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We’ve got a new review up at The Deli — check it out (and leave a comment)!

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http://thedelimagazine.com/nyc/index.php?name=thedeli&itemId=226019

Social Hero CMJ show: Village Underground on 10.24

Anyone up for a second helping of Warrant’s “Cherry Pie?” That’s not exactly what Social Hero serves up, mind you—this is no ironic hair-metal pose—but insofar as the quintet mixes fat riffs with libidinous lyrics, its music recalls the simple pleasures of rock’s pre-grunge era. On “Evening Gown,” the best of the group’s MySpace offerings, singer David Lloyd dreams of tearing through the titular garment, while “Mosquito Attack,” a nod to ‘80s Aerosmith, finds the front man poised to spend a night nibbling on his special lady’s face. Lest anyone think the band is only inspired by schlock, “Keep Telling Yourself” reveals an affinity for Queen and ‘70s power pop—influences always deserving of the revivalist treatment. See Social Hero live at the Village Underground (130 W 3rd St, NY) — Kenneth Partridge
Published on Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:09:07
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Awesome!

We got a lot cooking over here on the SHero grill, so put on your hairnets — it’s time to flip both burgers and out!!!  (There’s your zeugma for the day.  You heard me.)

We’ll be rolling and tumbling next Saturday at the CMJ Festival!  It’s going to be a thoroughly raucous, rock us event, so let your Aunt Mabel out from underneath the stairs, doll her up all fancy-like with her lip liner and eye gloss, and “wheel her” out to a show she’ll never forget–if she survives!  (It is almost Halloween, after all!)

SOCIAL HERO LIVE at

The Village Underground
9:30PM – SATURDAY OCT 24TH 2009
130 West 3rd Street (at 6th Avenue)
(B/D/F/V, A/C/E to West 4th Street)
$10, 21+
Playing with our old buddies Julius C!  www.myspace.com/juliusc

CMJ is the College Music Journal: www.cmj.com/marathon

Hope to see you there!

Dudes & Edge-Bots & Females of EARTH (& Elsewhere)!

It’s going to be a real big party this Thursday 8/13 at the Social Hero Rock-Extravaganza: with two of our friends’ bands! So finish cleaning your bedroom, sweep the dust under the carpet, and come down for a guaranteed Good Time and Great Rock Music.

All 3 bands will contain at least 1 bio-grade member of Social Hero!!!
(One of them will actually include ALL MEMBERS of Social Hero!!!)

!!!!SOCIAL HERO LIVE!!!! w/ The Minor Lift & Blue Winter
7:00pm – Thursday, August 13th
at REBEL
251 W. 30th Street, NYC
(A/C/E, 1/2/3, N/R/Q/W, B/D/F/V to 34th Street)
$10, Ages 18+
www.rebelnyc.com

The Minor Lift (www.myspace.com/TheMinorLift)
Social Hero (www.myspace.com/SocialHero)
Blue Winter (www.myspace.com/BlueWinter)

THE & LOOKS LIKE A SITTING MAN

SOCIAL HERO

Hey Billy Bob!

Well, it’s a very special day today. It’s Barack Obama’s birthday. What this means to you is: if it’s also your birthday today, maybe someday it will be a national holiday, and I won’t have to go to work on your birthday any more. I’m looking at you, W. R. Thornton (happy birthday). (The rest of you, of course, know Mr. Thornton as the monster-magazine enthusiast and drummer/vocalist for rock superstars The Boxmasters, although it turns out he’s also done some acting, and he’s not too bad at it. [Would you ask Tom Petty that?])

In celebration of all things everywhere at all times:

SOCIAL HERO! LIVE! IN CONCERT! NO FOOLIN’!
7:00pm – Thursday, August 13th
at REBEL
251 W. 30th Street, NYC
(A/C/E, 1/2/3, N/R/Q/W, B/D/F/V to 34th Street)
$10, Ages 18+
www.rebelnyc.com

This will be a particularly (and literally) MIND-BLOWING night of rock and roll for the following reasons:

We will be playing with The Minor Lift (www.myspace.com/theminorlift) and Blue Winter (www.myspace.com/bluewinter), both of which are some of the hardest rocking bands in show business.

BUT WAIT! Just when you thought it couldn’t get any crazier, The Minor Lift will feature none other than Griffin “Li’l Brudder” Lotti on lead guitar, and Blue Winter has retained the vocal stylings of none other than David “Bonitis” Lloyd on lead vocals! It’s a veritable THREEFER! A SOCIAL HERO OVERLOAD! WHAT MORE COULD YOU WANT???

That question is rhetorical.

We’ll see you there!

LOVE & FLUZZ,

SOCIAL HERO

olé!

As the sun sets over the lazy day ranch, who is going to come into the barn with me and help me shear all these sheep?  YOU ARE! 

That’s right – I’m talkin ’bout Tomorrow night - ! - AT THE TRASH BAR!  Don’t you forget we’ll be playing with Thick as Thieves & Ellis Ashbrook

Maybe we’ll launch into a spirited rendition of Volver, Volver. Maybe we’ll bring you the new sheep-fleece sweater-vest we knitted you.  Maybe we’ll rock so hard the atmospheric pressure will cause your head to explode, lulling you into a state of serenety and bliss, instead of killing you in the most horrible way imaginable.

In the words of one dude  to another buddy:

Friend: “Hey, wanna hear a story?”

Guy: “How long will it take?”

DO IT TO DO IT!

Love, SOCIAL HERO

Sup Dogggz.

     We’re gearing up to head out to Clarion University in Pennsylvania to kick some ass and take some names!  We sold out of CDs for a hot second but we’ve got more in stock now – so getcha pull and pick up a copy!  
     Support Independent Rock’N'Roll: our record comes with a personal guarantee that it’ll knock your socks off.  And if it doesn’t, we’ll send Blazin Hazen to your house with a stimulus check.

ROCK.

Bienvenidos, party peoples!
     Well, as you can plainly see, we’ve adjusted the feng shui in the House of Hero, so bear with us as we work out all the kinks, cranks, kerplunks and wonks!  Soon we’ll be streamlined – so lets keep it sexy people.  Our next show in New York is a BIG EXPLOSION KNITTING FACTORY HEADLINING SLOT – and you know what that means: Extended Set! 500,000 extra kilojoules of ROCK!
     We’d also like to welcome Col. Derek to the ranks, as Social Hero’s OFFICIAL NEW M&F’N DRUMMER!
     =>WHO ATE ALL THE COLE SLAW?
          Love, Social Hero

Salutations Kiddos,
    It was a long spooky weekend of rocking and getting rocked in Social Hero land – starting off with not one, but TWO Halloween gigs.  As always it was great to see our friends out looking sharp and gettin’ down like it was 1979!  Thanks Dudes and Dudettes!
    Now that the ghosts of Christmas past have been exorcised, we graciously acknowledge the beginning of the future, led by the new president elect for this place, the one and only: BaROCK Obama!!!  He’s a pretty great guy, and he certainly knows how to Rock, so i say, “O-KAY!”.

OKAY!

Yo guys and dolls! HOT DAMN we have been *busy*!! We’ve got some cool new stuff for ya’ll – our album is up for sale on our website as well as on cdBaby and as a digital download on DigStation Check those links for some killer soundclips as well as albums/artwork/mp3s for purchase!
We’re still working on that new website! In our usual fashion, after our incredibly successful show at The Knitting Factory last month, we partied so hard that we JUST WOKE UP! So please forgive us for not getting the new site up and running yet, and a most humble and loveable THANK YOU to all you cool cats that came out to our release!! Big things are coming… watch out for the SH Tidal Wave!!
Love, the Oceanic Potion of Social Hero