Beauty School Dropout

Based in L.A., Beauty School Dropout offer up an emotional take on indie rock with touches of alt-rock, sleek pop, emo, punk, and more. After releasing the BOYS DO CRY EP in 2021, they brought a harder edge to the mix on first album We Made Plans & God Laughed in 2022.
Beauty School Dropout took root as the solo project of Colie Hutzler while he was still with alt-rock group Strangefaces. After that group dispersed, Hutzler expanded his project to include former bandmate Brent “Beepus” Burdett on bass. Final member Bardo (Bardo Novotny), a producer and guitarist, proved to be the missing piece, and the trio went to work on their debut EP with Jason Aalon Butler (FEVER 333) and Rob Cavallo (Green Day, My Chemical Romance), who acted as executive producers, helping to streamline the project’s diverse alt-rock, pop, punk, and hip-hop influences. Released through Version III, the BOYS DO CRY EP arrived in October 2021. It featured collaborations with Butler and Royal & the Serpent. The band incorporated a live drummer for touring.
Blink-182′s Mark Hoppus also proved to be an early mentor for Beauty School Dropout, developing the trio as part of the then-emerging label Verswire, a partnerwhip between Hoppus, music manager Nick Lippman, and streaming platform Veeps founder Sherry Saeedi. Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy was also on board with label as an advisor. Heavier guitar tones and an angstier attitude marked the still highly melodic We Made Plans & God Laughed, which was issued by Verswire in association with Version III in August 2022. Hoppus was featured on the single “ALMOST FAMOUS.” The band embarked on their first headlining tour later that year. ~ Marcy Donelson