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Hawthorne Heights

Hawthorne Heights is a rock band from Dayton, Ohio. The band originally formed in 2001 as a pop-punk outfit called A Day in the Life, but its members - childhood friends JT Woodruff, Micah Carli, Matt Ridenour, Casey Calvert, and Eron Bucciarelli - decided to change their name to Hawthorne Heights in 2003 when they began to experiment with a more emo-influenced post-hardcore sound. The name Hawthorne Heights was inspired by 17th century American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne, author of The Scarlet Letter.

Though the group only produced one album as A Day in the Life - Nine Reasons to Say Goodbye, released on Woodruff’s own independent label Carbon Copy Media - it was enough to attract the attention of noted alternative label Victory Records (Streetlight Manifesto, Silverstein, Aiden), who added the band to their eclectic lineup in 2003. Hawthorne Heights released their first album The Silence in Black and White a year later in mid-2004; while commercially successful, most critics found the album monotonous and derivative apart from a handful of standout tracks like "Niki FM" and "Ohio is for Lovers".

Eager to top their previous effort, Hawthorne Heights dropped their sophomore album If Only You Were Lonely two years later in 2006. Considered to be more mature and musically diverse than their first album, If Only You Were Lonely went on to peak at the number 3 spot on the mainstream Billboard 200, proving the band’s fan base had expanded past the angst-teen demographic long believed to be their only stronghold. Standout tracks from If Only You Were Lonely include "Saying Sorry" and "This Is Who We Are".