Artist description Youngstown, Ohios 4 piece rock band hitting hard and hitting fast!

Music Style Hard Rock

Musical Influences Travis, Vendetta Red, Incubus, Everclear

Similar Artists The Used, Vendetta Red, Brand New

Artist History 2 years and running.

Group Members Matt Stoyak- Vocals Sam Stoyak- Guitar Dan Verkhlin- Bass Jesse Reed- Drums

Albums Greatest Hits Volume 1, The Unheard EP

Press Reviews Sunday evening at the Nyabinghi there was an all ages show with a band that I had heard about and went to check out. One Forth Awesome. A rather young band (all 4 members are still in high school) based out of Liberty, OFA showed they are learning how to rock and rock with authority. OFA is punk rock band of the pop punk variety. Singer Matt Stoyak shows off his smooth tenor voice on their original songs. He reminds me a bit of the singer from New Found Glory a little bit and was made even more evident with their cover of My Friends Over You by said band. They played a short set, around 30 minutes, of a good mix of covers and originals. They played their selection of covers quite well. The NFG cover really impressed me. It was right on the money. Their originals had all the characteristics of good power punk songs. Crunching guitars, melodic basslines and catchy hooks topped off with solid drumming and vocals that are top notch. But being a new band, the songwriting shows room from improvement. Maybe just a little tweaking here and there and they have the makings of a very good respectable band. The guys are all young and no doubt will be improving steadily as they continue playing out more and more often.

Location Youngstown, OHIO - USA

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