Cash Cash

Cash Cash members Jean Paul Makhlouf and Sam Frisch began playing together in 2002 under the name The Consequence with their long time friend Jeff «Snakes» Sayers. The group played with various other musicians over the next several years.[1] The lineup solidified with Alex Makhlouf and Anthony Villacari in 2007. After changing their name to Cash Cash, the band signed with Universal Republic Records in 2008.[1]

The band’s first EP for Universal reached #24 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart.[2] The group then toured with Tyga and Metro Station, among many others such as Boys Like Girls, The White Tie Affair, & Forever The Sickest Kids.[3] 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.[4]

During the winter of 2008-2009, the group did a Hot Topic in-store tour with We The Kings & Hey Monday, performing acoustic songs and doing signings for sold out fans. In April 2009, Cash Cash toured with Kevin Rudolf, Hyper Crush, & Jeremy Greene on the Let it Rock (Tour) while their single was being played on Top 40 stations throughout the country. Cash Cash played the main stage at Bamboozle in May 2009. Immediately following the Bamboozle festival, they embarked on a sold out tour supporting Cobra Starship in the UK. 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 direct 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, & 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, NJ[5] at their soldout 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 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.[6]

Shortly after Cash Cash released their first single «Sexin’ On The Dance Floor feat. Jeffree Star» that gained a lot of internet success.

The group sold out a headlining tour in Japan as well as shows in Brazil in 2011 supporting their album «Love Or Lust»
Cash Cash in Tokyo, Japan 2012

The group returned to Japan in 2012 for another sold out 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 100,000k fews in only a few weeks.[7]

The group recently signed a deal with Spinnin’ Records after receiving radio play with their single «Michael Jackson» on Slamfm in the Netherlands.

Their newest single «Michael Jackson» is charting in the Netherlands and receiving major radio airplay [8]

The song «Michael Jackson» has appeared, along side with other songs from well known artists, in the album «538 Dance Smash 2012, Vol.4»