Home Town Hero

Home Town Hero
Home Town Hero
Background information
Origin	So-cal
Genre(s)	Post-grunge
Years active	2000-2004
Label(s)	Maverick Records
Associated acts	Under the Influence of Giants
Former members
Aaron Bruno, Drew Stewart, Todd Burns, Ray Blanco

Home Town Hero was a post-grunge band from Southern California active in the early 2000s. Founding members Aaron Bruno and Drew Stewart began playing together while attending Westlake High School, where their early project was known as the Ice Monkeys. They were greatly influenced by the success of Southern California punk bands of the early 1990s and the Grunge aesthetic popularized by band like Nirvana and Pearl Jam. With the latter addition of bassist Todd Burns and drummer Ray Blanco the band re-christened themselves as Insurgence. As Insurgence they began playing famous California venues, including The Roxy Theatre and Whisky a Go Go.

When the band began work on their demo EP they again changed their name to "Home Town Hero". In 2000 and 2001 Home Town Hero Was joined the Van's Warped Tour, where they attracted the attention of Madonna's Maverick Records label. The band's eponymous major label debut was heavily promoted by Warner Bros. Records, and their single "Questions" received significant airplay in major American radio markets. "Questions" was also included in videogame soundtrack for Legends of Wrestling II.

Home Town Hero split up shortly before releasing their second LP, Bitch City, in 2004. The album did not see a physical release, but was freely available to download on the internet. The track "Robbers" was selected by EA Sports for the soundtrack to their MVP Baseball 2004 video game.^[1]

Vocalist Aaron Bruno and guitarist Drew Stewart went on to found Under the Influence of Giants under the Island Records label in 2005.

Discography

• 2002 Home Town Hero
• 2004 Bitch City

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