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| Hawthorne Heights was formed from big dreams – its members wanted to play music they were passionate about and take a shot at being a full time band. Signing to Victory Records in November 2003 was the first step towards realizing their goal of playing music for a living. Fa |
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| Hawthorne Heights was formed from big dreams – its members wanted to play music they were passionate about and take a shot at being a full time band. Signing to Victory Records in November 2003 was the first step towards realizing their goal of playing music for a living. Fast Forward to June 2005: their debut album, “The Silence In Black And White,” has been out for a year and it has sold more than 325,000 copies, heading rapidly towards a gold certification. The band has done national television, appeared on the covers of magazines like Alternative Press and AMP, and they have sold out venues across the country. Hawthorne Heights and Victory Records released a deluxe re-issue of their debut album, literally jam-packed with interviews, performances and other extras on June 14th – almost a year to the day of its original release.
Forming in Dayton, OH in June of 2001 under the name “A Day In The Life”, the band decided to rename their previous musical endeavor due to lineup changes and evolving musical styles. With the final lineup in place, Hawthorne Heights began playing out on several national self-booked tours, sharing stages with bands like Descendents, From Autumn To Ashes and Coheed And Cambria. In November, 2004, Victory Records’ President, Tony Brummel, is doing his usual Saturday morning demo listening and plays the Hawthorne Heights CD. He is sold on the band immediately, as is the rest of the Victory staff, and the Hawthorne Heights boys drive from Dayton to Chicago to showcase for the label. They signed a deal with Victory shortly thereafter.
Hawthorne Heights recorded “The Silence In Black And White” over four weeks in Madison, WI at Smart Studios and in Chicago, IL at Big Gold Studios with Dan Duszynski and Sean O’Keefe (Fall Out Boy, Spitalfield) in February and March of 2004. “The recording process this time around was an experience within itself. We got to take our time and experiment a lot more than we’ve been used to in the past. Sonically, this record is such a step up from anything else we’ve done. We are very proud of the finished product”, commented Eron Bucciarelli (drums).
“The Silence In Black And White” contains songs of frustration, personal growth and evolution. Musically, it tests the limitations of the “post-hardcore” and “screamo” music genres, adding deeper and darker subtleties. Influenced by bands that range from Led Zeppelin to Quicksand to Nirvana and Shades Apart, Hawthorne Heights’s brand of radiant and fiery post-hardcore is expansive yet more focused than the efforts of other bands they will be categorized with. Their triple guitar attack alone sets them apart from the rest. “With JT, Casey and Micah all playing guitar, we can add a lot of layering effects and intricacies to our music along with legitimately pulling in different musical styles”, said Eron. “To us, ‘The Silence In Black And White’ is the perfect melting pot of all of our different musical tastes.”
Upon release, the album broke the Victory record for highest selling debut album, beating Taking Back Sunday with a first week of 3,458 sold. As the industry paused and took notice of this previously unknown band, they hit the road, opening for label mates Silverstein, followed by MEST. Their first headlining run was very successful, so the next move was to accept a spot on the highly regarded Take Action Tour ’05 with Sugarcult. The record continued to sell in leaps and bounds, blowing away expectations no matter how highly placed. AOL Sessions came calling, and Hawthorne Heights joined legends like Green Day and Robert Smith in their catalog. MTV added their first single, “Ohio Is For Lovers” into rotation, and the sleeping dinosaur that is Alternative radio slowly began to stir, with stations across the country supporting the single.
By the summer of 2005, the band began filming the video for their next single, “Niki FM” – an homage to the 80’s cult movie, “Say Anything”. With just days to spare they joined Warped Tour for the rest of the summer. The band will kick off a headlining tour of North America and the United Kingdom this fall and begin recording the follow up to their incredibly successful debut. Not only have their dreams been fulfilled and then some, but Hawthorne Heights are poised to join rock’s perennial acts, touring and releasing records for the foreseeable future.
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they rock!
how come this board is so dead?
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| idk but i think that hawthorne heights kicks
ass!!! | Xxlive_love_diexX | truly amazin band, i guess its dead cause
people wud rather chat bout more mainstream
bands | fatally_yours | truly amazin band, i guess its dead cause
people wud rather chat bout more mainstream
bands | fatally_yours | this band truly does rock, The Black Maria
should have a profile on here..they rock too! | cinderella | | of course there good their emo and emo rocks | XHoplessXEmoX | I love Hawthorne Heights and noone knows who
they are (that I know it sucks) lol | Ahem | yeah i found out about them from my friend
and i was like ok ill check them out. when i
did i loved them | blackrain13 | | Maybe because the band has no talent? | Neosporin | Yep. And what's up with all the
unnecessary screaming? It makes them sound
more like retards. | Passionate_Blosson | I love Hawthorne Heights! I heard about em
thro this girl at my college induction day,
so I went out and got the album and cant stop
listening 2 it! Truly an amazing band....
they need 2 coem to the UK tho!! | pull_the_plug | hhmm they have alot of talent ur just a lil
dome mofo there lyrics are amazing and the
music is just wow and i like them a lot!the
song silverbullet that im listening to at the
moment is so amazing and i think the
screaming just adds the SCREAMO to it hello
there labeld by a lot of ppl as SCREAMO b/c
the SCREAM u loser | aXa4EVR | "And what's up with all the
unnecessary screaming?"
Its not unnecessary. What is unnecessary,
however, is your posting on this board. But
your going to continue to do it. so, who
cares?
| PAPARoach0934 | | Hawthorne Heights rule...:) | bobotheclown | i love them!! anyone else going to see them
on their uk tour in october??? | hotel_bella_muerte | my friend got one of there guitars on Ebay,
its so cool. | gerards_girl | they ahving a UK tour in cotober, where did
you get your ticket from? | pull_the_plug | | please do tell | bobotheclown | they rock, although none of my friends have
heard have them and one thought they where
called whore for a night. | urmymuse | excuse me but i am ya friend nd i know who
they are!!! | Charlie-Brown | hawthorne heights IS a mainstreem band. try
not to think too high of yourselves people. | SOADfreak | "And what's up with all the
unnecessary screaming? It makes them sound
more like retards."
they dont even need the screaming to sound
like retards.
Its not unnecessary. What is unnecessary,
however, is your posting on this board. But
your going to continue to do it. so, who
cares?"
your posting on this board is just as
unnecessary as theirs, as is mine, as is
everbody else's here. get over
yourself.
| SOADfreak | Just wanted to let you all know that
Hawthorne heights is playing a concert with
atreyu and anberlin. Its in LA but they are
broadcasting it live over the internet. It
starts at 9p.m. pacific time. Heres the
link, check it out...
http://music.aol.com/network_live/concert_vid
eos/hawthorne_heights/tunein | crimsonandred | oh dear god........when did i post this??????
when did i used to like hawthorne heights??? | blackrain13 | well.. I used to be a huge fan of Hawthorne
Heights. Back then though I was one who
mostly listened to the lyrics of the song
rather than the instruments and/or the lyrics
together. Now I listen to it all and judge it
by the lyrics and the way the music is played
and I'm definately sick and tired of this
band. Over half the songs on their first
album sounded the same and the second album
only had two good songs on it. I found a cd
which was the original band of Hawthorne
Heights except they were called Nine Reasons
To Say Goodbye... All the music sounded
exactly the same as it did on Hawthorne
Heights' first album. I listen to a song
or two every once in a great while but now
I'm just really bored with them. If they
come out with another album and I can
guarentee I won't listen to it cause I can
already imagine what I'm going to hear. | 13threligion_chic | | | |
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