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Me Vs Hero were a British rock band from Blackpool. The band consisted of lead vocalist Sam Thompson, bassist Michael Booth, guitarists Bobby Pook and Grant Berry and drummer Simon Smith. The band were known for their inclusion of hardcore punk and heavy metal influences to complement their pop punk sound. The band their self-titled EP in January 2009, followed by a second EP release entitled ''This One's for Our Friend'' in December 2009, and the following year the band released their debut album ''Days That Shape Our Lives''. On 25 April 2014 it was announced that they are releasing their second album, ''I'm Completely Fine'' later this fall. They also released a new single to coincide with the announcement entitled "Marks of a Slave". On 18 February 2015, Me Vs Hero announced they were splitting up. ==Formation, early years and Days That Shape Our Lives (2007–2011)== The band formed in 2007 with Alex McCulloch, Sam Thompson, Oliver Bradley and Michael Booth. Sam and Mike, whom were best friends since secondary school, used to practice in Sam's garage.〔〔 The band started when vocalist Sam Thompson wrote two demo songs: ''hand me the keys to massey'' and ''spiceweasel bam'' and then showed them to the other three.〔 The band's name is when Alex McCulloch was listening to Walls of Jericho and misinterpreted the lyrics as being ''beast versus hero''.〔 The band played their first gig in Blackpool at a small venue called ''Riffs''. In August 2008 the band declared that founding guitarist Alex McCulloch died.〔 The band has stated that their continuation was "to pay tribute to Alex". The band chose old friend Ross Malpass, who is also a successful web and app designer, as their new guitarist. In 2009 they released two Extended plays: ''Me Vs Hero EP'' in January and ''This One's for Our Friend'' In December. The band toured with several bands that year, completing a co-headline tour with Paige in March, festival appearances at Slam Dunk and Sonisphere.〔 The band's debut album ''Days That Shape Our Lives'' was released 18 October 2010. The album used re-recorded songs from their first two extended plays, this was because the band decided on—in their opinion—the best songs on the two EPs and wanted to show them to a larger audience. Following up to the release of the album three music videos were generated from the album, the title track 'The Days That Shape Our Lives', 'Can You Count, Suckers?' And later in 2012 'My Warren Sense Is Tingling'. On 6 October 2010 the band made the album free to stream on the internet. In November the band complete their first tour in support of the album by supporting Deaf Havana across Britain. On 6 December Me Vs Hero signed to Hang Tight Records to release the album on 12″ vinyl. Thee vinyl press was limited to 500 copies; 100 on blue/green splatter and 400 on green. In early 2011 Oliver Bradley was replaced by Stephen Jones on the drums. Bradley's reasons were never specified, only that he no longer wanted to be a part of the band any more. This was a coincidence as Jones' previous band had just broken up and he was looking to join another band. Across 2011 the band supported Skindred across the United Kingdom. As well as made several festival appearances including: ''Relentless Boardmasters'', Slam Dunk, Sonisphere Festival and Hevy Music Festival. At their Sonisphere Festival at Knebworth they confirmed themselves for the festival's secret performance at "the Roadhouse" in Manchester on 14 July, the show was designed to raise funds for the Teenage Cancer Trust. In early 2012 Stephen Jones left the band and they invited Simon Smith to join as their new drummer. However Smith initially rejected the offer as he was a session drummer for a X-factor finalist. Three days later, Smith joined the band. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Me Vs Hero」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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