Schoolyard Heros

Schoolyard Heroes is a horror punk/alternative rock band formed Olympia, Washington in 1999. Schoolyard Heros consists of four members: Ryann Donnelly (lead vocals), Jonah Bergman (bassist, back-up vocals), Steve Bonnell (guitar), and Brian Turner (drummer). Most of the members attended Charles Wright Academy, a private school in University Place, WA. They first garnered attention in 2003, after winning second place in Experience Music Project's Sound Off! Competition. Read more on Last.fm …read full bio

Schoolyard Heroes is a horror punk/alternative rock band formed Olympia, Washington in 1999. Schoolyard Heros consists of four members: Ryann Donnelly (lead vocals), Jonah Bergman (bassist, back-up vocals), Steve Bonnell (guitar), and Brian Turner (drummer). Most of the members attended Charles Wright Academy, a private school in University Place, WA. They first garnered attention in 2003, after winning second place in Experience Music Project's Sound Off! Competition. They continued on to make a debut album, The Funeral Sciences. 2005 saw the release of their second effort, Fantastic Wounds and a nationwide tour with the now defunct Vendetta Red. They have been featured in the Seattle newspaper The Stranger. Singer Ryann Donnelly claims that the band has its roots in the year 2000, when she and the band attempted to play a cover of a Misfits song, "Last Caress", but were cut off due to offensive lyricism (they were playing a Christian Battle of the Bands function). The Heroes entered the studio on January 16th, 2007, to record their third full-length record, titled Abominations. Recording wrapped on February 3rd, 2007, and the album was released on September 18, 2007 on a major-label, Stolen Transmission, for the first time. The band announced a nation-wide tour to showcase their new album. On March 20, 2007, Schoolyard Heroes debuted a song on their PureVolume music page. "Dude, Where's My Skin?" went on to become the website's most downloaded song of the day. After a short 24-hour stint, the song was removed. In early 2008, the band completed a nationwide tour, opening for the Seattle-based band Aiden. Offical Website www.schoolyardheroes.com Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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