Hollywise-Blacktop Manhattan

[@KhaDori]

I am certain that there were worse filler songs on numerous pop-punk rock albums that achieved some notoriety, with just a bit of refinement this could easily have received radio airplay. Insane that this was only featured in a basically throwaway internet game, and I still remember it 10+ years later

[@mrpitts2017]

RIGHT

[@alejandrostrass2559]

This was and IS a total banger

[@TheRatKingSalem]

I would take gwen stefani over billy eilish any day and thats saying a lot... We used to tell our parents their music was shit now we're adults looking at the stuff we used to listen to and wondering "Where did it all go wrong?"

[@CrayZigg]

It really was great lmao

[@NoirThing]

This song ist stuck in my head, too...and i don't think i will ever forget it

[@JacobSky5110]

Thank you, Crazy Guitar Maniac 2 or whatever, I'll always love this song.

[@Justinhulk]

+CWG TheRealSkybear This was the only song i could Ace in Crazy Guitar maniac 2

[@zeynh7958]

+JXY T aced pro version of super mario rock

[@intothekey]

yuppers ahh childhood playing flash games.

[@squidwaves2575]

+CWG TheRealSkybear same

[@marvinkalteis5719]

Jacob White k kk

[@treasuretrails]

Still a banger in almost 2024!

[@Dame28]

No cap i used to play that stick page game and this song on there like 13 yrs ago

[@grundo1561]

2025 now!

[@IcaroRDX]

Am I the only who can hear the COOL! GREAT! ON FIRE!

[@Chimwuuuu]

🎸🎸🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@MapleSyrup2002]

Oh the good old days 😭🎸🔥

[@itsflyde]

SELECT A SONG FROM AMATEUR OR PRO

[@REDACTED835]

OH MY GAWD!!!!!🔥🔥🔥

[@OiNathann]

You suck, you suck, you suck

[@IonViper]

This song kept popping back in my head every now and then, ever since hearing it as a 7 year old on SCGMD. 23 now. So glad I found this, what a trip down memory lane...

[@raytonjd]

wtf same it's been bouncing in and out of my brain for forever

[@acacia6739]

Oml, I'm 21 now and I thought of it.

[@aquaexnar3093]

fuckin same. one of the first songs i ever found of the genre and it's influenced my taste in music ever since

[@adhchopper]

22. Time flies.

[@svennyhenny]

Same exact experience lol, 23 now and I probably played that game when i was around 7 or so as well. kinda funny how that song has stayed with us all these years

[@MrSalsa1995]

SUPER CRAZY GUITAR MANIAC DELUXE 2

[@BasedMariii]

Finally someone who remembers the whole name and in the right order.

[@Chimwuuuu]

GOOD ‼️‼️‼️. OH MY GOD 🎸🎸🔥🔥

[@papamollyor2]

"now one hand holds the bottle, the other cradles a .44. two more shots then it's over; he just couldn't hang on no more." honestly this is probably one of the most underrated bars in history cause 🗣️🗣️💯🔥

[@brolapse69]

Real

[@dancingfool111]

The line "Superman is killing himself tonight" is such a beautiful depiction of despair. How awful must it be that even the Superman has lost all hope.

[@WinzzWorld]

This song is cemented into my brain. Looking back now after getting into music and songwriting, I'm realizing that these kids had some serious potential. It honestly makes me a little sad to see that none of them kept going with it. Decent lyricism, catchy guitar riffs, with more time these guys really could've become something every fan of 2000s rock remembered.

[@bojolab]

Well said. It's kinda incredible that some high school guys just screwing around could unassumingly create something that's continued to resonate with people across the world, well over a decade later, and then just vanish entirely. I wonder what the band members think about the song's legacy today. Fair to be sad that they split up pretty quickly but there's solace in that they managed to give us a song as good as Hollywise in their brief time together.

[@revelandotodaaverdade]

They are still on my mind, it was catchy enough to be on my mind 16 years ♥️

[@floor.mp3]

Dude this. I'm so fucking sad. I just thought of this song for the first time in 15 years and remembering how iconic the song was i was expecting to find a successful band with a lot of spotify listeners etc. nothing... nobody knows who they are, what they do, why they stopped... so sad.

[@morbidsearch]

I can still remember playing this song on SCGD2 when I was 8. It was the only song that I was able to get a good score on xD

[@Petaurista13]

Me same :)

[@jeeweewee]

PendulumFTW that game is the reason i am here right now ahaha

[@MrSalsa1995]

Joe Newell shit yeah. but the last time I played this was like 2009(?) on kongregate... I wonder if I can remember my username

[@maniak6001]

DUDE SAME HERE

[@ryanmurphy603]

9 months ago, boi u trash at SCGD2

[@felixcroc]

Innocent kid me had no idea what "spoon and a needle" or "cradles a 44" meant Holy crap this song is a lot darker than I thought it was

[@Conighttonight]

God knows what you boys are up to now, but bless you for leading 28 yearold drunk me back here for some nostalgia. Thanks bois!

[@DiKa-ec1cw]

They’re all doing well. They were all stellar kids and are even more wonderful adults. - A sister of a member. ☺️❤️

[@draxardraxar5973]

Very nice to know !! :)

[@secreenmucho]

I didn't find it in Spotify so I came back here

[@brolapse69]

SAME

[@j05h909]

There is now some covers on spotify but not the perfect original

[@TipeONegatyve]

For the love of God tell me I'm not the only one.... Listening to this in 2019.

[@jonathank2512]

Hell naw this a timeless song

[@VarynDEE33t]

Nope. It’s funny, I must’ve first heard this song in 4th or 5th grade when I played this game. I’m just now realizing just how DARK the lyrics are. Now I like it even more!

[@TipeONegatyve]

@@VarynDEE33t awesome... I was worried there for a minute. It is pretty damn dark lol.

[@Thisisawit]

2020 😁

[@boredbored2754]

try 2020 lol

[@zunnixx3036]

This song is actually depressing as fuck now that I'm old enough to understand it.

[@TexasRedBigIron]

Yeah definitely didn’t get the needle and spoon line in 7th grade

[@DevilishKira]

I still have no idea what he's saying, my ADHD won't allow it 😂

[@katielicheni9451]

Hang on i never knew how depressing this song is when i was little 😂

[@dylankane9709]

Katie Licheni Same HA!

[@melvinmerkelhopper5752]

I love how the ending makes it feel almost hopeful with the line "Superman won't kill himself tonight"

[@phirefly4104]

Yeahhhh, “Spoon and a needle” makes a lot more sense now, huh? 😅

[@FioTheFlo]

Super crazy guitar maniac deluxe 2 Best flash game of all time Nostalgia trip for sure.

[@mkall]

damn bro, i found this song on an old mp3 player i got and was trying to remember where i came across this cause google seems to have forgoten it. thanks for reminding me, that was a cool game.

[@draquablu2030]

16 years... and it still slaps

[@fireboy93939]

It finally happened guys, my buddy of 4 years mentioned SCGMD2. I finally found another person that knows this exists! Keep jamming

[@NoosesHigh]

I can't believe there is only one song on the entire internet from them. this band was great.

[@kellyvongrimm9015]

+NoosesHigh is there nothing known of this band?

[@NoosesHigh]

+Kelly Von Grimm nope. i can't find any information on them, except a few mentions of that flash game they were in.

[@ColonelAftershock]

+NoosesHigh Literally just google Blacktop Manhattan. I found a facebook page for them and a link with 4 songs of theirs. Its not that hard to find this stuff. It's literally the first link.

[@Revenantpony]

I have 10 songs of them on my HDD...

[@suburbanhomejustin]

@@xytheaxis Verax was horrible lmao. Listen to their vocalist again...

[@zaynmalice7106]

Let's not pretend we're here for any reason other than being too broke to buy guitar hero back in the day

[@mikereibling6399]

My brother would be playing the Xbox so I played this game on our PC

[@p1xelspaceship997]

Don't out me like that lol

[@Vegsebesseg]

Still listening in 2024! Thank you Super Crazy Guitar Maniac 2! :)

[@Panwax]

My childhood...

[@xrefff]

Ferit Zoğlar Aga bee yıllar önce bir gitar oyununda görmüştüm adını not aldım ve şimdi de eskileri hatırlamak için buraya geldim

[@omerasgn1119]

Lan Türk var burada çok şaşırdım

[@yasindegirmenci9544]

Vay be

[@TetraBitGaming]

Iconic

[@guyfauks2576]

Agreed

[@nopenope4848]

it's a great song man

[@dourix3708]

Tetra? Very strange to see you here xD Nice song tho

[@Ryyi23]

@@dourix3708 probably because it's from the iconic flash game Super Crazy Guitar Maniac Deluxe 2

[@dourix3708]

@@Ryyi23 ye, i do know that game, it is just so weird to see someone so random like tetrabitgaming commenting this song who nobody knows

[@Chris_Blaze94]

We really did all have the same childhood

[@brokenvanityboston]

talk about a one-hit wonder, where the hell are these kids now?

[@Poloman1026]

I will listen to this almost everyday until I die. Blacktop Manhattan if your reading this, thank you.

[@Wyatt2003]

same...

[@Bananazz.z]

Loved my polo

[@viufiv7301]

Amen to that!

[@snowfirebeast]

The game is called super crazy guitar maniac deluxe 2. I don't think a single person has gotten it right so far lol

[@Justthatboss]

It’s 2021 and this is basically the Pumped Up Kicks of my flash games childhood.

[@juanfran7026]

Except this song isn’t for pussies

[@aux_cat]

Just heard someone riding through my area and blasting this! Brought back so many memories!

[@happymoon8471]

She never had to leave the sky!! (8) thanks SCGMD2 and 3 for all the cool bands, songs and moments. 2023 we still stay strong with these guys

[@obviouslyitspie]

"superman is killing himself tonight, hollywise, hollywise" probably one of the most depressing lines in a song

[@tajulek]

Millenials, fuck yeah

[@melvinmerkelhopper5752]

It sounds like it is about the hardships of being relied on and trusted. Everyone loves you and thinks you are a hero but you can't stand anything anymore.

[@senjubunny]

i always thought the line was referring to the people on the song are lives superman couldn't ever save

[@the408TJ]

10 YEARS LATER

[@leewright7538]

12 years later!!!

[@MapleSyrup2002]

Lee Wright YEAHHH BOIIIII

[@revelandotodaaverdade]

2024 ♥️

[@dpacula63]

Wish this was on Spotify 😢

[@greenhound]

y'know if they had better production value and the lead singer didn't sound 14 this would have banged it's a good song it still randomly pops into my head 10 years later

[@vinceeeeeeent]

don’t do the singer like that his voice isn’t that bad aha would sound better w better production as u said too

[@zepaduse97]

He probably was 14 lmao

[@BigPapaSam96]

I think these guys were still high school when they were still a band

[@mokopuppet116]

The prod is dope af tho to be fair

[@WinzzWorld]

Honestly, the production value works so favorably for the garage punk vibe tho. Probably was recorded in a garage honestly, pretty common back then lmao This was definitely a highschool band so the kid probably was that young, but given time and practice these kids coulda been great for sure

[@pedroverissimo7302]

2023, 26 years old and how are we? Remeniscing about the time when I didn't know what a spoon and a needle did, this song is the best!

[@trancandy1]

crazy that 8 year old me was banging out a song about drug addiction and suicide and having no idea what it means

[@AuroraDashPteriforever]

I'm the same age as you. I remember back in the late 00s, I understood suicide but I didn't understand drug addiction, so I thought, a spoon and a needle sounds slow and painful, there's gotta be a better way. Hahah

[@cinnamon9032]

keep coming back after all these years

[@TheRausing1]

Still listening 2022. That’s like 15 years now. Crazy.

[@Glowing_Sloth]

I've been trying to find this song for about 10 years. All i could remember is, Superman is killing himself tonight.

[@meeko45543]

still sing this randomly in my head from time to time many many years later

[@liammaynard6477]

Man I used to sit at my family PC and play CGM2 for hours. I’m so glad I randomly remembered this song 😂 brings back lots of memories

[@alexwhitton7803]

I think it crazy how many of us know this song from super crazy guitar 😂 like everyone who knows this song like myself is 29+ when we was kids

[@1999_reborn]

CH-CH-CHOOOOOSE A GUIITAAAAAARRRR

[@pedrolizardo7704]

still a great song, damn

[@remyrotten]

We need to bring this back Idk how or in what way But this cant just be it Is there even a solid place to play the game now?

[@sophibee95]

Still remember this song from when I was 13, just about over half my life ago. Crazy.

[@reflectedpower609]

"With a spoon and a needle, she never has to leave the sky" ... damn that's bleak

[@charlesayahuasca9594]

LEGENDARY SONG!!!! YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN!!!

[@yeabro90]

maddest song, like a billion other people, i got this off scgmd2, and been listening to it since, these guys should be top of the charts imo, i can't believe not many people know them.

[@ea6374]

Who else remembers this from an old internet game?

[@EL-Steve]

The real ones stayed in the computer lab instead a goin outside for lunch 🤘🏼🤣

[@akhimunir]

This song will never die

[@RandumbR6Clips]

Oml that super crazy guitar maniac whatever the fuck type of game just randomly crossed my mind rn and i remember playing it as a wee lad, nice memories, this song in particular always was my fave so i had to search it up

[@RandumbR6Clips]

Yo fr

[@kazniaz]

Love how we all shared the same childhood 🔥 #SCGMD2

[@treasuretrails]

I got perfect on this song in the game back in the day, good times man :)

[@spaal6115]

This is 100% not my brand of music. Kinda pop punk in composition but GOD DAMN these kids had talent. I remember playing Crazy Guitar Maniac 2 on Newgrounds in my pre-teens and this songs chorus STILL sticks in my fucking head. 11 year old me was convinced this was some radio hit I just hadn’t heard. I had no idea they were just some guys throwing things together. Honestly I think had they stuck with it, and kept up song writing of this level, they could have made something of themselves.

[@craigTHEbest76]

i'm so glad super crazy guitar maniac had this, would never of known this song :P

[@joshhart6397]

This song will forever be legendary.... change my mind

[@alex-ur3vp]

SUPER CRAZY GUITAR MANIACC DELUXE TWOOOO

[@alex-ur3vp]

CHOOOSE A GUITARRR

[@alex-ur3vp]

PICK A SONG FROM AMATEUR OR PREUUUU

[@kalashniconb6459]

We gotta be able to find these guys on Reddit and get them to drop this properly

[@NilsyTunes]

Still a classic.

[@ryanwillow3347]

The lyrics just bring up so many feelings..

[@CRuixoteGaming]

I dont know how this song keeps popping into my head. I played that game when I was like 15. Im 33 now. Its a kickass song!

[@gregliam]

drums are so sick in this song

[@corpseparty7889]

It's really been 12 years? Damn

[@Thorneazy]

Incredible, can’t believe this isn’t on iTunes

[@GWFNetwork]

Super Crazy Guitar Maniac Deluxe 2 brought me here 14 years later..... Still awesome.

[@FedorFan101]

They should go to a studio and record a better quality version. This song is a hidden gem. God they need to make more music.

[@murdawasthecase8782]

I think part of what makes this such a banger is the feeling that they recorded this in the garage and still produced an absolute banger with this sound quality

[@TheRealSharpe]

Fr fr...

[@TheRealSharpe]

​@@murdawasthecase8782 They hammer. Fr

[@HHSKNIGHTS13]

listened to this song way back when it first came out, brings back memories haha still as awesome as I remember!! totally tubular!

[@hubertshim1381]

2021, you guys are the real MVPs

[@snowflake102688]

Just as good as it was way back yesterday

[@I.am.notgood]

I just went back and played SCGMD2 and 3, great times from when I was in 5th grade 🥹

[@DevilishKira]

Holy sht we're about the same age

[@bluefox2844]

Jesus Christ I'm old as fuck 😂 I still fucking enjoy this song 15 years later

[@themanunderurebed]

Never gets old this one

[@kolbybrown7977]

The throwback is real 🤘🏻 thanks newgroundz!

[@hellsman4322]

I’ve been trying to find this song for like 14 years lol

[@joshuaborton2613]

I used to jam to this soo much and I still do but back then it never hit me in the feels like today. A big mix of emotions from the lyrics of the song and the nostalgia.

[@Roman-dn6iw]

If you want to play the game, search for "dovga Super Crazy Guitar 2" - it will be playable even after December 2020

[@VelvetWimo]

Historic

[@dl719]

This is beyond underground, this shit bed rock

[@bobwilkinsonguitar6142]

Man, I remember being really embarassed, because at the age of 9 I already knew it was cringe to listen to music from flash games, and I kept playing this song because I really like it, my uncle walks in like "dude, you're still playing the same song" and I was like "yeah I just can't beat it" and he was like "at least it's a good song" And with that, my music taste was solidified as cringe forever

[@dinocelic9892]

cant find single song about this band on youtube only this one o.O

[@sp4rtan148]

It's their only single lol

[@martintovar3225]

sp4rtan148 wrong

[@reyn5821]

I have just remembered this song after literally 16 years and it's still so good 😭 I need it on spotify

[@eliowen11]

here i am again! I will not give up! haaaaha

[@ShimakazeZuikaku]

damn.........legend

[@hoodflix7544]

We were all introduced to this song on max games as 5-10 year old bots given too much freedom on the internet at a young age

[@Lucas-sw5js]

0:55 you rock!!

[@SouljaEcom]

superman is killin himself tonight''!!! SGD2 I LOVE YOU

[@IsraelSilvaMonje]

I owe my whole music career to this song only

[@drakey4life]

its one of the best songs ever more people need to hear it

[@jom4915]

Super crazy guitar memories ❤

[@ExplaningTiffeny]

I still love this.

[@foxen717]

best song ever made, thumbs up :)

[@leewright7538]

I have just found this sound after spending hours searching lyrics, miniclip games, band names and every other thing you can imagine simply because it popped into my head on the drive home from work. What are these guys doing now? Do they know people still love this tune?!

[@mosessanchez2796]

I haven’t found any songs online anywhere and I’ve searched and searched. I’m 30 now and this song still pops up in my head from 25 years ago. Crazy

[@janjasinski5582]

2020 and its still awesome. love you guys

[@hollowinside1962]

I miss the 2000s even though i lived in dirt in Romania

[@stefan9020289]

COOL! GREAT! YOOOOUUUU ROOOOOCK!!!

[@gustavo_e_mastercards]

Nostalgic 😢

[@redead80]

Anyone notice that there's a song called Hollywise on Spotify now, by an artist called B.O.T.G., that has nearly the same instrumentation and the same lyrics as this song and it was just released this year? Anyone know if there's any relation to Blacktop Manhattan?

[@Gabriel45206]

Seems like a cover and that's all

[@brianmerion]

Legendary

[@Chimwuuuu]

HES BEEN LIVIN WITH HIS MAMA 😂

[@MapleSyrup2002]

SINCE THE MARKET CRASHED 😩

[@Chimwuuuu]

GameGuy02 HIS WIFE RAN OUT WITH THE DOCTOR WHEN HE RAN OUT OF CASHH