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Artist
Have A Go Hero
12+ albums
emopunk rockpop punk
about
Having spent their formative years playing and recording music together in their hometown of Burbage, Leicestershire, school friends Nick Moreton, Darren Jilks and Jonny Takhar formed Have A Go Hero at the beginning of 2003 as a reincarnation of their previous band Snap to Zero. With half-hearted attempts at studying at various universities abandoned, the band spent the rest of the year honing their sound, recording demos, and finally completing their current line-up with the addition of bass player Gav Weir. More self-recorded EPs were to follow, and the four-piece were starting to make friends and fans all over the country with their increasingly impressive live performances. In March 2005 the band headed out to Lockjaw Records’ Waiting Room studios to record the songs that would eventually make up the ‘Thinking of Names for J’ EP. The recordings impressed the staff at Lockjaw HQ, and the following month they signed the band to the label, with the EP set for release in June 2005, and tours scheduled for later in the year. While Have A Go Hero’s sound has been compared to bands such as the Get Up Kids, Brand New and Jimmy Eat World, the band is quick to sidestep the ‘emo’ tag, drawing influences from the likes of the Smashing Pumpkins and the Cure, and crafting their own blend of hard, melodic pop-rock. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
