My American Heart

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My American Heart
Origin San Diego, California, USA
Genre(s) Indie rock
Pop Punk
Alternative Rock
Years active 2001 – Present
Label(s) Warcon
Associated acts Geoff Rickly
The Victor Ma Band
Members
Larry Soliman
Dustin Hook
Jake Kalb
Nick Logan
Former members
Jesse Barrera
Steven Oira
Jeremy Mendez
Brian Warren
Clint Delgado
Matthew VanGasbeck
Victor Ma

My American Heart is a rock band from San Diego, California. The band's original name was No Way Out, which consisted of Larry Soliman on vocals, Jesse Barrera on bass guitar, Clint Delgado and Jeremy Mendez on guitar, and Steven Oira on Drums.

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[edit] History

No Way Out gained much local fame from many local SoCal venues they played at. Due to some legal troubles concerning their name the band changed it from No Way Out to their current name, My American Heart (which was named after the Piebald song "American Heart"). The band made their first big break winning the Ernie Ball Battle Of The Bands. As popularity grew, the band was pressured to play at larger venues farther from home, causing Clint Delgado to leave the band to focus on his education. The band played the Taste of Chaos tour in 2005 with a four-piece. Shortly after the tour the band recorded the full length album The Meaning in Makeup with famed producer Sal Villanueva released on punk/indie legend Kevin Lyman's label, Warcon, in fall 2005. While on Warped Tour, the band picked up bassist Dustin Hook.

During the summer of 2006 original guitarist, Jeremy Mendez left the band. My American Heart picked up guitarist Matt "Spud" VanGasbeck (Downtown Singapore) before heading out on their last tour before they went into the studio to record "Hiding Inside the Horrible Weather" with producer James Paul Wisner.

It was announced on the Soundwave (Australian music festival) tour that Steve Oira would leave the band after tour due to a mutual agreement. Jake Kalb (ex-The Fold/New Atlantic) has replaced him on drums. As of June 2008, Nick Logan will be joining the band on guitar permanently per the band's myspace page.

My American Heart recently announced on their MySpace page that they are currently writing for their new album. On April 14, 2008 Jesse Barrera announced on his website (jessebarrera.com) that they were no longer on Warcon Records, "The label that we were on for four years just folded and now we’re currently in the most interesting legal situation ever, which I won’t get into"

In early July 2009, Jesse Barrera announced on his website (jessebarrera.com) that he was leaving My American Heart.

Steven Oira is now apart of the indie/experimental project, Wintercolour[1]. He has replaced former drummer Valentina Deneken and has been playing shows with the band around San Diego, CA for the past several months. As of June 2009 Wintercolour has been hard at work with sound engineer and close friend Clint Delgado(who'd a thunk) recording their first EP (name to be determined) set to be released by the end of 2009. [1]

[edit] No Way Out Discography

[edit] My American Heart Discography

[edit] Compilations

  • Taste of Chaos - 2005 - Contributed White Lines
  • Taste of Christmas - 2005 - Contributed The First Noel
  • Punk Goes Crunk - 2008 - Contributed a cover of 2Pac's California Love
  • Emaline Media Group and Faceless Present Face The Change Vol. 1 - 2009 - Contributed "There Are More Frightening Things..."

[edit] Members

  • Larry Soliman
  • Jake Kalb
  • Nick Logan
  • Dustin Hook

[edit] Former Members

  • Jesse Barrera
  • Steven Oira
  • Jeremy Mendez
  • Brian Warren
  • Clint Delgado
  • Matthew VanGasbeck
  • Victor Ma

[edit] Side Projects

Jesse has his own MySpace and PureVolume site dedicated to his music:

Former member Clint Delgado does remixes and recordings. He did a remix using Larry's vocals from the demo version of "Boys! Grab Your Guns". It was titled "Guns - Hilarion Remix" which is Available at MahFans.com

Former member Victor ma has his own Myspace, but is no longer committed to music

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://myspace.com/wintercolour

[edit] External links

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