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I Hate Kate
Biography
Justin Mauriello made a mark on the pop-punk community in the mid- to late '90s as vocalist and guitarist for Orange County rap-punk group Zebrahead, where his distinctive singing complemented the rapping of co-frontman Ali Tabatabaee. The boisterous quintet released its third full-length album, MFZB, in 2003, and the following year Mauriello took to writing songs on the side to soothe the growing creative differences he was experiencing with the rest of the band. This outside work eventually took on a life of its own, and before the end of 2004 caused Mauriello to make his exit from Zebrahead to start a new band and fully see the new music through.

Based out of Huntington Beach, CA, I Hate Kate came to life around a love of power pop/rock and took their moniker from the name of a friend's then-girlfriend who Mauriello, well...hated. Bassist Scott Hayden and guitarist Jeremy Berghorst joined up and the group was off and running. They first released the album Act One, and because it became a rare find over time, half of its songs were later re-recorded for the band's eventual full-length, Embrace the Curse. The original version of Embrace the Curse was recorded in 2006 at their producer's home studio on a minimal budget and released in Japan in April 2007.
Selected Discography