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- absolute bloom
- They rock!
- bombjack
- Incredible.
- Brooklyn Bums
- Swing Heil!
- Disasters
- 92.3 K-Rock's Best Unsigned
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- Driven Mad
- Great show! Different from other shows I've seen.
- Mistery Machine
- Radio material.
- Suprasod
- Maybe I'll like them better next time.
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- Channeling Jim
- Ha!Ha! Very funny.
- Hair of the Dog
- See them at least once.
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The Brooklyn/Bay Ridge band review really only ever
features one band: Exit Hero. Sometimes, for
a bonus, I'll throw in some other home-grown bands if they tickle my fancy. However, be
forewarned that when they play, I go, so that leaves them continuously fresh in my mind,
and so they are continuously featured here. What makes Exit Hero so good? One word: ENERGY. They are
so excited to be on stage and are obviously experienced in being there. Watching the lead
singer and bass guitarist jumping around and getting into their own music is contagious.
And once in a while, if you're lucky, the lead guitarist will lose control and tap his
foot. You can't help but jump around and get into the music too. Even people who can't
dance, and know it, are in front of the stage, kicking it up and letting loose. For an
added bonus, crane you're neck and watch the drummer: he's got the biggest smile you'll
ever see on a drummer.
Nostalgia will get you to go see a second Exit Hero show. You'll be
surprised as the band plays 80's pop music with a twist: just a little harder than the
original artists intended them to be played. (A classic Exit Hero 80's pop play list: Tainted
Love, Safety Dance and I Ran). But after the second show, you'll go
to actually hear the original stuff. Good thing for them, the stuff is good----nostalgia
only carries an audience so far. The original music is a bit harder than my taste usually
allows for, but the energy is addicting, the lyrics are raw emotion (expressed in a
uniquely male way) and the music is good. You'll hear a wide range of influences- to name
a few easily recognizable genres you can hear in their music: contemporary alternative,
80's Heavy Metal, a bit of blues and Prince (listen to the opening of A Day in the Sun
and then listen to the opening of Let's Go Crazy).
- The Boys:
- Yuval: Drummer and musician extraordinaire. He knows his shit.
- Frank: Bass guitarist. I don't know anything about bass guitars,
but he looks like he's having the time of his life. Watch him, it's fun.
- Tommy: Lead guitarist. Wow! Listen to his guitar whine in A
Day in the Sun!
- Tommy: Lead singer and guitarist. Hmm. What can I say that won't
reveal my fantasies? Listen to the lyrics.
Exit Hero tip of the month: Listen to the lyrics to Falling Down. They say it's about a bad
relationship, I say it's about sex in a bad relationship. What do you think? (E-mail them and tell them get their asses moving
and publish the damn lyrics on their site!)
Booking and contact info:
(917) 356-9996 or e-mail
BBR's favorite Exit Hero sound: A Day in the Sun Intro, A Day in the Sun fav line
- Upcoming show
dates
- Exit Hero music sample
from their CD just can't seem to shake the habit.
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- Read more about them in our exclusive interview.
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