{"id":4967,"date":"2025-09-04T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/the-ugly-pretty-rise-of-beauty-school-dropout\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T15:00:00","slug":"the-ugly-pretty-rise-of-beauty-school-dropout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/the-ugly-pretty-rise-of-beauty-school-dropout\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ugly\/Pretty Rise of Beauty School Dropout"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/08\/LEADPHOTO-CREDIT_-NATASHA-AUSTRICH-3.jpg\" width=\"\" height=\"\" alt=\"Beauty School Dropout. (Credit: Natasha Austrich)\"><\/figure>\n<p>Beauty School Dropout has been a band for barely half a decade, but they\u2019ve already played the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame. When SPIN caught up with the busy Los Angeles quartet of singer Cole \u201cColie\u201d Hutzler, guitarist Brent \u201cBeepus\u201d Burdett, producer-guitarist Bardo Novotny, and drummer Colton Flurry, they were fresh off a July performance at the Cleveland institution\u2014not for a ceremony, though. \u201cIt\u2019s a new series called Rock Hall Rising,\u201d shares Beepus. \u201cThey\u2019re putting on new artists, which is super cool.\u201d The video series might not have the pomp surrounding the Hall\u2019s annual induction concerts\u2014the band could bring in around 15 fans as an audience, according to Beepus\u2014but it did feature some local flavor. \u201cThey do it actually inside the whole museum,\u201d says Novotny. \u201cSo that people who were just there looking at exhibits could just walk by, and we\u2019re just playing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a big step up from the band\u2019s first formal gig, in 2021, at a thrift shop. Due to the lingering pandemic, it was \u201csuper not OK to throw shows, but we just kind of did it,\u201d Novotny recalls. \u201cEveryone wanted to party\u2026 People wanted to be there.\u201d The band originally had a bigger debut date booked: South by Southwest, courtesy of the buzz they\u2019d generated in the fertile L.A. alt scene in 2019, playing raucous free events for friends.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More from Spin:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/09\/tame-impala-new-album-details\/\">Tame Impala Find The \u2018Beat\u2019 On Fifth Album<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/09\/on-a-quest-to-find-his-birth-mother-pete-droge-also-finds-himself\/\">On a Quest to Find His Birth Mother, Pete Droge Also Finds Himself<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/09\/bruce-springsteen-nebraska-boxed-set\/\">Bruce Springsteen Burnishes \u2018Nebraska\u2019-Era Boxed Set<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1786\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/08\/PHOTO-CREDIT_-NATASHA-AUSTRICH-4.jpg\" alt=\"(Credit: Natasha Austrich)\" class=\"wp-image-471437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/08\/PHOTO-CREDIT_-NATASHA-AUSTRICH-4.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/08\/PHOTO-CREDIT_-NATASHA-AUSTRICH-4-340x506.jpg 340w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/08\/PHOTO-CREDIT_-NATASHA-AUSTRICH-4-768x1143.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/08\/PHOTO-CREDIT_-NATASHA-AUSTRICH-4-1032x1536.jpg 1032w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/08\/PHOTO-CREDIT_-NATASHA-AUSTRICH-4-498x741.jpg 498w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Credit: Natasha Austrich)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But then COVID-19 happened, and plans changed. \u201cThe pandemic kicked our ass,\u201d Novotny says. It also presented an opportunity: \u201cWe ended up having a year and a half to write a ton of songs,\u201d Novotny states. \u201cIt really taught us who we were.\u201d Typically, Beauty School Dropout rolled with the punches and came out hitting harder. \u201cThat\u2019s still one of my favorite shows of all time that we\u2019ve ever played,\u201d Beepus says of the thrift-store concert. \u201cComing out the gate to that kind of energy \u2026 [it] made us.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The band transferred that boisterous resilience into a handful of EPs, including 2022\u2019s tellingly titled <em>We Made Plans and God Laughed<\/em>, featuring Blink-182\u2019s Mark Hoppus, who signed the band to his Verswire label, which he co-founded with Sherry Saeedi (Fall Out Boy\u2019s Pete Wentz is involved as well). The band is understandably thrilled to be working with one of their favorite musicians. \u201cHe\u2019s someone we\u2019ve looked up to a ton,\u201d Novotny says of Hoppus, whom the band praises for his unflinching support. \u201cHe\u2019s done a great job of pushing us to not settle,\u201d Novotny says. \u201cHe\u2019s like our artistic bodyguard.\u201d Beepus adds: \u201cHe really does believe that art is king, and we try to take that into everything we do.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1786\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/08\/PHOTO-CREDIT_-NATASHA-AUSTRICH-2.jpg\" alt=\"(Credit: Natasha Austrich)\" class=\"wp-image-471439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/08\/PHOTO-CREDIT_-NATASHA-AUSTRICH-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/08\/PHOTO-CREDIT_-NATASHA-AUSTRICH-2-340x506.jpg 340w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/08\/PHOTO-CREDIT_-NATASHA-AUSTRICH-2-768x1143.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/08\/PHOTO-CREDIT_-NATASHA-AUSTRICH-2-1032x1536.jpg 1032w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/08\/PHOTO-CREDIT_-NATASHA-AUSTRICH-2-498x741.jpg 498w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Credit: Natasha Austrich)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Beauty School Dropout shares a similar commitment. \u201cWe write probably upwards of 50 to 100 songs per project that we put out,\u201d Colie says. The band composes collaboratively and decides which songs to focus on as an album develops. While the four members share a strong rapport (\u201cI think we\u2019re all insane,\u201d Beepus asserts), the conflicts that inevitably occur are handled with class and discretion: \u201cUsually if we get in a fight, we have to make two people get naked and battle it out \u2026 whoever gets pinned down the longest is usually the loser,\u201d Colie says.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Unexpected reversals, defiant celebrations, crucial support, naked fighting, and hard work\u2014it\u2019s all there on the band\u2019s debut full-length <em>Where Did All the Butterflies Go?<\/em>, out September 5. Packed to the gills with riffs, hooks, grit, and sass, it fully captures the Beauty School Dropout blend of dirty punk attitude, clean pop dynamics, and surprisingly heavy textures. \u201cYour clothes look better when they\u2019re on the floor!\u201d Colie declares in \u201cFever,\u201d the deliciously snarling second single, backed by big, anthemic guitars and a juicy chorus. Canny reference points abound\u2014sparkling Killers-esque keyboards on the sultry \u201cTwo of Us,\u201d the brooding My Chemical Romance swag of \u201cSick Puppy,\u201d the slick rhythms of \u201cSex Appeal,\u201d which has a touch of the 1975\u2019s swanky sheen. But as catchy as Beauty School Dropout can get, there\u2019s always a sharp edge. Beauty School Dropout has plenty of glamour, but it\u2019s decidedly roughed up.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"806\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/08\/PHOTO-CREDIT_-NATASHA-AUSTRICH-1.jpg\" alt=\"(Credit: Natasha Austrich)\" class=\"wp-image-471441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/08\/PHOTO-CREDIT_-NATASHA-AUSTRICH-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/08\/PHOTO-CREDIT_-NATASHA-AUSTRICH-1-340x228.jpg 340w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/08\/PHOTO-CREDIT_-NATASHA-AUSTRICH-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/08\/PHOTO-CREDIT_-NATASHA-AUSTRICH-1-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/08\/PHOTO-CREDIT_-NATASHA-AUSTRICH-1-498x334.jpg 498w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Credit: Natasha Austrich)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Part of the extra heft comes from producer Neal Avron, who\u2019s worked with Fall Out Boy, New Found Glory and Linkin Park, among many others. \u201cIt was really fun for me to work with Neal, because he\u2019s such a legendary producer,\u201d says Novotny, who produced most of the band\u2019s other output. \u201cHe is so honed in on quality \u2026 Neal was an inspiration.\u201d Avron\u2019s \u201cold-school\u201d methods, as Novotny calls them, was a departure from the band\u2019s usual quick way of working but mixed well with their own dedication to craft. \u201cIt was a dance,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>The band is excited to finally begin debuting the new songs live, and has had plenty of chances to do so, with recent stops on the resuscitated Warped Tour and a handful of tour dates with Blink. It\u2019s a long way from the thrift shop, but Beauty School Dropout haven\u2019t lost their early freewheeling spirit. As Novotny puts it: \u201cEven now that we are doing ticketed tours and things, we always like to say we\u2019d rather throw parties on stage than a show.\u201d The Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame should probably start preparing now for the next time Beauty School Dropout shows up.<\/p>\n<p>To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2021\/07\/the-greatest-rock-stars-of-all-time\/?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=bottomlink&amp;utm_campaign=yahoolink\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beauty School Dropout has been a band for barely half a decade, but they\u2019ve already played the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame. 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