Artist description A ska-punk band from PA, with a mix of fast guitar, jump up ska, and core-ish break downs.

Music Style ska-punk, ska-core, punk, emo, reggae

Musical Influences Reel Big Fish, Five Iron Frenzy, Less than Jake, New Found Glory, Rx Bandits, Finch, Thursday, Catch 22

Similar Artists Catch 22, Rx Bandits, Reel Big Fish, Less than Jake

Artist History The band began in October of 2001 with four of the current members, and others who in time and for their own reasons decided to part ways. Brian Hecker was added to the line-up in early 2002 to complete the horn section. Not too many shows were played in the first year because the band was practicing hard to mesh and refine their sound. A month or two before the band's one year anniversary the lead singer decided to part ways due to musical taste differences. After months of searching, and many failed attempts to teach Joel how to sing, the band picked up Chris Irons as a lead vocalist. Kate was picked up in early 2003 to put the badass trumpet harmonies in effect, and to finally be the last piece of the Long Shot Hero puzzle. The band has been practicing hard with renewed vigor with Chris as the new front man.

Group Members Kaity (guitar), Brian C. (drums), Chris I. (mouth), Brian H. (tromboner), Joel (trumpet and vocals), Kate (trumpet) Jesse S. (bass).

Instruments guitar, bass, drums, mics, trombone, trumpets

Press Reviews "Long Shot Hero, another finalist, brought some ska flavor as the animated front man came down to the audience to sing. Playing a sped up cover of 'Joy to the World' and one of their own selections, '2000', these reminders of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones turned the show into a party of raucous entertainment." - The Quad Vol.83 Is.11 Nov. 26, 2002 (XXXXXXXXXXX) "That was good. That was MAD good. I wish it was longer." --Johnny Hunter of the Prize Fight, about the 3 song demo.(XXXXXXXXXXX)"I thought you were very good and really fun and you should have no problem getting hired for gigs because it's just great party music." --- Debbie Calton, 102.9 WMGK Philadelphia (XXXXXXXXXXX) "Following Dr. Dog was Long Shot Hero, a vast ska act that covered the entire rickety, wooden stage. Dueing the set, the two trumpet players sounded off, and the overly caffiene stimulated lead singer jumped off the stage, running through the crowd as he worked the attention of everyone in sight. Playing to a good sized bunch in front of the stage that could have been their fan club, they performed such originals as "Lucky Stars" and "See You When We Get There". - The Quad, May 6, 2003 - Vol. 84, Issue 11 (XXXXXXXXXXX) "All the big shots say ska punk is dead, but then when I hear a band like Long Shot Hero (or The Prize Fight) - and I see how young they are; I know that ska punk will always be around .. it is in the blood of the youth, and it's not going anywhere when talent like this stays around. Hey, any band with a girl playing an instrument in it scores points in my book...If catchy ska punk is your thing, then take a listen. Enjoy." -Jason Tate, AbsolutePunk.Net (XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX) "You really perked our ears up with your band's energy. The vocals were strong. Longshot Hero has a bright future ahead. Stick with it and keep gigging." - Dan Fein, Program Director, Y100 (philadelphia's number one alt. rock station). (XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX)"Last up was the band that I came to see. Their set was packed with energy from every person in the band. Their horns section was my favorite of the night. Kaity's guitar style sounded very much influenced by Blink 182, and it fit in greatly with the rest of the band. My biggest suprise was Chris's voice. On the recordings I wasn't too impressed by it, but when I heard it live it sounded amazing. The worst part of the night would of had to of been when Chris took his shirt off..haha just kidding Chris. They put on an amazing show, and you should certainly check them out." - Julian Stein, Directpunk.com (XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX) " Let me begin with the actual band. Five guys and two girls round out their camp. Brian and Jesse hold down the rhythm section on drums and bass respectively. The other Brian, Joel, and Kate (no one calls her Kate, so call her Shady) honk away in the horn section with a trombone and 2 trumpets making for some loud but solid sounding tooting. The humble looking Kaity supplies some accurate guitar work into the mix while Chris sets his voice on the top of the musical pyramid known only as Long Shot Hero. They launched into their set with Go and they played it extremely tight. All the music and all the vocals sounded exactly in the same place you would find them in the recorded version of the song. So they did really well with musical execution, and they stuck to that norm all night long. But musically and performance-wise I wasn't entirely impressed heading into the second song. Ten seconds into the second song, however, I was a genuinely changed man. I can't explain it, I just like took a step back, rubbed my eyes, twitched my ears and was like "whoa, this song is getting my head bopping and my feet tapping." I glanced at Matt, and Mr. Metal himself was feeling it. He was like "Dude, I had no idea they'd be this good." My only available reaction was a smile. Something had wormed it's way into our heads and just infected our ears. I'm not sure if it was the loud whale of their horns cutting through Kaity's steady, dare I say "punkish", guitar chords or just the way all of it had a beat that just wants to make you jump up and down to. Matt and I stood against the stage bobbing our heads as they plowed through more songs that tangoed with our changed ears. I was at first thinking they don't jump around enough, but before I knew it they were all jumping in unison, and Chris was rolling around on the floor while singing. So as for their visual performance, they don't jump around and swing their instruments all around that much, but they clearly have a blast on stage and share lots of laughs with one another. Everyone in the band minus the bass player sing back vocals which gives most of their songs a very anthemy feel. All the songs I heard far surpassed the material on their demo. Essentially that demo of theirs does little, if any, justice. So I suggest you forget what you heard on their demo (that is if you heard it anyway) and just wait a month for the release of their EP which I can assure you is recorded with much better quality and the songs themselves are just much better, because they all seem pretty excited about it's release. As for the ladies out there, we may have another regular Brandon Boyd case here (Incubus front man). By the end of the set, Chris was stripped down to his pierced nipples and a pair of jeans. Yeah, his shoes had come off too. And giving me a shout-out twice in a single show means one of three things...1.)he thinks I'm extremely hot. 2.)he was trying to score brownie points with AP or 3.)he's a really cool guy. In any case, I found my night with Long Shot Hero to be a great experience. Matt thanked me for taking him along and he said he was immensely surprised with how good of a time he had. Matt even bought a shirt of each band that had merch set up. (Prize Fight, The Grand Finals, and Long Shot Hero) How bout that?" - Chris March, Absolutepunk.net (XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX) "Last up was the band that I came to see. Their set was packed with energy from every person in the band. Their horns werey favorite of the night. Kaity's guitar style sounded very much influenced by Blink 182, and it fit in greatly with the rest of the band. My biggest suprise was Chris's voice. On the recordings I wasn't too impressed by it, but when I heard it live it sounded amazing. The worst part of the night would of had to of been when Chris took his shirt off..haha just kidding Chris. They put on an amazing show, and you should certainly check them out. " - Julian Stein, DirectPunk.com

Additional Info We would just honestly like to thank everyone for coming here and checking out our stuff...thanks to everyone who's ever come to a show, and ever supported us. We love you all...

Location West Chester, PA - USA

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