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Birth name | Jarrod Michael Alonge |
Born | Orlando, Florida, U.S. | March 25, 1993
Years active | 2009–present |
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Website | boketo |
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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.
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]
Year | Title | Artist |
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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 |
TBA | Untitled LP2 | Sunrise Skater Kids |
TBA | Untitled LP2 | Canadian Softball |
TBA | Untitled LP1 | Amidst the Grave's Demons |
TBA | Untitled LP1 | CrazyEightyEight |
Year | Title | Artist |
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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 |
Title | From the album |
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"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 |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2014 | Jarrod Alonge | Kerrang! Awards – Best Comedian | Won [25] |
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