My American Heart

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My American Heart
Origin San Diego, California, USA
Genre(s) Rock, Alternative, Indie, Emo
Years active 2001 – Present
Label(s) Warcon
Members
Larry Soliman
Jesse Barrera
Dustin Hook
Jake Kalb
Former members
Steven Oira

My American Heart is a rock band hailing from San Diego, CA. The band's original name was No Way Out, consisting of Larry Soliman on vocals, Jesse Barrera on bass guitar, Clint Delgado and Jeremy Mendez on guitar, and Steven Oira on Drums. 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. Although many of the original members of the band are Filipino, singer Larry Soliman says "we're all American". 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. Instead, the band was left with Dustin Hook, Jesse Barrera, Steven Oira, and Larry Soliman. The band played the Taste of Chaos tour in 2005 and shortly after recorded the full length album The Meaning in Makeup with famed producer Sal Villanueva (Thursday, Taking Back Sunday) released on punk/indie legend Kevin Lyman's label, Warcon, in fall 2005.

The band headlined the Ernie Ball stage on the entire Warped Tour in the summer of 2005, and followed with a late fall headlining tour sponsored by MySpace. They also headlined their own independent tour with bands such as Portugal. The Man, Lorene Drive, and Action Action opening for them. In 2007 they supported Madina Lake on their tour of the UK. During this tour they said that they would return to the UK at a later date.

On December 24th, it was announced that they will be supporting The Blackout on their European tour in January & February

It was announced on the Australian Soundwave Festival tour that Steve Oira would be leaving the band after the tour. Jake Kalb (ex-The Fold/New Atlantic) has replaced him on drums.


Contents

[edit] No Way Out Discography

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

[edit] My American Heart Discography

  • The band's live acoustic version of "White Lines" was recorded in 2005 and appeared on a Taste Of Chaos compilation.
  • A rendition of the Christmas song "The First Noel" was recorded by the band and appeared on the Taste Of Christmas compilation.
  • A re-done version of the song that originally appeared on their first EP entitled "The Ruins We Hold" can be found on the advance pre-release copies of The Meaning In Makeup. It is uncertain whether this remake was featured on any other releases.


[edit] 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

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