Hawthorne Heights is an American rock band formed in Dayton, Ohio, in 2001. Originally called A Day in the Life, their lineup consists of JT Woodruff, Matt Ridenour and Mark McMillon.
members: JT Woodruff, Eron Bucciarelli, Mark McMillon, Casey Calvert, Micah Carli, Matt Ridenour, Chris Popadak
formed in: Dayton
labels: Victory Records
genres: emo, post-hardcore, screamo, alternative rock, pop-punk
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A Day in the Life were formed by JT Woodruff, Jesse Blair, Andy Saunders, Josh Bethel, and Andy Lazier in Dayton, Ohio in 2001. They took their name from "A Day in the Life", a song by the Beatles. Their first record was a demo titled Four Bullets for One Girl, which sold its 500 copy run in two months. That brought them to the attention of Confined Records, with which they released an album, Nine Reasons to Say Goodbye. Finally, they released a 6-song EP titled Paper Chromatography: The Fade from Dark to Light (which was partially re-released as part of the compilation From Ohio With Love) in the winter of 2003.
Hawthorne Heights released a demo for their new song "Come Back Home" on their MySpace in 2007. A reprised version of the song became one of the twelve tracks which was selected for the band's third studio album. A second song came out on their Myspace, a cover of the Smashing Pumpkins song "Bullet with Butterfly Wings", which was contributed to MySpace's tribute to The Smashing Pumpkins. The cover song, however, did not become a track on the album.
Traditionally, Hawthorne Heights' music has been characterized as "angst-fueled." The band has been categorized as being emo, post-hardcore, screamo, pop-punk, and rock. Likewise, Hawthorne Heights's albums have been tagged as alternative rock by iTunes. Hawthorne Heights have been said to be indie rock and indie emo. Eron Bucciarelli, the band's drummer, noted that the band's sound has "always been pigeon holed as emo or screamo". In the same interview he said that the band prefers to be referred to simply as "a rock band". Frontman JT Woodruff told The Fresno Bee in 2018: "After all these years it's hard to get caught up in sub genres, because categorizing things doesn't matter much. At heart, we are a rock band. We try to write music...
"Ohio Is for Lovers", also known as simply "Ohio", is a song by American rock band Hawthorne Heights, released as the debut single from their debut studio album, The Silence in Black and White, which was released in 2004.
According to lead singer JT Woodruff, the song is about going on tour whilst leaving their girlfriends in Ohio.
It peaked at #34 on the US Billboard Alternative Songs Chart. When the music video for the song began to receive airplay on MTV, it boosted the band's popularity, resulting in The Silence in Black and White being certified gold in the United States by the RIAA.
The music video was directed by Shane Drake. The video features footage of the band performing in an old building while a little girl is shown aging rapidly and a spider is spinning its web. According to JT Woodruff, the band members were wearing each other's clothing and the microphone was hanging from the ceiling because they forgot to bring the stand.
In 2006, Scott Shetler of Slant Magazine said the song was "every bit as absurd as it was catchy."