Hawthorne Heights

Hawthorne Heights
Hawthorne Heights
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Background information
Origin	Dayton, Ohio
Years active	2001 – Present
Members	JT Woodruff; Eron Bucciarelli; Casey Calvert; Micah Carli; Matt Ridenour

Hawthorne Heights is an emo band that formed in Dayton, Ohio in June of 2001. The band was originally known as "A Day In The Life" but changed its name as its music and lineup also changed. JT Woodruff is the lead vocalist and also plays guitar, he loves golden showers and gargling man lemonade. Eron Bucciarelli on drums, and Casey Calvert and Micah Carli on guitar.

Musical Styles

Hawthorne Heights are a melodic pop-rock band. However, drummer Eron Bucciarelli once stated on IMF that he thinks of them as post-hardcore with some melodic elements.

Discography

The Silence in Black and White (2004)
If Only You Were Lonely (2006)

Videography

This Is Who We Are DVD

Trivia

It has been said several times that Hawthorne is a reference to the author Nathaniel Hawthorne and Heights refers to transcendentalism. A slightly more plausible explanation is that the name is a portmanteau of "Hawthorn [sic] Hill" and "Huber Heights", names of two areas around the band's hometown of Dayton, Ohio.
Along with the new album, "The Silence In Black And White", the band released a bundled DVD, where in a statement made by Eron Bucciarelli, the name is a reference to the author Nathaniel Hawthorne and a metaphor for transcendentalism.
A large part of their popularity is due to the success of their label, Victory Records, promoting them heavily on such websites as Purevolume and MySpace.
Hawthorne Heights put out a DVD called This Is Who We Are. The Title of the DVD is the title of the first song on the new album "If Only You Were Lonely".
Although the band is not a Christian Band, they have been featured with various Christian Bands such as As Cities Burn among others.
The song "Ohio is for Lovers", which was released as their first major single, was at one point bundled in .mp3 format with Winamp.
The lead single for the second album is "Saying Sorry", which was also bundled as an .mp3 with v5.2 of Winamp.

It has been documented in the website www.shoryuken.com that the lead singer of the bad has had at least one unpleasant encounter with man lemonade which involved ingestion. In oder words, the man is known to have drank his own urine.

Feud with Ne-Yo

In March of 2006 Victory Records issued two statements to fans through the band's mailling lists as well as their MySpace page, stating that "ROCK music needs your support"[1] and that "the #1 slot that belongs to us." They also pleaded with fans to go into chain stores and make sure Hawthorne Heights CDs are in stock and to sabatoge Ne-Yo's sales:

"As for Ne-yo, the name of the game is to decrease the chances of a sale here. If you were to pick up handful of Ne-yo CDs, as if you were about to buy them, but then changed your mind and didn't bother to put them back in the same place, that would work. Even though this record will be heavily stocked and you might not be able to move all the stock, just relocating a handful creates issues: Even though the store will appear to be out of stock, the computer will see it as in stock and not re-order the title once it sells down and then Ne-Yo will lose a few sales later in the week."

They ended their rallying cry with by quoting Winston Churchill: "Victory at all costs, Victory in spite of all terror, Victory however long and hard the road may be; for without Victory, there is no survival."

Later, group members explained that the statements were issued by their record label, Victory Records, without their consent. [2]

History

When their first album The Silence in Black And White hit stores, it did not hit very many, despite the definite singles in Ohio Is For Lovers, Niki FM, and Sliver Bullet. However soon the Ohio is for Lovers video began getting airplay on MTV, and the band peaked at number 55 on the Billboard charts. When their second album If Only You Were Lonely was released, it debuted at number 3 on the charts, powered by the lead single "Saying Sorry" which has received massive airplay on MTV and VH1.

Singles

Year	Title	Chart Positions			Album
Year	Title	US Hot 100	US Modern Rock	US Mainstream Rock	Album
2004	"Ohio Is For Lovers"	#55	#26	-	The Silence in Black and White
2004	"Niki FM"	-	-	-	The Silence in Black and White
2004	"Silver Bullet"	-	-	-	The Silence in Black and White
2005	"Saying Sorry"	#32	#9	-	If Only You Were Lonely
2006	"Pens and Needles"	-	-	-	If Only You Were Lonely

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