Hawthorne Heights, letlive, und CREEPER

Hawthorne Heights broke through with a song called “Ohio is for Lovers”, as it started to get airplay on MTV, and national radio. Signed to Victory Records at the time, they became their highest selling debut act. Their debut album, “The Silence in Black and White” released on June 1st 2004, peaked at number 56 on the Billboard Charts, to date it has sold upwards of 816,000 units. It also featured the song “Niki FM” and “Silver Bullet”.

“If Only You Were Lonely” burst onto the scene on February 28th 2006, and it is the second and final album to feature guitarist, Casey Calvert before his tragic death. The album debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200 charts and spent 17 weeks in the chart. Their following album “Fragile Future” which was released on August 5th 2008 was the last record that they would release through Victory Records. It debuted at number 23 on the Billboard 200 and spent 5 weeks on the chart.

After departing with Victory Records, the band moved to Wind-up Records and released their fourth full-length studio album on June 1st 2010. It peaked at number 50 on the Billboard 200 Charts. Victory Records released a greatest hits record without the band being involved entitled “Midwesterners: The Hits” on November 9th 2010. Following a couple of EP releases after the greatest hits record, Hawthorne Heights released their album “Zero” on June 25th 2013, which was released through Red Entertainment. “Golden Parachutes” was the leading song released prior to the album on May 18th 2013 and then the single “Taken By the Dark” was also released before “Zero”.

Combining technically driven guitar with impassioned vocal delivery, letlive.’s brand of progressive post-hardcore, spans various genres including alternative metal, experimental rock and hardcore punk. The band’s debut came in 2003 with the EP “Exhaustion, Salt Water, and Everything in Between" released on At One Records, with the line-up consisting of vocalist Jason Butler, bassist Christian Johanson, lead guitarist Ben Sharp, rhythm guitarist Keeyan Makif, and drummer Alex Haythorn.

letlive.’s full-length debut “Speak Like You Talk” arrived two years later in 2005 and marked the beginning of a series of line-up changes that resulted in Butler remaining the only original member in 2007. The band’s popularity grew at this point with a extensive touring schedule across Canada and the U.S. and the group returned to the studio to release their sophomore album “Fake History” in 2009. The album, released on Tragic Hero Records, was supported by another relentless tour including parts of Europe and produced by Kit Walters.

After Bring Me the Horizon frontman Oliver Sykes saw a letlive. performance in 2008 he arranged for the band to sign with Epitaph Records who rereleased the band’s sophomore album. With greater exposure the album earned high praise both critically and by fans and led to appearances at Download Festival, Leeds Festival and support slots for Enter Shikari, Your Demise and Underoath.

Subsequently, letlive. released their third full-length album in July 2013 peaking at No. 74 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and No. 62 in the UK album chart. Featuring the singles “That Fear Fever” and “Younger” the band proved their critical and commercial viability; achieving universal acclaim.