On Saturday, December 29th, 2012 - Dead Hearts will b… Read Full Bio ↴REUNION SHOW INFO:
On Saturday, December 29th, 2012 - Dead Hearts will be playing a reunion show at The Game Room in Buffalo, NY. This is a benefit show for the Alix Rice Peace Park Foundation, a skate park being erected in Alix Rice’s name. Alexandria "Alix" Rice was struck and killed by a drunk driver while skateboarding home in July of 2011. Rounding out the bill will be fellow Buffalo Hardcore acts Better Times, wreckage and Area Denial. Tickets for the event will go on sale on Friday Nov 2nd at 12PM Eastern time and can be purchased at http://www.alixrice.com/ To learn more about Alix’s story please visit http://www.alixrice.com/ The most up to date information for the show and the benefit will be posted on the Dead Hearts facebook page or follow @RockinForRice on Twitter.
Ferret Music's newest signing Dead Hearts may be the closest in sound to the beginning roots of punk/hardcore on the label.
"More with Dead Hearts than any other project we've been in, we have got to live out our high school hardcore fantasy," says Jeremy Smith (guitar). "We've played shows with 7 Seconds, Agnostic Front and Slapshot which were some of my favorite hardcore groups when I started playing in bands."
Before you label Dead Hearts an old school revival project you should know that the group is a modern hardcore band. A band that is raw, discordant and punk at heart but not afraid to reference metal and rock in their sound. "Our vocalist is screaming his head off but you can understand every word he says and sing along," Jeremy explains. "Kids can pick up a lyric sheet and identify immediately with what he is talking about. That's something that is not to plentiful in the scene today."
The band composed of Jeremy, Derek Dole (vocals), Tom Mayer (bass), Pauly Issue (guitar) and Josh Heatley (drums) hail from the frozen climes of Buffalo, NY. The members were gathered from such acts in the local punk and hardcore scene as The Control, Can I Say and The Pavers. Discussing the formation of the group Jeremy explains, "I had a hard time writing in my old band because everyone wanted to get their own mark on the music. I gathered all the open minded and flexible players in these bands so we could have fun in a project rather than it seeming like work."
After playing two shows a month after their start in 2004, Dead Hearts were approached by labels wanting to put the record out and people wanting to book them.
"As soon as we put up a MySpace page, this label from Long Island State Of Mind Music wanted to put out our demo. It was unbelievable!"
After no less than three labels asked to put out the band's first release, the band seceded to whoever could get the album done by Dec so they could tour off of it. That first tour was with Marathon and Another Breath through the east coast. The response for the band's music was shocking as they quickly sold through 40 copies of their EP at one Florida show. For a group that started for fun, Dead Hearts was attracting more work than any of the members previous projects. As of this writing, Dead Hearts have completed four national tours including a six and a half week run by themselves that was self-booked. August 2005 saw the release of a one sided 12 entitled No Love, No Hope on the Netherlands based Reflections label. This release attracted the attention of hometown hero and old friend, Andy of Every Time I Die. After witnessing the band perform he told them to send music to Ferret to check out. Ferret responded by saying that they loved the music but that they couldn't sign anyone at that time as they just signed a bunch of bands. Jeremy recollects, However Rick (Barnhart) of the label kept writing us every few weeks to see what we were doing and if we were still a band.
A few months later when Dead Hearts played CBGB's with Bane and Comeback Kid to 750 kids, the label was on hand to witness the band blow the place away. Dead Hearts was signed to the label shortly after. The band recently locked themselves in a recording studio with John Naclerio (Senses Fail, My Chemical Romance) to record their upcoming Ferret debut Bitter Verses. The fourteen song calling card is a concept piece based around the theme of insomnia and what sleepless nights can bring. With lyrics handled by Jeremy he says of the theme, "I've worked overnights most of my life since it's a flexible job that allows you to take off for tours. However staying up all night can suck the life out of you and the album deals with how sleepless nights can lead to fucking up your life and fucking up your life can lead to sleepless nights. It's a vicious cycle that it's hard to break from."
In July 2008 the band issued the following statement:
"With a heavy heart I have to announce that Dead Hearts is breaking up. Our singer Derek informed us today that he was no longer able to continue doing the band due to commitments back home. We respect that decision and think it would be pointless to carry on without him. Our August/ September tour is cancelled but we will be finishing out the rest of our current tour (Johnson City, TN, Huntington, WV, E Stroudsburg, PA and Dunkirk, NY) and playing one last show in our home town of Buffalo, NY on Friday September 12 @ Mohawk Place with our friends in Energy, Get Back Up and Face The Panic."
- Jeremy/ Dead Hearts
May 2010:
"In September of 2008, Dead Hearts played our last show. At that show we released a portion of our last recording session as the "A Death In The Family" ep. This 3 song Ep was pressed only once, limited to 100 copies and sold out at that show. Earlier this year, we began working on a reissue of the ep, to be released later this year. With a one time pressing of 500, the 4 song 7" will contain one song not on the original release, with the cd version containing the "No Love, No Hope" and "All Good Things Must End- Live At CBGB's" eps as bonus tracks, remastered. The art is being handled by Matt Warfield, who most recently did the art for "The God Complex" by Another Breath and what he has submitted thus far has been incredible.
ANYWAY, I made a Facebook pages with songs from all of our releases and will be updating it with news pertaining to the reissue and other stuff:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dead-Hearts/122484841111759 "
Fall
Dead Hearts Lyrics
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That's fallen from grace
The tears left behind
Won't wash from my face
I'm left with all these feelings
But nothing fills the space
Of the love that once was
That's fallen from grace
Hanging on the wall
Every little trace of you
I've found them all
I close my eyes
It's all I can do
Everywhere I look
I see some part of you
Been through every reason
And they all seem to fit
No one's pleaded guilty now
There's nothing to admit
There's no one to blame baby
Once you believe
''cause people only touch and go
But love will never leave
I pray for the love
That's fallen from grace
The tears left behind
Won't wash from my face
I'm left with all these feelings
But nothing fills the space
Of the love that once was
That's fallen from grace
I'm a little disappointed
I'm a little bit relieved
I feel a little sorry baby
I feel a bit deceived
No no not by you darlin'
I know love's demanding
Live and learning every day
But never understanding
Shattered dream and memories of you
Left hanging over me
A cross to bear
When love cools
A crown of thorns
For the queen of fools
I pray for the love
That's fallen from grace
The tears left behind
Won't wash from my face
I'm left with all these feelings
But nothing fills the space
Of the love that once was
That's fallen from grace
The lyrics of Dead Hearts' song Fall are a poignant reflection on the aftermath of a love that has gone sour. The singer expresses the pain of losing a love that was once strong and that has now faltered. Every little reminder of the loved one is a painful reminder, and the singer is left with all these feelings but nothing can fill the space that love once occupied. The tears of loss cannot be washed away from the singer's face.
The song shows the complexity of processing lost love. The singer goes through every reason for the relationship's failure, but no one takes the blame. The singer feels disappointed and deceived and apologizes for not understanding that love is demanding. The memory of the loved one becomes a burden, a cross to bear, and a crown of thorns for the queen of fools.
Overall, Fall is a sad but powerful song that captures the emotions that come with a failed relationship, including the pain, the disappointment, and the regret. It shows the complexity of the experience and the difficulty of moving on.
Line by Line Meaning
I pray for the love
The singer is hoping for the return of their lost love
That's fallen from grace
The love they once had has been lost or soured
The tears left behind
The sadness and pain that remains after the loss of love
Won't wash from my face
The artist cannot shake their pain and sadness
I'm left with all these feelings
The artist is overwhelmed by emotions due to the loss of their love
But nothing fills the space
No other experiences or emotions can replace the love that was lost
Of the love that once was
The love that existed in the past
Every little picture
All the memories of the lost love that remain
Hanging on the wall
All the tangible reminders of the love
Every little trace of you
All the intangible reminders of the love
I've found them all
The singer has found and is reminded of all aspects of the lost love
I close my eyes
The artist tries to block out the reminders of their lost love
It's all I can do
The singer feels powerless to escape their emotions
Everywhere I look
All around them, the singer sees reminders of their lost love
I see some part of you
All reminders lead back to the person they lost
Been through every reason
The artist has considered every possibility for why the love was lost
And they all seem to fit
All potential reasons seem equally plausible
No one's pleaded guilty now
No one person is to blame for the loss of love
There's nothing to admit
No one person is particularly culpable
There's no one to blame baby
The loss of love is not the fault of one person
Once you believe
Once someone falls in love, it is difficult to give up hope
''cause people only touch and go
Most people come and go quickly in life
But love will never leave
Love is something that always remains even if the person has gone
I'm a little disappointed
The artist feels let down by the loss of love
I'm a little bit relieved
The singer is also partially relieved of the burden of the relationship
I feel a little sorry baby
The singer feels sad still over the loss of the relationship
I feel a bit deceived
The singer feels as though they were misled or perhaps did not understand the reality of the relationship
No no not by you darlin'
The artist is not blaming their lost love for feeling deceived
I know love's demanding
The artist understands that love can be difficult to sustain
Live and learning every day
The singer has learned from the experience of losing love
But never understanding
Despite everything, the singer still cannot fully understand why they lost their love
Shattered dream and memories of you
All the hopes and dreams of the relationship that was lost
Left hanging over me
Despite the loss of the relationship, the remnants of the relationship still impact the artist
A cross to bear
The burden on the artist for losing the relationship
When love cools
When a relationship that once was so warm becomes cold
A crown of thorns
The pain and difficulty caused by the loss of love
For the queen of fools
The singer feels foolish for their loss of love
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: ANTHONY GEORGE ANDERSON, MARSHALL ALTMAN, MARSHALL N ALTMAN, STEVEN ANDREW SMITH
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Jordan
@Icebreaker315 well, pop music is still music, but considering miley is famous because of hannah montana, and DH are relatively unknown (and broken up) it makes sense. They're makin a new band? That's sweet, I saw these guys second to last show, it was great.
Jordan
@Grandfinale22 she might have gotten the part because of her dad, but she's certainly famous now because of the show. new band is called Old Ghosts. Not sure which members of DH are in it, but theres like 3
Anjel Gonzalez
@EpsilonX Miley is not famous because of Hannah Montanna bro, shes famous cause of her Father Billy Ray Cyrus. Whats their new band called anyway?
Terry Malloy
Miley Cyrus isnt even relevant anymore, weirdos.