A Hero A Fake
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A Hero A Fake is an American metalcore
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band from Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the seat of Mecklenburg County. In 2010, Charlotte's population according to the US Census Bureau was 731,424, making it the 17th largest city in the United States based on population. The Charlotte metropolitan area had a 2009...

, North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...

. Forming in 2004, they signed to Victory Records
Victory Records
Victory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It is a privately held corporation. It also operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several smaller independent record labels....

 in July 2008. Their debut album Volatile
Volatile (A Hero A Fake album)
Volatile is the debut album by American metalcore band A Hero A Fake, released on October 28, 2008 through Victory Records. A music video for the album's single, I Know I, was produced by and premiered on MTV2 on February 21, 2009.-Track listing:...

was released in October 2008 and their sophomore follow up Let Oceans Lie
Let Oceans Lie
Let Oceans Lie is the sophomore album by American metalcore band A Hero A Fake, released on January 19, 20109 through Victory Records. A music video for the album's self-titled single, Let Oceans Lie, was produced by and premiered on MTV2 on February 13, 2010.-Track listing:-Personnel:A Hero A...

released in January 2010.


Formation and self-releases (2004-2007)

A Hero A Fake was formed in late 2004 in Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the seat of Mecklenburg County. In 2010, Charlotte's population according to the US Census Bureau was 731,424, making it the 17th largest city in the United States based on population. The Charlotte metropolitan area had a 2009...

, North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...

 by Eric Morgan, Justin Brown, and Lenin Hernandez while they were in highschool. The band was originally named Nothing Gold Can Stay but was changed during the recording of their first demo. In February 2005, they recorded an untitled six song demo, AHAF Demo 2005, which they distributed at their first shows during the spring of 2005. Their initial sound was heavily influenced by bands like Thrice
Thrice
Thrice is an American rock band from Irvine, California, formed in 1998. The group was founded by guitarist/vocalist Dustin Kensrue and guitarist Teppei Teranishi while they were in high school....

, Senses Fail
Senses Fail
Senses Fail is an American post-hardcore band from Ridgewood, New Jersey. Formed in 2002, the line up initially consisted of vocalist Buddy Nielsen, drummer Dan Trapp, guitarists Dave Miller and Garrett Zablocki and being completed by bassist Mike Glita. The band quickly issued their debut EP, From...

, A Static Lullaby
A Static Lullaby
-Early years and formation :A Static Lullaby came together after a casual high school jam session that led its members to quit their existing bands and come together as one. Formed in 2001 in Chino Hills, CA, the group began with singer Joe Brown, bassist Phil Pirrone, drummer Brett Dinovo, and...

, and Underoath
Underoath
Underoath is an American Christian metalcore band from Tampa, Florida. Founded by Dallas Taylor and Luke Morton on November 30, 1997 in Ocala, Florida, subsequently its additional members were from Tampa, Florida...

. As such, the music on their first demo is considered to be melodic post-hardcore
Post-hardcore
Post-hardcore is a genre of music that developed from hardcore punk, itself an offshoot of the broader punk rock movement. Like post-punk, post-hardcore is a term for a broad constellation of groups...

.

In June 2005, drummer Evan Kirkley (formerly of Cambridge and the Lifeforce Records
Lifeforce Records
Lifeforce Records is a German record label that specializes in metalcore, death metal, and post-hardcore. Their current roster contains bands such as Burning Skies, This or the Apocalypse, Light Pupil Dilate and Nightrage, and they have helped to launch the careers of a number bands who went on to...

 band Seneca) joined A Hero A Fake to record the Friends Are Family EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

. The five song EP featured the song Click Click which would later be re-recorded and included as a secret song at the end of their sophomore full-length album, Let Oceans Lie
Let Oceans Lie
Let Oceans Lie is the sophomore album by American metalcore band A Hero A Fake, released on January 19, 20109 through Victory Records. A music video for the album's self-titled single, Let Oceans Lie, was produced by and premiered on MTV2 on February 13, 2010.-Track listing:-Personnel:A Hero A...

. The sound present on this recording had shifted towards a more metalcore
Metalcore
Metalcore is a subgenre of heavy metal combining various elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. The name is a portmanteau of the names of the two genres. The term took on its current meaning in the mid-1990s, describing bands such as Earth Crisis, Deadguy and Integrity...

 influence. The band continued to perform at regional shows until guitarist Eric Morgan and vocalist Justin Brown moved to Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Chapel Hill is a town in Orange County, North Carolina, United States and the home of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and UNC Health Care...

, North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...

 to attend University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States...

 in September 2005.

In early 2006, Eric Morgan and Justin Brown decided to keep A Hero A Fake active by traveling from Raleigh
Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh is the capital and the second largest city in the state of North Carolina as well as the seat of Wake County. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak trees. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city's 2010 population was 403,892, over an area of , making Raleigh...

 to Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the seat of Mecklenburg County. In 2010, Charlotte's population according to the US Census Bureau was 731,424, making it the 17th largest city in the United States based on population. The Charlotte metropolitan area had a 2009...

 each weekend between classes—a schedule they would retain for the following four years. In April 2006, Peter Gwynne took over on drums and shortly after Matt Davis joined on bass and Patrick Jeffers was added as the third guitarist. This lineup would end up recording a three song demo with producer and former Hopesfall
Hopesfall
Hopesfall was a post-hardcore band from Charlotte, North Carolina formed in 1998. They were signed to Trustkill Records. The band broke up in 2008 after all members, with the exception of singer Jay Forrest, decided to leave the band.-Biography:...

 member Christopher Kincaid, AHAF Demo 2007, which was self-released in January 2007. The three track demo included the song F-16 which was later re-recorded on the band's debut full-length Volatile
Volatile (A Hero A Fake album)
Volatile is the debut album by American metalcore band A Hero A Fake, released on October 28, 2008 through Victory Records. A music video for the album's single, I Know I, was produced by and premiered on MTV2 on February 21, 2009.-Track listing:...

. Peter Gwynne would eventually leave the band in response to an offer to play for Circle Takes The Square
Circle Takes the Square
Circle Takes the Square is an American post-hardcore band from Savannah, Georgia. Their debut release was a 7-track self-titled EP in 2001, followed later by a 7" split with Pg. 99...

. During the summer of 2007, Tim Burgess joined the band on drums which would be the last lineup change for the next three years.

Volatile (2008-2009)

In December 2007, A Hero A Fake entered The Basement Recording studios with producer Jamie King to record their first full-length album. The band released the songs I Know I, F-16, and Superwoman on MySpace
MySpace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....

 in April 2008. Three months later the band announced via their MySpace that they had signed a record deal with Chicago, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...

 based Victory Records
Victory Records
Victory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It is a privately held corporation. It also operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several smaller independent record labels....

. Their debut full-length Volatile
Volatile (A Hero A Fake album)
Volatile is the debut album by American metalcore band A Hero A Fake, released on October 28, 2008 through Victory Records. A music video for the album's single, I Know I, was produced by and premiered on MTV2 on February 21, 2009.-Track listing:...

was released on October 28, 2008 to mixed reviews noting the band's use of "non-standard song structures" and it's "fresh approach to technical metal." Criticisms of the album centered around vocal tones and underdeveloped passages "like a band who were swept into the label world before they were ready." The band garnered considerable buzz following their first album and was picked by Alternative Press as a band to know in 2009.

The release of Volatile
Volatile
- Chemistry :* Volatility , a measure of the tendency of a substance to vaporize* Relative volatility, a measure of vapor pressures of the components in a liquid mixture...

was intended to be a developmental release for the band since college schedules prohibited properly touring during the album cycle. A music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

 for the album's single, I Know I, was produced by Scott Hansen and premiered on [MTV2] on February 21, 2009. Upon the members graduating college in May 2009, the band embarked on an east coast tour June and a midwest tour throughout most of July. In August 2009, the band announced via a video update that they were returning to the studio with producer Jamie King to record their sophomore
Sophomore
Sophomore is a term used in the United States to describe a student in the second year of study at high school or university.The word is also used as a synonym for "second", for the second album or EP released by a musician or group, the second movie of a director, or the second season of a...

 album. In October 2009 the band toured with Modern Day Escape. The following December, the band toured with Good Fight Entertainment
Good Fight Entertainment
Good Fight Entertainment is a business conglomerate that was founded in 2010. The company consists of a record label, band management, sports management, a clothing line and an art studio...

 band I Am Abomination and fellow Victory Records
Victory Records
Victory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It is a privately held corporation. It also operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several smaller independent record labels....

 labelmate Farewell to Freeway
Farewell to Freeway
Farewell to Freeway is a Canadian metal-core band from Guelph, Ontario currently signed to Victory Records.-Early Days :Initially formed as a punk trio going by the name "Freeway" in Guelph in 2000, the band consisted of Chris Lambert on guitar and vocals with bassist Josh Hudman and drummer Richie...

.

Let Oceans Lie (2010-2011)

On December 1, 2009, the band announced the name of their next album, Let Oceans Lie
Let Oceans Lie
Let Oceans Lie is the sophomore album by American metalcore band A Hero A Fake, released on January 19, 20109 through Victory Records. A music video for the album's self-titled single, Let Oceans Lie, was produced by and premiered on MTV2 on February 13, 2010.-Track listing:-Personnel:A Hero A...

, and that it would release on January 19, 2010. The same day, Victory Records
Victory Records
Victory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It is a privately held corporation. It also operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several smaller independent record labels....

 released the album's title track as a digital single
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 via iTunes. A music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

 for Let Oceans Lie
Let Oceans Lie
Let Oceans Lie is the sophomore album by American metalcore band A Hero A Fake, released on January 19, 20109 through Victory Records. A music video for the album's self-titled single, Let Oceans Lie, was produced by and premiered on MTV2 on February 13, 2010.-Track listing:-Personnel:A Hero A...

was once again produced by Scott Hansen which premiered on MTV2
MTV2
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 and Fuse TV
Fuse TV
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 on February 8, 2010. A Hero A Fake hosted episode 54 of the VicTorV monthly video series. This album received a much better reception among critics citing "the progression displayed on this release is immense. While Volatile allowed the band get their feet wet in the waters of the post-hardcore scene, Let Oceans Lie mends together everything the band did right on their debut and delivers hundred fold." The band toured independently throughout the midwest and east coast during January and February 2010. During March and April 2010, the band headlined the Rise of Victory Tour with labelmates Farewell to Freeway
Farewell to Freeway
Farewell to Freeway is a Canadian metal-core band from Guelph, Ontario currently signed to Victory Records.-Early Days :Initially formed as a punk trio going by the name "Freeway" in Guelph in 2000, the band consisted of Chris Lambert on guitar and vocals with bassist Josh Hudman and drummer Richie...

 and Before There Was Rosalyn. In May 2010, the band took part in the Rage tour to promote the new album of the same name by Artery Recordings
Artery Recordings
Artery Recordings is a independent record label based in Sacramento, California. Label founded in 2010 as imprint with Razor & Tie company by Eric Rushing owner of The Artery Foundation Management.- Current artists :* A Bullet for Pretty Boy* Attila...

 band Attila. The tour also included the [Mediaskare Records] band Blind Witness and future Victory Records
Victory Records
Victory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It is a privately held corporation. It also operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several smaller independent record labels....

 labelmate Dr. Acula
Dr. Acula (band)
Dr. Acula is an American deathcore band from Long Island, New York. Formed in 2005, the group has released four studio albums, and two independent EPs . They are currently signed to Victory Records. The band is known for the use of soundclips from movies and TV shows as an accent to their songs...

. In August 2010, the band began the Blood In The Water tour with labelmates Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi (band)
Corpus Christi is an American Christian metal band originating from Cincinnati, Ohio. The term "Corpus Christi" is Latin for "body of Christ," which fits the band's Christian lyrics. They are currently signed to a five record contract on Victory Records and are on tour to promote their second...

 and Bullet Tooth Records
Trustkill Records
Trustkill Records was an American record label that started as a hardcore punk fanzine in April 1993. It started releasing hardcore, metal and rock records and merchandise in 1994...

 band Deception of a Ghost.

On December 1, 2010, Victory Records
Victory Records
Victory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It is a privately held corporation. It also operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several smaller independent record labels....

 released the band's cover of the song Looking Up by Paramore
Paramore
Paramore is an American rock band from Franklin, Tennessee, formed in 2004. The band consists of lead vocalist Hayley Williams, bassist Jeremy Davis, and guitarist Taylor York...

. The next day the band started the Dismember December tour with CI Records
CI Records
CI Records is an independent record label from Lancaster, Pennsylvania owned by Jeremy Weiss. Originally created to distribute the releases of his band, Stand Up, an early 1990s melodic hardcore band, CI expanded releases from bands such as Submachine, Vision, Violent Society, Serpico, and...

 band An Early Ending. Directly following that tour, the band joined the Metal Christmas tour headlined by Equal Vision Records
Equal Vision Records
Equal Vision Records is a record label based in Albany, New York, which has a focus in metal or punk-based rock genres. Equal Vision Records was founded in the early 1990s by Ray Cappo ....

 band Texas In July
Texas In July
Texas in July is an American metalcore band from Ephrata, Pennsylvania. Formed in 2007, the group currently consists of members ranging in ages from 18 to 21. Being previously signed to CI Records, Texas in July released one EP, Salt of the Earth and their debut full-length album, I Am both through...

 along with supporting acts Like Moths To Flames and Destruction of a Rose.

In February 2011, the band entered Die in a Fire Studios to demo several new songs. On June 24, 2011, the band announced via Twitter
Twitter
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 that they had finished tracking the first batch of new songs.

Members

Current
  • Justin Brown - vocals
    Screaming (music)
    Screaming is a vocal technique that is most popular in subgenres of heavy metal, punk and hard rock, including metalcore, deathcore, post-hardcore, groove metal, black metal, and grindcore...

     (2004–present)†
  • Eric Morgan - guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

     (2004–present)†
  • Patrick Jeffers - guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

     (2006–present)‡
  • Evan Kirkley - drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

     (2005, 2010–present)

Former
  • Alex Avigliano - guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

    , vocals (2004–2009)†
  • Peter Gwynne - drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

     (2006–2007)
  • Matt Davis - bass guitar
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

     (2006–2010)‡
  • Tim Burgess - drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

     (2007–2010)‡
  • Joshua Taddeo - bass guitar
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

    , vocals (2010–2011)

† denotes a founding member

‡ non-founding, but performed on all full-length releases

Discography

  • AHAF Demo 2005 (self-released, February, 2005)
  • Friends Are Family EP ([self-released, July, 2005)
  • AHAF Demo 2007 (self-released, January, 2007)
  • Volatile
    Volatile (A Hero A Fake album)
    Volatile is the debut album by American metalcore band A Hero A Fake, released on October 28, 2008 through Victory Records. A music video for the album's single, I Know I, was produced by and premiered on MTV2 on February 21, 2009.-Track listing:...

    (Victory Records
    Victory Records
    Victory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It is a privately held corporation. It also operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several smaller independent record labels....

    , October, 2008)
  • Let Oceans Lie
    Let Oceans Lie
    Let Oceans Lie is the sophomore album by American metalcore band A Hero A Fake, released on January 19, 20109 through Victory Records. A music video for the album's self-titled single, Let Oceans Lie, was produced by and premiered on MTV2 on February 13, 2010.-Track listing:-Personnel:A Hero A...

    (Victory Records
    Victory Records
    Victory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It is a privately held corporation. It also operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several smaller independent record labels....

    , January, 2010)
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