Song:Saying Sorry
Album:If Only You Were Lonely
Hawthorne Heights had some success with their early albums. But a long legal battle with their record company killed their momentum. They're still around but they could have been bigger. Hawthorne Heights are from Dayton, OH. They were called A Day In The Life when they started out in 2001. They released an album and a couple of EPs. The name change came when they signed with Victory Records in 2003. Band members were JT Woodruff on lead vocals, Micah Carli on lead guitar, Casey Calvert on rhythm guitar, Matt Ridenour on bass and Eron Bucciarelli on drums. Their 2004 album The Silence In Black and White was produced by recording engineer Sean O'Keefe. The singles Ohio Is For Lovers and Niki FM did well on the Alt Rock charts and the album was certified Platinum. The video for Ohio Is For Lovers was in heavy rotation on MTV. The 2006 album If Only You Were Lonely was produced by David Bendeth to give them a more commercial sound. Saying Sorry turned out to be their biggest hit. Things went south when Victory sent a letter to fans telling them to help Hawthorne Heights outsell Ne-Yo whose album was being released the same day. The band didn't know about this. When they found out, Hawthorne Heights announced they were leaving Victory and they launched a lawsuit. Meanwhile, Casey Calvert died on Nov. 24, 2007 at age 26 apparently due to prescription drug intoxication. The band continued but did not replace Calvert. Hawthorne Heights patched things up with Victory and released the 2008 album Fragile Future. This didn't do as well as previous albums. They left Victory for Wind-up for the 2010 album Skeletons. After that they started their own label for the 2013 album Zero. Their latest album Bad Frequencies was released on Pure Noise Records Apr. 2018. Woodruff still leads the band with Ridenour. Guitarist Mark McMillon replaced Carli in 2015 and Chris Popadak replaced Bucciarelli. Hawthorne Heights will tour England in October. Here's the video for Saying Sorry by Hawthorne Heights.
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