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My American Heart
Origin	San Diego, California, USA
Genres	Indie rock, pop punk, alternative rock
Years active	2001 – 2009
Labels	Warcon
Associated acts	Geoff Rickly
Members
Larry Soliman Dustin Hook Jake Kalb Nick Logan
Former members
Jesse Barrera Steven Oira Jeremy Mendez Brian Warren Clint Delgado Matthew VanGasbeck

My American Heart was a rock band from San Diego, California. The band's original name was No Way Out, which consisted of Larry Soliman on vocals, Jesse Barrera on bass guitar, Clint Delgado and Jeremy Mendez on guitar, and Steven Oira on Drums. They disbanded in October 2009.

Contents

1 History
2 Discography
3 Members
- 3.1 Former Members
4 Side-projects
5 References
6 External links

History

No Way Out gained much local fame from many local SoCal venues they played at. Due to some legal troubles concerning their name the band changed it from No Way Out to their current name, My American Heart (which was named after the Piebald song "American Heart"). The band made their first big break winning the Ernie Ball Battle Of The Bands. As popularity grew, the band was pressured to play at larger venues farther from home, causing Clint Delgado to leave the band to focus on his education. The band played the Taste of Chaos tour in 2005 with a four-piece. Shortly after the tour the band recorded the full length album The Meaning in Makeup with producer Sal Villanueva released on Kevin Lyman's label, Warcon, in fall 2005. While on Warped Tour, the band picked up bassist Dustin Hook.

During the summer of 2006 original guitarist, Jeremy Mendez left the band. My American Heart picked up guitarist Matt "Spud" VanGasbeck (Downtown Singapore) before heading out on their last tour before they went into the studio to record "Hiding Inside the Horrible Weather" with producer James Paul Wisner.

It was announced on the Soundwave (Australian music festival) tour that Steve Oira would leave the band after tour due to a mutual agreement. Jake Kalb (ex-The Fold/New Atlantic) has replaced him on drums. As of June 2008, Nick Logan will be joining the band on guitar permanently per the band's myspace page.

My American Heart recently announced on their MySpace page that they are currently writing for their new album. On April 14, 2008 Jesse Barrera announced on his website (jessebarrera.com) that they were no longer on Warcon Records, "The label that we were on for four years just folded and now we’re currently in the most interesting legal situation ever, which I won’t get into"

In early July 2009, Jesse Barrera announced on his website that he was leaving My American Heart.

In October 2009, it was announced through members of the band that they would be disbanding following a few final shows.

In early October 2009, Jesse Barrera made four demo tracks available on his website. The songs were intended for their third studio album that will now likely never be released. The demos are Unravel, Pain, Lost Inside Of You, and Circa.

Discography

No Way Out

The Courtesy Of Stars (EP) - 2002
Certainty Kills (EP) - 2003