about B O H named best hard rock band at OCMA's 2004 . . .
 

Matt RizzoArt Anthony

matt rizzo. . . Lead Guitar art anthony. . . Vocals and Guitars
chris mohney (monz) Drummer/ percusion - More to come. . .
introducing. . . Jenny torres. . . Bassist - More to Come. . .
 

BrandofHERO

Brand of HERO (BOH) is an alternative/hard rock band out of Orange County, Calif. BOH's music is an original repertoire of sophisticated alternative rock songs with a modern energy of hard rock. Their music style is a mix of influences from rock, grunge, blues, alternative, and modern rock with a message like Skillet, Switchfoot, P.O.D. and Life House. Fans say BOH reminds them of bands like Collective Soul, Smashing Pumpkins and Life House to Stone Temple Pilots and Oasis. BOH was originally formed in 1996 as "Bridge of Hope", but changed their name in 2004 to Brand of Hero.

BOH has independently released and marketed two EP/CDs, RIPPLEaffect (2004) and Impacto (2008).. BOH is in the midst of recording their full CD, which they are hoping to release sometime in early 2018. However, at the request of fans and industry, they will be pre-releasing the EP/CD, On this Side of the Ocean in June 2017 to represent a taste of what's to come on their upcoming full CD release.

Winning the '04 Orange County Music Awards Best Hard Rock category for their song RIPPLEaffect, on their self titled EP/CD has allowed the band more opportunities.. But even with this opportunity their vision has stayed the same - communicating a message of Love, Mercy, and Grace in a different tone, through their own form of hard rock music. Band founder, singer-songwriter and guitar player, Art Anthony, believes the purpose of the band "is not about fame, popularity, or money . . . it's about getting an optimistic message across to others through the music and the lyrics we present, in this day and age", Art said, as well as doing music that a wide audience would love and enjoy. The most important thing Art wants to do is to do what he loves most and that is playing and singing in an alternative-rock band that would share his faith to a broader audience. "We believe we're a rock band, with the gift of music, to make a difference in both main-stream and Christian arenas alike," he continued...

The band is comprised of Art Anthony (songwriter, rhythm guitars, lead vocals), who happens to be the founder of the band, returning lead guitar, Matt Rizzo, drummer, Chris Mohney (Monz) and bassist, Jenny Torres.. The band members come from different musical influences and backgrounds, yet have bonded to together as a collective band. The band members consider themselves to be a "rock band" with a positive message of their faith. Their music range is phenomenal along with their talent to perform on stage. The band has played at The House of Blues, The Coach House, The Viper Room, The Knitting Factory, The Whisky a Go Go, Federal Bar and Galaxy Theatre opening for such bands as The Kry, Kevin Martin and the Hiwatts (Voice of Candlebox), LA Guns, The Romantics, to doing ministry benefit concerts at local churches opening for Jeremy Camp, or an indie band like Pound Foolish to playing festivals like Portico (TomFest) and sharing stages with Emery, Showbread, Rock & Roll Worship Circus, Joy Electric and others. The band crosses all types of stereotype barriers to create what they feel is their own form of cross-over rock, alternative rock and hard rock. Other recognized national acts BOH has opened for includes: Dramarama, Winger, FogHat, Joe Lynn Turner (from Rainbow and Deep Purple), The BulletBoys, Vanilla Fudge, Colin Hay (from Men at Work), Michael Sweet (from Stryper), Tommy TuTone, along with well known local artist, such as Union of Saints, Plumbline, Pax217, East West, Mudbath, Nevada Sky, Silent Noise, Apulse, Scarlet Crush, Makeshift 3 and others.

As mentioned earlier, BOH is in the midst of working on new material for their full-fledge CD, which will be released sometime in 2018. They are working hard to get it done. The band is looking to make this album its best 12 songs. Currently, BOH is in the process of pre-releasing five of the songs, along with beautiful poem, a rendition of "A Christian's child's prayer" on the EP/CD On this Side of the Ocean June 27, 2017. The five songs will be: Souls, My Lament, Palms Over, Simple Song and A Moment with the poem A Child's Sincere Prayer, featuring Bella Bryson. On this Side of the Ocean will be available on many E-Stores, in late June and some Independent CD Stores. For more information you can visit BOH's webpage E-Stores. . .

BOH has been getting some interest, via Internet play and radio, such as OCRockRadio.com, ZFM (Australia), iSPINIT radio (Rock 001), PODONOVER, INTROradio, and other stations. "This next album will be more along the lines of Audioslave meets Queens of Stonehenge meets Nirvana, that's if you want to compare," said Art... Although BOH gets inspiration from other bands, they want to have a unique sound all their own. "BOH's next album project, On this Side of the Ocean, is sure to make a big impact because we will put our souls and hearts into each song and on the line for this one . . . We can't wait for it to be completely done", continued Art.

In the EP/CD RIPPLEaffect, two of the songs, RIPPLEaffect and Carry, were independently released in June 2003, along with a hidden track GIVER, as the CD single RIPPLEaffect for radio play. The song RIPPLEaffect received great reviews from friends and fans and was selected to be on a couple of compilation CDs the previous year, which included Musician Institute's (MI) 2004 compilation CD (Hollywood). In addition, BOH won the '04 Orange County Music Awards 'Best Hard Rock' category for their song RIPPLEaffect. Also, BOH attained radio play on 95.9 FM, The FISH, on the Fresh Fish Friday program with the song, GIVER (Project N EP), which received some good reviews. The RIPPLEaffect and Project N CDs are available on several Internet E-stores. If you want to know more about Internet radio play visit www.brandofhero.com.

While BOH's purpose is to communicate a positive message of their faith, they want to maintain a rock solid alternative-hard rock sound, that is both distinctly soul searching and straightforward.. You can listen to the pre-release On this Side of the Ocean at www.reverbnation.com/brandofhero.

Email us if you have any questions - boh@bohmusic.com

 
06.21.17.