Unfortunately, they were a local band. So all the emo kids wear their Hawthorne Heights shirts with extreme pride in my town. In my opinion they would be okay if they didnt have that annoying screamer. I just hope the emo genre is just a phase like disco.
The same with me. The guitarist is from my city, I think. I don't know, one of them is. I live in Huber Heights, Ohio, if anyone feels like checking.
I've downloaded 6 of their songs. My favourite song (by far) is 'Ohio Is For Lovers'. I'm not really into hardcore emo/screamo; in general most of the bands sound really similar, but there are some standout hardcore emo/screamo bands. Hawthorne Heights is one of them.
I used to like them but their album got old really fast. I don't think they're much more than a band trying to fit into the emo genre, trying to make it.