidst the Grave's Demons
2014	Eternity (Literally)
	Pop Punk Pizza Party	Sunrise Skater Kids
2015	12 Days of a Pop Punk Christmas
2016	Space Zombies EP	Amidst the Grave's Demons
	Pubic Apology	SwagChode
2017	How Far I'll Go	Sunrise Skater Kids
	Covers, Vol. 1	CrazyEightyEight
	No Words Spoken
	Covers, Vol. 2
2018	Shinebox
	To Plant a Seed
	Merry Splitmas	Various
2020	COSPLIT-19
	Killing In the Name	CrazyEightyEight
2021	Still Posi	Sunrise Skater Kids
	What's My Age Again?
	Liberté, Egalité, Friendvillé
	Homeless Millennial
	... and yet, I fish	Canadian Softball
	The Christmas Shoes
2022	Boybandin' Up	Sunrise Skater Kids
2023	Hate the Swim, Love the Swimmer	Amidst the Grave's Demons

Music videos

Title	From the album
"The Swimmer" [5]	Beating a Dead Horse
"Save My Life" [6]
"Inconceivable Somatic Defecation" [7]
"Unbreakable" [8]
"First World Tragedy" [9]
"Pit Warrior" [10]	Friendville
"Rylo Ken" [11]
"Friendville" [12]
"These Borders Don't Trump" [13]	Space Zombies EP
"Fund Me" [14]	Awkward & Depressed
"Tommy's Planet" [15]	No Words Spoken
"Your Validation" [16]	Awkward & Depressed
"Great Again" [17]
"Shinebox" [18]	Burning Alive
"Nitroglycerin" [19]
"Tears in Rain" [20]
"Bastard from a Basket" [21]
"I Am Tetsuo" [22]
"Fortune and Glory, Kid" [23]
"Coronaviscerated" [24]	The Praxis of Prophylaxis

Awards and nominations

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2014	Jarrod Alonge	Kerrang! Awards – Best Comedian	Won [25]

References

1. "Dean's and Graduates Lists". Tennessee Tech. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-10.
2. "An Interview with Jarrod Alonge, the Guy Who Made Those Pop Punk Videos You Love So Much – Noisey". Noisey. 27 May 2014. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
3. "Jarrod Alonge tops Billboard charts Album". AltPress. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
4. "Sunrise Skater Kids – Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
5. Boketo Media (2015-05-27). Amidst the Grave's Demons - The Swimmer [Official Video] . Retrieved 2024-08-23– via YouTube.
6. Boketo Media (2015-08-11). Amidst the Grave's Demons - Save My Life [Official Video] . Retrieved 2024-08-23– via YouTube.
7. Jared Dines (2015-08-26). Vermicide Violence - Inconceivable Somatic Defecation ft. Jared Dines (Official Music Video) . Retrieved 2024-08-23– via YouTube.
8. Boketo Media (2015-09-25). Chewed Up - Unbreakable [Official Video] . Retrieved 2024-08-23– via YouTube.
9. Boketo Media (2015-11-27). Sunrise Skater Kids - First World Tragedy [Official Video] . Retrieved 2024-08-23– via YouTube.
10. Boketo Media (2016-03-16). Sunrise Skater Kids - Pit Warrior ft. Dave Stephens [Official Video] . Retrieved 2024-08-23– via YouTube.
11. Boketo Media (2016-03-28). Sunrise Skater Kids - Rylo Ken [Official Video] . Retrieved 2024-08-26– via YouTube.
12. Boketo Media (2016-06-13). Sunrise Skater Kids - Friendville [Official Video] . Retrieved 2024-08-26– via YouTube.
13. Boketo Media (2016-10-26). Amidst the Grave's Demons - These Borders Don't Trump [Official Video] . Retrieved 2024-08-26– via YouTube.
14. "- YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
15. Boketo Media (2017-05-19). CrazyEightyEight - Tommy's Planet [Official Video] . Retrieved 2024-08-26– via YouTube.
16. Boketo Media (2017-07-14). Canadian Softball - Your Validation [Official Video] . Retrieved 2024-08-26– via YouTube.
17. Boketo Media (2017-07-27). Canadian Softball - Great Again [Official Video] . Retrieved 2024-08-26– via YouTube.
18. Boketo Media (2018-01-26). CrazyEightyEight - Shinebox [Official Video] . Retrieved 2024-08-26– via YouTube.
19. Boketo Media (2018-11-30). CrazyEightyEight - Nitroglycerin [Official Video] . Retrieved 2024-08-26– via YouTube.
20. Boketo Media (2018-11-30). CrazyEightyEight - Tears In Rain [Official Video] . Retrieved 2024-08-26– via YouTube.
21. "CrazyEightyEight - Bastard from a Basket [Official Video]". YouTube . 14 December 2018.
22. Boketo Media (2019-01-14). CrazyEightyEight - I Am Tetsuo [Official Video] . Retrieved 2024-08-26– via YouTube.
23. Boketo Media (2019-06-28). CrazyEightyEight - Fortune and Glory, Kid [Official Video] . Retrieved 2024-08-26– via YouTube.
24. Boketo Media (2020-03-20). Vermicide Violence - Coronaviscerated [Official Video] . Retrieved 2024-08-26– via YouTube.
25. Barnes, Anthony (June 13, 2014). "Kerrang! Awards 2014: Winners list in full". The Independent . Independent Print Limited. Archived from the original on April 22, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2016.