Artist description Hard Rockin quartet from the Philadelphia/South Jersey region between the years 1987 and 1991

Music Style Heavy Metal

Artist History Founded in 1985 by Billy Salmon and Anthony Carite, Midnight Hero was a Heavy Metal/Hard Rock band from the Philadelphia/South Jersey area during the late 80's, early 90's. The band went thru numerous lineup changes before settling on the lineup that would see the band to it's greatest success and ultimate demise. This website is a tribute to a band that so epitomized the Heavy Metal genre of the era. Anthony Carite, Billy Salmon, Scott Culver and Michael Reeve scorched the South Jersey hard rock scene for 5 years. Midnight Hero could be found every weekend at clubs like The Galaxy, The Empire, Swizzles, Capones, The Red Garter, and The Cell Block. They would regularly play alongside area mainstays Whitefoxx, Heavens Edge, Rough Diamond and Funhouse. Led by Anthony Carite's booming, yet melodic vocals, the screaming guitar stylings of Billy Salmon and the thunderous back-beat of Michael Reeve and Scott Culver on bass and drums respectively. The band regularly played all over the Philadelphia, New York and Atlantic City club circuit, often drawing standing room only crowds. While they were known for songs such as Cry No More, Easy Come Easy Go, On Your Way and Never Let You Go, the band will forever be remembered for their ultimate weekend rock anthem Trouble. The one fact about the band that should not go un-noticed is that they managed to do what so few bands trying to attain superstardom are able to do, which is stay true to their music. When the music scene around them started to change, the band refused to submit. They were a Heavy Metal band pure and simple, and proud of it I might add. When the grunge invasion of 1992 stormed across America, the 4 realized that their chances of attaining the ultimate prize of a major label recording contract were vanishing faster than the opening chords of "Smells like Teen Spirit". Rather than roll with the changes, the band decided to call it a day. Midnight Hero has been out of existence for over ten years now. Hopefully, this web page will allow their music to live on as long the internet does.

Group Members Anthony Carite, Billy Salmon, Scott Culver, Michael Reeve

Location Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - USA

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