My American Heart
is 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.
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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 famed producer
Sal Villanueva released on punk/indie legend 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 (jessebarrera.com) that he was leaving My American Heart.
No Way Out Discography
- The Courtesy Of Stars (EP)
- 2002
- Certainty Kills (EP)
- 2003
My American Heart Discography
- My American Heart (EP)
- 2004
- The Meaning in Makeup
- 2005
- Hiding Inside the Horrible Weather
- 2007
- Third Studio Album
- TBA
Compilations
- Taste of Chaos
- 2005 - Contributed White Lines
- Taste of Christmas
- 2005 - Contributed The First Noel
- Punk Goes Crunk
- 2008 - Contributed a cover of 2Pac's California Love
- Emaline Media Group and Faceless Present Face The Change Vol. 1 - 2009 - Contributed "There Are More Frightening Things..."
Members
- Larry Soliman
- Jesse Barrera
- Jake Kalb
- Nick Logan
- Dustin Hook
Former Members
- ''Steven Oira
- ''Jeremy Mendez
- ''Brian Warren
- ''Clint Delgado
- ''Matthew VanGasbeck
- ''Victor Ma
Side Projects
Jesse has his own MySpace and PureVolume site dedicated to his music:
Former member Clint Delgado does remixes and recordings. He did a remix using Larry's vocals from the demo version of "Boys! Grab Your Guns". It was titled "Guns - Hilarion Remix" which is Available at MahFans.com
Former member Victor ma has his own Myspace, but is no longer committed to music. He now pursues a career in breakdancing, of which he is yet to receive an act.
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