Cash Cash - History

History

Cash Cash was formed by long time friends Jean Paul Makhlouf, and Sam Frisch. The band went through various members before solidifying the group with Alexander Makhlouf and drummer Anthony Villacari. The band signed with Universal Republic Records in 2008 releasing an EP, and a full length album, Take It To The Floor.

The band's first EP for Universal reached #24 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart. The group then toured with Tyga and Metro Station, among many others such as Boys Like Girls, The White Tie Affair, and Forever The Sickest Kids. Their debut full-length album was released December 23, 2008 on iTunes through Universal and debuted in stores January 20, 2009, reaching #31 on the Heatseekers chart.

During the winter of 2008-2009, the group did a Hot Topic in-store tour with We The Kings and Hey Monday, performing acoustic songs and doing signings. In April 2009, Cash Cash toured with Kevin Rudolf, Hyper Crush, and Jeremy Greene on the Let it Rock (Tour). Cash Cash played the main stage at Bamboozle in May 2009. Immediately following the Bamboozle festival, they toured the UK with Cobra Starship. That summer they performed on the Vans Warped Tour. Fall of 2009 they did a House of Blues tour with Family Force 5 and Breathe Carolina. The following two months Cash Cash was support on the EZ Bronze Tour with Breathe Carolina. During the winter of 2010 Cash Cash played the Seattle Kiss FM show "Jingle Bell Bash" with (The All-American Rejects, Cobra Starship, and All Time Low). At the end of February and into the spring of 2010, the group went on their first full headlining US tour, "The Robots In Hightops Tour"

On December 15, 2009, the band released a new single. Their cover of Cascada's single "Everytime We Touch" includes rapper MC Oz and debuted on the Zune marketplace. On December 18, 2009, they premiered the song live at the School of Rock in South Hackensack, New Jersey at their sold-out hometown concert. On March 9, 2010 Cash Cash released a cover single of the Alphaville song "Forever Young". The band released a new single in mid-November 2010 on Universal titled "Red Cup (I Fly Solo)" featuring Lacey Schwimmer (Dancing with the Stars) and Spose. The group released their second full length album Love or Lust on April 19, 2011 through Twilight Records. Shortly after Cash Cash released their first single from the album, "Sexin' On The Dance Floor" featuring Jeffree Star.

The group headlined a tour in Japan as well as shows in Brazil in 2011 supporting their album Love or Lust. The group returned to Japan in 2012 for another tour supporting their new single "Michael Jackson (The Beat Goes On)", a tribute to the music artist of the same name. In July, 2012 they released a lyric video on YouTube of their song "Michael Jackson" that received over 100,000 views in only a few weeks. The group then signed a deal with Spinnin' Records after receiving radio play with their single "Michael Jackson" on Slamfm in the Netherlands. The song "Michael Jackson" appeared on the album 538 Dance Smash 2012, Vol.4.

On December 10, 2012, Cash Cash had their official remix of "Alive" by Krewella released on the Play Harder Remix EP. During Ultra Music Festival 2013 on behalf of the Huffington Post, Cash Cash conducted artist on artist interviews with Nicky Romero and Hardwell.

On April 16, 2013, the group announced via Twitter that they signed a new worldwide record deal with Atlantic / Big Beat Records and have begun recording new material for an upcoming release. Also on the same date Cash Cash had their remix of "Safe And Sound" by Capital Cities released on the Safe And Sound Remix EP through Lazy Hooks/Capitol Records. On May 20, 2013, Cash Cash released a remix of "Symphonica" by Nicky Romero that was released on Beatport through Protocol Recordings. Shortly following, on May 24, 2013, the group guest hosted an episode of Nicky Romero's Protocol Radio on Sirius FM (Electric Area) premiering their song "Take Me Home" featuring Bebe Rexha as well as other exclusive tracks.