Hawthorne Heights
Formed in Dayton, Ohio in 2001. Playing from the start on self-booked tours across the country gave them some initial national exposure, but they weren't signed to Victory Records until late 2003.
Hawthorne Heights developed a huge MySpace following that became a catalyst that would launch them from underground to international awareness. The band became regulars on MTV, their signature hit Ohio Is For Lovers the anthem for the new wave of “emo”. Read Full BioFormed in Dayton, Ohio in 2001. Playing from the start on self-booked tours across the country gave them some initial national exposure, but they weren't signed to Victory Records until late 2003.
Hawthorne Heights developed a huge MySpace following that became a catalyst that would launch them from underground to international awareness. The band became regulars on MTV, their signature hit Ohio Is For Lovers the anthem for the new wave of “emo”. Their debut album The Silence In Black And White soon went Gold, and with their second album If Only You Were Lonely, the band scored Victory Records’ biggest ever debut, landing at #3 on the Billboard 200 in 2006. The band appeared on Conan O’Brien and Jimmy Kimmel, and became magazine cover stars, sending sales of The Silence… to Platinum status.
In November 2007, whilst in the midst of legal disputes, tragedy struck within the Hawthorne Heights family. Casey Calvert, the much loved guitarist and resident “screamer” of the band, lost his life while on tour, due to an accidental overdose of medications prescribed by his doctor and dentist, which proved to be lethal combination. The effects on the band were evident, both personally and musically.
On August 5 2008, Hawthorne Heights return with Fragile Future, a brand new album. Although the sound is still distinctly Hawthorne Heights, the music, as with the band, has understandably evolved.
“After spending the last 2 years in a deep dark place, we decided to try to find the bright lights again with Fragile Future,” noted singer J.T. Woodruff. “We, as a band, noticed that everyone has tremendous ups and downs, so we wanted this record to communicate that. We chose the title Fragile Future, because it sums up the current state of our band, as well as what is going on in the outside world. We must all make good choices to create a better situation in our lives.”
"With the loss of Casey, and no plans to replace him, we've had to make some obvious changes to our sound on this record,” added drummer Eron Bucciarelli. “Originally there were less screams planned for this record than the second one, but sadly we never got the chance to do even that. This forced us to take a creative approach to certain songs. We've beefed up the guitars in parts, added gang vocals, choirs and all sorts of effects to still capture some of the energy that Casey brought.”
Current Members
JT Woodruff: Vocals/Guitar
Mark McMillon: Guitar
Chris Popadak: Drums
Matt Ridenour: Bass
Previous Members:
Casey Calvert(deceased): Guitar/Backup Vocals
Eron Buciarelli: Drums
Micah Carli: Guitar
For more information, visit: http://www.hawthorneheights.com
Hawthorne Heights developed a huge MySpace following that became a catalyst that would launch them from underground to international awareness. The band became regulars on MTV, their signature hit Ohio Is For Lovers the anthem for the new wave of “emo”. Read Full BioFormed in Dayton, Ohio in 2001. Playing from the start on self-booked tours across the country gave them some initial national exposure, but they weren't signed to Victory Records until late 2003.
Hawthorne Heights developed a huge MySpace following that became a catalyst that would launch them from underground to international awareness. The band became regulars on MTV, their signature hit Ohio Is For Lovers the anthem for the new wave of “emo”. Their debut album The Silence In Black And White soon went Gold, and with their second album If Only You Were Lonely, the band scored Victory Records’ biggest ever debut, landing at #3 on the Billboard 200 in 2006. The band appeared on Conan O’Brien and Jimmy Kimmel, and became magazine cover stars, sending sales of The Silence… to Platinum status.
In November 2007, whilst in the midst of legal disputes, tragedy struck within the Hawthorne Heights family. Casey Calvert, the much loved guitarist and resident “screamer” of the band, lost his life while on tour, due to an accidental overdose of medications prescribed by his doctor and dentist, which proved to be lethal combination. The effects on the band were evident, both personally and musically.
On August 5 2008, Hawthorne Heights return with Fragile Future, a brand new album. Although the sound is still distinctly Hawthorne Heights, the music, as with the band, has understandably evolved.
“After spending the last 2 years in a deep dark place, we decided to try to find the bright lights again with Fragile Future,” noted singer J.T. Woodruff. “We, as a band, noticed that everyone has tremendous ups and downs, so we wanted this record to communicate that. We chose the title Fragile Future, because it sums up the current state of our band, as well as what is going on in the outside world. We must all make good choices to create a better situation in our lives.”
"With the loss of Casey, and no plans to replace him, we've had to make some obvious changes to our sound on this record,” added drummer Eron Bucciarelli. “Originally there were less screams planned for this record than the second one, but sadly we never got the chance to do even that. This forced us to take a creative approach to certain songs. We've beefed up the guitars in parts, added gang vocals, choirs and all sorts of effects to still capture some of the energy that Casey brought.”
Current Members
JT Woodruff: Vocals/Guitar
Mark McMillon: Guitar
Chris Popadak: Drums
Matt Ridenour: Bass
Previous Members:
Casey Calvert(deceased): Guitar/Backup Vocals
Eron Buciarelli: Drums
Micah Carli: Guitar
For more information, visit: http://www.hawthorneheights.com
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Ohio Is For Lovers
Hawthorne Heights Lyrics
Hey there,
I know it's hard to feel like I don't care at all.
Where you are and how you feel.
Put these lights off as these wheels
Keep rolling on and on. (and on and on and on...)
Slow things down or speed them up.
Not enough or way too much. (and on and on and on...)
Are you and I gone?
[Chorus:]
And I can't make it on my own.
(And I can't make it on my own.)
Because my heart is in Ohio.
So cut my wrists and black my eyes.
(Cut my wrists and black my eyes)
So I can fall asleep tonight, or die.
Because you kill me.
You know you do, you kill me well.
You like it too, and I can tell.
You never stop until my final breath is gone.
Spare me just three last words.
"I love you" is all she heard.
I'll wait for you, but I can't wait forever.
[x2]
[Choruses w/ ad-libs]
Lyrics © Another Victory Publishing
Written by: Casey Calvert, Eron Bucciarelli-Tieger, James II Woodruff, Matthew Ridenour, Micah Carli
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Rad slime
Ohio Is for Lovers,
Miserable at Best,
Sugar, We're Goin Down,
Make Damn Sure,
I Write Sins Not Tragedies [Clean],
Cute Without the 'E' (Cut From the Team),
Misery Business,
The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows,
Hands Down,
Check Yes Juliet,
I'm Not Okay (I Promise),
You're So Last Summer,
The Suffering,
Screaming Infidelities,
Dear Maria, Count Me In,
Until The Day I Die,
Swing Swing,
Great Romances of the 20th Century,
In Circles,
Lying Is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off,
First Day of My Life,
All Hail the Heartbreaker,
Enjoy Your Day,
My Heroine,
Buried a Lie,
Welcome to My Life,
Reinventing Your Exit,
Your Guardian Angel,
Snowbirds and Townies,
The Curse of Curves,
Everywhere in Denver,
Collect From Clark Kent,
Hey Thanks,
First Date,
Jinx Removing,
Skips a Beat (Over You),
Falling for You,
Best of Me,
The Anthem,
Sweetness,
Note to Self,
Everything Is Alright,
Miss Murder,
New Year's Project,
Helena,
Ocean Avenue,
Hear You Me (Inner Ear recording),
Car Underwater,
If it Means a Lot to You,
The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot,
Girl's Not Grey
Nail bat
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Aiden - Knife Blood Nightmare
Alesana - Apology
Alexisonfire - This Could Be Anywhere In the World
Blessthefall - Guys Like You Make Us Look Bad
Brand New - The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows
Chiodos - The Words "Best Friend" Become Redefined
Dashboard Confessional - Hands Down
Dead Poetic - New Medicines
Dear Whoever - Tears of Ashes
Drop Dead, Gorgeous - Dresed for Friend Requests
Emanuel - Make Tonight
Escape the Fate - Not Good Enough for Truth In Cliche'
Eyes Set to Kill - Darling
Finch - What It Is to Burn
From Autumn to Ashes - Alive out of Habit
From First to Last - Note to Self
Funeral for a Friend - Moments Forever Faded
Greeley Estates - Through Waiting
Hawthorne Heights - Ohio Is for Lovers
Hidden In Plain View - Twenty Below
Hopes Die Last - Call Me Sick Boy
Matchbook Romance - My Eyes Burn
My Chemical Romance - Im Not Okay (I Promise)
Reclaim the Fallen - A Fire In My Heart
Saosin - Seven Years
Senses Fail - Bloody Romance
Silverstein - My Heroine
Something Corporate - I Woke Up In a Car
Story of the Year - Until the Day I Die
Taking Back Sunday - Cute Without the 'E' (Cut From the Team)
The Blackout - Murder In the Make Believe Balroom
The Early November - I Want to Hear You Sad
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Face Down
The Used - The Taste of Ink
Thrice - Stare At the Sun
Underoath - Reinventing Your Exit
Yourwetsock
The Best Ohio Commercial I have ever seen
ItsJustAubs
This wins best comment since the song has released
Em V
@yourwetsock omg it’s the #1 channel on YouTube!!
Ema Heiwa
It still works. Someday I'll go there 😂✈️
megan linares
Dude!
Daniel Goncalves
haha
Misspol222
I love how the comment section is turning into a group therapy session of depressed adults in their late 20s to early 30s
A Taswolf
@Holy Glockamole No shit. No one understood anything back then. I was an outcast because people bore me...music never did. 1980©️ p.s. I still think guys are better from Ohio than the assholes of Michigan. 😄
Ryan’s Ark
28 here and it’s crazy how the last 14 years has just seemed to fly by in a heart beat! I’m just glad to have YouTube to come back to a time where shit was simpler although at the time I thought I couldn’t wait to grow up now I’m like fuck slow down.
harlequinpoet
Good shit, mate