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Protest the Hero (often abbreviated as PTH or simply Protest) is a Canadian band from Whitby, Ontario.[title=Protest the Hero Talks about their new album, Kezia!] The Protest line-up has stayed the same since the band formed in 1999, when they were just 12 years old
. [title=Music Vice Features - Protest The Hero interview with Rody at Warped Tour 2008] They originally used the name Happy Go Lucky, but changed their name before releasing their first EP, A Calculated Use of Sound which was followed by the release of their first full length, Kezia, on the indie label Underground Operations. On January 23, 2006 the band officially signed with Vagrant Records for Kezia's United States release. Kezia was released in the US on April 4, 2006. Their second full length, Fortress was officially released by Underground Operations in Canada and by Vagrant Records worldwide on January 29, 2008.[title=Protest the Hero's Fortress]
Overview BiographyThe day that the band members finished their senior final exams, they left on a three-week tour from Toronto to Halifax called "Cock the Vote" in order to gain recognition, as well as raise awareness for the upcoming Canadian election. Protest the Hero's popularity is slowly expanding outside of metal scenes in and around the cities and towns they have performed in. Now teamed up with Universal Music Canada for distributional services, Protest the Hero hopes to become popular over most of Canada and, with their recent signing to Vagrant Records, the United States as well. In 2004 they won the Canadian Independent Music Award for Favourite Metal Artist/Group, beating out much more well known Alexisonfire. They were nominated for the 2006 Canadian Music Week Indie Awards' Favourite Metal Artist/Group, which Kataklysm won in March of that year. Also in 2006, the band was also nominated for the CASBY Award.
A music video for their song "These Colours Don't Run" from the album A Calculated Use of Sound was released in 2003. The video begins with the band discussing the meaning of the song and features the band playing the song live at numerous locations in Toronto, Ontario, with the album music dubbed over the actual live recording. At each location, the band would hand out lyrics to passers-by and encourage them to listen or sing along. The band has also released videos for the songs "The Divine Suicide of K", "Blindfolds Aside", and "Heretics and Killers" from Kezia, and for "Bloodmeat" and "Sequoia Throne" from Fortress. The video for "Heretics and Killers" received airplay on MTV2 and FUSE, partially because of the interesting premise of the video: the band play the flying monkeys from the Wizard of Oz after they were fired. In addition, the song "Divinity Within" is featured on the NHL 07 videogame soundtrack, and "Bury the Hatchet" is featured in a download pack for Guitar Hero II on the Xbox 360.
Protest The Hero started officially writing music for their newest album in January, 2007. They finished recording it on August 10, as said by Rody during the 2007 Vans Warped Tour in Barrie. The album is called Fortress and was set to be released by Vagrant Records on November 12, however the band had decided to push the release back to January 29, 2008. On May 2nd 2008, Protest The Hero premiered their video for "Sequoia Throne".
Protest the Hero liveProtest the Hero are known for playing with a large stage-presence, largely due to frontman Rody's energetic persona, and the band's constant motion
In September 2006, guitarist Luke Hoskin was detained at the Vancouver-US border for possessing a bag with less than 0.2 grams of marijuana, preventing him from continuing on their tour with Trivium and The Sword.[title=Protest the Hero: Detained!] In his place the band got Marco Bressette aka "Sparco" from the Canadian rock band Hypodust from September til November 2006, in the band he was referred to as "Xerxes".
On January 28, 2008 the band began a tour through Canada with Silverstein, The Devil Wears Prada, and illScarlett. They continued the tour into the U.S. in late February with the same bands, minus illScarlett, and in addition, A Day To Remember, but pulled out from the final three weeks of the tour, citing exhaustion and general dissatisfaction with their recent performances. They are scheduled to start touring again in April with Chiodos and Today I Caught the Plague before joining Warped Tour 2008. The band will be on tour with Unearth, The Acacia Strain, Whitechapel, and Gwen Stacy after Warped Tour in the United States; and then will be on a European tour with Unearth, Parkway Drive, Despised Icon, Architects, Whitechapel, and Carnifex.
DiscographyFull length- Kezia (2005)
- Fortress (2008)
EP- Search for the Truth 7" (2002)
- A Calculated Use of Sound EP (2003)
- Reissued and remastered in 2004 with bonus song "Soft Targets Dig Softer Graves".
- Sequoia Throne Remix EP (2008)
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