House Of Heroes

House of Heroes is an alternative rock band from Columbus, Ohio. They are generally considered to be Christian rock, though their lyrics are not always transparently Christian. They tend to be very passionate song writers, and will cover almost any subject for a song. They have released four albums: What You Want Is Now (2003), House of Heroes (2005), Say No More (2006), and The End Is Not the End (2008). The band consists of brothers Colin Rigsby and Jared Rigsby, Tim Skipper, and A.J. babcock (who does not perform live.)

Jared Rigsby replaced A.J. Babcock as the band's live bassist in December 2005, as Babcock had gotten married and focused on a side project with his wife called "FlowerDagger". A.J. Babcock is still a member of House of Heroes and records in the studio. They now have a new live guitarist whose name is (according to one of their Vlogs) Eric "Do The Dew" Newcomer.

Band history

The band got started in 1996 at Hilliard Davidson High School (Hilliard, OH), originally as a punk band called Plan B, with Tim Skipper, A.J. Babcock, and Nate Rothacker on drums. In 1998, Colin Rigsby replaced Nate Rothacker on drums and they changed their name to No Tagbacks, then later to House of Heroes. The band recorded early demos at Chris Lundquist's home studio LundquistAudio (formerly Lunkhead Studio). The name "House of Heroes" was Colin Rigsby's idea, taken from Nehemiah 3:16 from the Bible. In 2003 they released their first album What You Want Is Now under the name House of Heroes.

Influences

According to drummer, Colin Rigsby, some of House of Heroes influences are: The Beatles, Queen, Muse, Bruce Springsteen, and The Clash. In his free time, Rigsby works on Art, and has his own website at . He is currently working with Jon Schneck of Relient K on a graphic novel titled "En Carne."

Albums and EPs

In 2005, tobyMac signed the band to Gotee Records, and shortly afterward their self-titled album House of Heroes was released. During the same year, the group toured with several other bands such as Relient K, Rufio, and MxPx.

Say No More, was released on May 2, 2006. It was a re-release of their self-titled debut album, and includes two bonus tracks ("The Invisible Hook," and "You Are the Judas of the Cheerleading Squad").

In 2008, before the release of their next album, the band launched FreeHOH.com, a website where "In the Valley of the Dying Sun", "Sooner or Later", and "By Your Side" were offered as free downloads. The End Is Not the End was subsequently released on September 23, 2008.

The band did have distribution issues when the album was first released. It was only available at live shows and online, but not in stores. It is NOW available in most retailers, but it must be bought through the store's website, still because of distribution issues.

This digital EP was released on iTunes (and now AmazonMp3) on April 7th, 2009. and includes the songs: "Ghost", "New Moon," and "If (Acoustic)." ("If" is also on the "The End Is Not The End.") The title The Acoustic End EP refers to their album title The End Is Not The End.

During a show on March 20, 2009 in Columbus, Ohio, the band announced that they would be releasing a digital EP of The Beatles cover songs. The three song EP, with the Beatle reference, House of Heroes Meets The Beatles, (refering to the Beatles album "Meet The Beatles") which was released on June 9, 2009, features "Can't Buy Me Love", "It Won't Be Long" and "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da". The album artwork of this digital EP is set around The Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night."

Tours

House of Heroes have toured with many bands such as Silverchair, Filter, Stryper, Phantom Planet, Family Force 5, Luna Halo, Relient K, Ludo, This Providence,Wavorly, Abandon Kansas, The Wedding, and The Fold.

They are currently doing the "The Super Bigtime, All American, Traveling Concert Tour" which takes place in most Eastern states.

Members