My American Heart

My American Heart

My American Heart is a rock band hailing from San Diego, CA. The band's original name was No Way Out, consisting of Larry Soliman on vocals, Jesse Barrera on bass guitar, Clint Delgado and Jeremy Mendez on guitar, and Steven Oria on Drums. 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. Although many of the original members of the band are Filipino, singer Larry Soliman says "we're all American". 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 and shortly afterward recorded the full length album The Meaning in Makeup with famed producer Sal Villanueva (Thursday, Taking Back Sunday) released on punk/indie legend Kevin Lyman's label, Warcon, in fall 2005.

The band headlined the Ernie Ball stage on the entire Warped Tour in the summer of 2005, and followed with a late fall headlining tour sponsored by MySpace. They also headlined their own independent tour with bands such as Portugal. The Man, Lorene Drive, and Action Action opening for them. In 2007 they supported Madina Lake on their tour of the UK. During this tour they said that they would return to the UK at a later date.

On the December 24th, it was announced that they will be supporting The Blackout on their European tour in January & February

Band members

Current Lineup

• Larry Soliman, 20 years old: vocals
• Jesse Barrera, 20 years old: guitar, vocals
• Dustin Hook, 19 years old: bass guitar (formerly of Transition)
• Steven Oira, 20 years old: drums
• Matt "Spud" VanGasbeck, 22 years old: guitar (formerly of Downtown Singapore)

Former members

• Rick Carrico: guitar (fill-in for 2006 Vans Warped Tour)
• Clint Delgado: guitar (Original Member - returned for Bamboozle Left)
• Brian Warren: guitar/vocals (ex-member of Mister Valentine, current member of Weatherbox)
• Jeremy Mendez: guitar/vocals (Original Member, left in 2006)
• Keith Rich: bass guitar

No Way Out Discography

• The Courtesy Of Stars (EP) - 2002
• Certainty Kills (EP) - 2003

My American Heart Discography

• My American Heart (EP) - 2004
• The Meaning in Makeup - 2005
• Hiding Inside the Horrible Weather - 2007

• The band's live acoustic version of "White Lines" was recorded in 2005 and appeared on a Taste Of Chaos compilation.

• A rendition of the Christmas song "The First Noel" was recorded by the band and appeared on the Taste Of Christmas compilation.

• A re-done version of the song that originally appeared on their first EP entitled "The Ruins We Hold" can be found on the advance pre-release copies of The Meaning In Makeup. It is uncertain whether this remake was featured on any other releases.

Videography

• "Last Goodbye" (2004)
• "This Won't Stop" (2004)
• "The Process" (2005)
• "Poison" (2006)
• "The Shake (Awful Feeling)" (2007)

Side Projects

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

• Jesse on PureVolume.com
• Jesse on MySpace.com

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

• Check out MahFans.com for interviews and downloads

External links

• Official Site
• Myspace Site
• Official Street Team
• Jesse Barrera's Solo Music Myspace
• Pure Volume Site
• CityBeat Interview
• No Way Out Myspace Site
• Fansite
• Virb Site
• Fanspace
• Burning Stars interview with Jesse and Steven
• Burning Stars interview with Dustin