Schoolyard Heroes
Sometimes, fierce entities come in unexpected packages. Right out of high s… Read Full Bio ↴Sometimes, fierce entities come in unexpected packages. Right out of high school, Seattle, Washington's Schoolyard Heroes - brash dealers of angular riffs with thematic bents that'd make Issac Asimov proud - launched their Priest construction-meets-Misfits lyricis attack on prog punk at all-ages venues throughout the ever-vibrant Pacific Northwest scene in 2003 before releasing that year's The Funeral Sciences full-length on The Control Group label.

Fronted by mercurial, beguiling 19 year-old Ryann Donnelly (an ex-musical theatre devotee teeming with preternatural savoir-faire and pipes Ann Wilson would die for) Schoolyard Heroes catapult tuneful metal intricacy to new, surprising heights. Clearly, the tension between the band's boisterous attitude and the sheer weight of their riff heavy operatic horror rock has proved itself infectious from the get go.

"Heroes grabs at metal, punk and even opera dynamics with both hands and crosses in and out of each with gusto." -Chico News & Review.

"[Schoolyard Heroes)] put on one hell of a rock show, and with their steadily growing fan base, I'm not the only one who thinks so" -Seattle Weekly

Soon after their inception, the band came in second place at EMP's Sound Off! competition, played the Bumbershoot festival, and found themselves sharing the bill with Franz Ferdinand and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs at staunch supporters KNDD's huge EndFest fete. The Heroes wowed audiences opening for Pretty Girls Make Graves and Vendetta Red, all while headlining their own crowds of over 500.

Donnelly has classically romanticized the curious fun of 60s pulp horror tomes and Troma films in Schoolyard Heroes' songs, wailing, growling and crooning lines like "Check the body before it gets cold!" (from their debut's "Yours Truly, Jonathan Harker") with piercing intensity.

2005's Fantastic Wounds sure is a fun ride through Amityville - but it's much more than that; showcasing a band whose driving charisma and unending creativity have continued to transcend peers since since their nascency. Building on the Mars Volta-style rock assaults of their earlier days, on Wounds, Schoolyard Heroes speed through "Thunderstruck"-era AC/DC riffs on the hyper "Battlestar Anorexia", kill on the anthemic battle cry of "Serial Killers Know How to Party" and rip through spectral opener "Body Shots."

Just like the band's dominating live show, Fantastic Wounds oozes with Donnelly's raucous 'tude, stunning style and brash confidence. Here, Donnelly channels the raging metal theatrics of Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson, the curious intensity of Melt Banana and the controlled acrobatics of Yes' Jon Anderson, while bassist and second vocalist Jonah Bergman, axe wielder Steve Bonnell and percussionist Brian Turner churn out the most unapologetic chops to come out of Sea-town since the Blood Brothers. At once muscular and complex, our Heroes' compositions are as beguiling as Donnelly's smirk, right before the band launches into their surprising rock onslaught.

The band split up in late 2009 due to two members fazing themselves out of the band. It was announced November 20th, 2009 by the band. Their last show was Home for the Horrordays, December 19th, 2009.

Ryan and Jonah have gone on to form a new band named Blood Cells.
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Schoolyard Heroes Lyrics


All The Pretty Corpses All the pretty corpses they will sing to you in…
All You Can Eat Cancer No more episodes to get me to this Sunday Their jibber…
All-You-Can-Eat Cancer No more episodes to get me to this Sunday Their jibber…
Attack of the Puppet People …
Battlestar Anorexia This disease will make your heart explode Melt your teeth a…
Beautiful Woman Hunter There's a million stichers stiching Pretty smiles to our fa…
Blood-Spattered Sundress Ok, let's see, I guess that I'll be brief It seems…
Body Shots You'd best adhere to the words of the oracle Phineas sinned…
Boyfriend I hate your fucking boyfriend I wish that he was dead I…
Bury the Tooth of the Hydra and a Skeleton Army Will Arise There's something eating me from inside out Guess it doesn'…
Cat Killer Twenty-two-year-old in a convertible Driving fast he hit a …
Cemetary Girls The skies weren't always black, But the bodies burned and t…
Centaur: Half-Man Half-Motorcycle Tonight my dear we need a sacrifice Your lips won't satisfy…



Children Of The Night They said we'd never make it out of here alive Our…
Contra Up, up, down, down Left, right, left, right Secret Contra …
Curse of the Werewolf Midnight and I'm out on the prowl Composed with hate I'm…
Dawn of the Dead It's the dawn of the dead I think you heard me…
Dude Where's My Skin Take off your skin and dance with me Cut out your…
Funeral Parlour Tricks His needle sewed my eyes shut. Soul is jailed my…
Girl Trouble You never talk to me She never talks to me What the…
Michael Dudakoff: American Ninja Don't try to stop me I know not what I do Am…
My Sister's a Hooker She picks out the ones with the biggest heads Grabs their…
Panic In The Year Zero (Kiss me) Kiss me with your bayonet (Curse me) Carve your…
Plastic Surgery Hall Of Fame 15 minutes is much too generous for a girl with…
Razorblade Kisses Your lipstick tastes like murder Our hands are sewn togethe…
Screaming "Theater" in a Crowded Fire If I'm not mistaken I've murdered you twice before my…
Serial Killers Know How to Party Serial Killers Know how to party Serial Killers Know how …
Sincerely Yours Jonathan Harker It's getting colder I often wonder how much longer I can k…
Sometimes They Come Back I've come to warn you, he's coming for you. He'll stick…
The Girl Who Was Born Without a Face Hateful, painful Her skin is melted to the floor Shapeless…
The Klaw Take your time on this hurried task Whatever method seems t…
The Last Man On Earth The world's on fire, so wrap me in your napalm…
The Mechanical Man vs. the Robot from the Outer Limits On the outer limits, he will walk alone I can't…
The Plastic Surgery Hall Of Fame 15 minutes is much too generous for a girl with…
Thea Ok, let's see, I guess that I'll be brief It seems…
They Live We live like creatures We love like homicide We'll write you…
Violence Is All The Rage Let me introduce you to your nightmare Jet black a sparkle…


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