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Protest the Hero

Protest the Hero is a Canadian progressive metal band from Whitby, Ontario.[1] Originally named Happy Go Lucky, the band line-up has remained the same since their formation in 1999. [2] The band changed their name to Protest the Hero shortly before releasing their debut EP, Search for the Truth, in 2002. In 2005, the band released their first full-length album, Kezia, on the indie label Underground Operations.

On January 23, 2006, the band officially signed with Vagrant Records for Kezia's United States release. Kezia was released in the US on April 4, 2006. Their second full-length album, Fortress was officially released by Underground Operations in Canada and by Vagrant Records worldwide on January 29, 2008.[3] The band has finished recording for their third studio album, Scurrilous, which was released on March 22, 2011.

Overview

Biography

The first music that Protest the Hero recorded was their Search for the Truth 7" vinyl containing two songs; "Silent Genocide" and "Is Anybody There?". Luke Hoskin stated on his Formspring page that Search for the Truth was recorded when they were 13 years old.[1] The day that the band members finished their senior finals, they went on a three-week tour from Toronto to Halifax called "Rock the Vote" in order to gain recognition, as well as raise awareness for the upcoming Canadian election.[4] Protest the Hero's popularity is slowly expanding outside of metal scenes in and around the cities and towns they have performed in. Now teamed up with Vagrant Records for distributional services, Protest the Hero hopes to become popular over most of Canada and, with their recent signing to Vagrant Records, the United States as well. In 2004 they won the Canadian Independent Music Award for Favourite Metal Artist/Group, beating out better-known Alexisonfire.[5] They were nominated for the 2006 Canadian Music Week Indie Awards' Favourite Metal Artist/Group, which Kataklysm won in March of that year. Also in 2006, the band was nominated for the CASBY Award.[1] In addition, members of the band appeared in a televised commercial for the instrument store, Long & Mcquade. Bassist Arif was also featured in the Closet Monster music video "Mamma Anti-Facisto (Never Surrender)"; he can be seen to the left of London Spicoluk during the main group scenes.

A music video for their song "These Colours Don't Run", from the EP A Calculated Use of Sound, was released in 2003. The video begins with the band discussing the meaning of the song and features the band playing the song live at numerous locations in Toronto, Ontario, with the album music dubbed over the actual live recording. At each location, the band would hand out lyrics to passers-by and encourage them to listen or sing along. The band has also released videos for the songs "The Divine Suicide of K.", "Blindfolds Aside", and "Heretics and Killers" from Kezia, and for "Bloodmeat","Palms Read", "Spoils", "Sequoia Throne" and "Limb from Limb" from Fortress. The video for "Heretics and Killers" received airplay on MTV2 and FUSE, partially because of the interesting premise of the video: the band play the flying monkeys from The Wizard of Oz who work odd jobs after The Wicked Witch is killed. At the 2009 Golden God Awards, Protest the Hero won best Viral Video.[6] The video features Rody, Luke, and Tim doing a dance on the side of a road when their van broke down. [Link]

Protest the Hero played Fortress from start to finish from November 20th to December 23rd. This stretch marked the last of the band's shows for a while as they will take the first part of 2010 to work on their new album. Walker has stated in a public video chat that the new album will feature a more progressive sound. Protest the Hero are anticipating beginning to record their third studio album in August 2010.[7]

The band officially began the recording process on August 30, 2010. Walker stated on his twitter page on that day: "It has begun" [8] and also on his Facebook page on the 31st that "It is underway", both in reference to the band's next full length album recording. [9] On December 15, 2010, Rody Walker posted a video indicating the completion of work on the third album. [10] The new album is titled Scurrilous and was released March 22, 2011.[11]

Protest the Hero live

They have performed and toured with many well-known acts, including Killswitch Engage, In Flames, Alexisonfire, Bullet for My Valentine, Against Me!, Between the Buried and Me and many others. From September 2005 until the beginning of June, 2006, Protest the Hero toured across Canada, the United States, and Great Britain in support of Kezia with bands such as Death by Stereo, Bad Religion, Anti-Flag, The Fall of Troy, The Bled, and DragonForce. The band took part in the Vans Warped Tour during the Summer of 2006. Following this, Protest the Hero toured with Avenged Sevenfold and 3 Inches of Blood until October 2006 when they began "The Crusade" tour with Trivium, The Sword, and Cellador, taking them across Canada and the United States. In November 2006, Protest the Hero toured with Welsh metal band Bullet for My Valentine and As I Lay Dying. Beginning in the middle of December 2006, Protest the Hero embarked on a cross-Canada tour, named the Bring Out Your Shred tour, with I Hate Sally and The Human Abstract. This tour was the first in which Kezia was played in its entirety. In late May-early June they co-headlined the Tour and Loathing 2007 Tour with co-headliners All That Remains, Blessthefall, Threat Signal and The Holly Springs Disaster.

In September 2006, guitarist Luke Hoskin was detained at the Vancouver–US border for possessing a bag with less than 0.2 grams of marijuana, preventing him from continuing on their tour with Trivium and The Sword.[12] In his place the band got Marco Bressette from the Canadian rock band Hypodust from September until November 2006.

On January 28, 2008, the band began a tour through Canada with A Day to Remember, Silverstein, The Devil Wears Prada, and illScarlett. In April they toured with Chiodos before joining Warped Tour 2008. The band was on tour with Unearth, The Acacia Strain, Whitechapel, and Gwen Stacy after Warped Tour in the United States; and then will be on a European tour with Unearth, Parkway Drive, Despised Icon, Architects (British band), Whitechapel, and Carnifex.

In January 2009 the band toured with As I Lay Dying, Darkest Hour, The Human Abstract, and Mychildren Mybride. Then they started a European Tour with The Human Abstract and The Chariot.

In April 2009, Protest the Hero headlined the Heads Will Roll tour in the US with Misery Signals, The Number Twelve Looks Like You, Fall From Grace, and Scale the Summit.

From September 8-17, 2009, Protest the Hero supported In Flames and Killswitch Engage with Between the Buried and Me.[13]

On November 21, 2009, at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, the band performed their album Fortress in its entirety for the first time. On November 26, 2009, they played in Halifax and on the 27th in Newfoundland, the only two eastern Canada tour dates for the year.

Protest the Hero were also the third band announced to be playing at Australia's Soundwave Festival in February/March of 2011.

March and April 2011 the band tour the Scurrilous album with Maylene & The Sons Of Disaster and TesseracT across Canada and the United States.

Discography

Studio albums

Year Album details Chart peaks Certifications
(sales thresholds)
CAN
[14] 		US
 US Ind US Rock US Hard Rock
2005 Kezia — — — — —
2008 Fortress 1 95 10 24 14
2011 Scurrilous 8 81 12 20 4
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Extended plays

Live albums

Year Album details Chart peaks Certifications
(sales thresholds)
CAN
[16] 		US
 US Ind US Rock US Hard Rock
2009 Gallop Meets the Earth — — 47 — —
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Compilation appearances

  • (Coles) Notes from the Underground (2002) ("Break the Chain" and "Asperity of Sin")
  • Greetings from the Underground (2004) ("Soft Targets Dig Softer Graves")
  • Things Could Be Worse (2004) ("Break the Chain")
  • Orange and Grey (2005, DVD) ("Silent Genocide," "These Colours Don't Run," "Red Stars Over the Battle of the Cowshed" and "Fear and Loathing In Laramie")[17]
  • The Power of Music (2005) ("An Apathetic New World")
  • Warped Tour 2006 Compilation (2006) ("Heretics and Killers")

Music videos

Year Song Album MM Countdown
peak[18]
2003 "These Colours Don't Run" A Calculated Use of Sound —
2005 "Blindfolds Aside" Kezia —
2006 "Heretics and Killers" —
2007 "The Divine Suicide of K" —
2007 "Bloodmeat" Fortress 24
2008 "Sequoia Throne" 13
2008 "Palms Read" —
2009 "Spoils" —
2009 "Limb From Limb" —
2011 "C'est la Vie" Scurrilous —

Video game appearances

Song Game Year
"Divinity Within" NHL 07 2006
"Bury The Hatchet" Guitar Hero II (as DLC) 2007¹
"Goddess Gagged" NHL 2K9 2008
"The Dissentience" NHL 09 2008
"Bloodmeat" Guitar Hero World Tour (as DLC) 2009²
"Limb From Limb" Guitar Hero for iPhone 2010
  • ¹Guitar Hero II was released in 2006, but the song was not released as DLC until 2007.
  • ²Guitar Hero World Tour was released in 2008, but the song was not released as DLC until 2009.

Members

Crew Members

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Dixon Christie (2006-10-30). "Protest The Hero Talks about their new album, Kezia!". Retrieved 2007-05-09.
  2. ^ Brian Banks (2008-07-25). "Music Vice Features - Protest The Hero interview with Rody at Warped Tour 2008". Retrieved 2008-07-26. [dead link‍]
  3. ^ "Protest The Hero's Fortress". 2007-08-13. Retrieved 2008-01-16.
  4. ^ [1][dead link‍]
  5. ^ Canadian Music Week 2004[dead link‍]
  6. ^ bravewords.com. "Golden God 2009 winners". Bravewords.com. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
  7. ^ Paul, Aubin (June 11, 2010). "Protest The Hero plan recording for August". Punknews.org. Retrieved June 11, 2010.
  8. ^ "Rody Walker (jRodyWalker) on Twitter". Twitter.com. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
  9. ^ "Niet compatibele browser". Facebook. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
  10. ^ "Protest The Hero Complete Album Number Three". 2010-12-15.
  11. ^ "BLABBERMOUTH.NET - PROTEST THE HERO To Release 'Scurrilous' In March". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
  12. ^ "Protest The Hero: Detained!". 2006-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-18.
  13. ^ "In Flames and Others Team Up for Canadian Tour". blabbermouth.net. June 20, 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-12.
  14. ^ Protest The Hero Album & Song Chart History billboard.com. Retrieved on March 10, 2011. Shows proof of all chart positions mentioned in this article.
  15. ^ "Protest The Hero To Release Remix EP - News Article". AbsolutePunk.net. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
  16. ^ Protest The Hero Album & Song Chart History billboard.com. Retrieved on March 10, 2011. Shows proof of all chart positions mentioned in this article.
  17. ^ "Orange And Grey Compilation DVD Released" PunkBands.com. Retrieved on May 26, 2009.
  18. ^ MuchMusic Countdown (accessed April 16, 2011)
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