EPK – Yesterday’s Hero – Ways To Hate (2023)
Publicist – Jon Asher – jon[@]ashermediarelations[.]com
“In a digital age of singles, we are going analog and releasing an album. Why? Because when you hear a song as it finishes your head is already starting the next song. Thus must be passed on. The songs are arranged in an order specifically to create a feel. You can’t do that with singles! We write with simple intentions. Simple catchy riffs with relatable lyrics. The nostalgic taste of our music experience with a bit of new raw live sound.” – Yesterday’s Hero
For fans of Chevelle, Rise Against, Killswitch Engage, Godsmack, Seether
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Band: Yesterday’s Hero
Album Title: Ways To Hate
Release Date: November 24, 2023
Label: Self-Release
Distribution: Discmakers
Track Listing:
1- Killing Me (3:43)
2- What I Needed (4:06)
3- Ways to Hate (3:38)
4- Bounce (4:12)
5- Be (3:46)
6- Road of Doom (5:26)
7- Life’s So Good (3:46)
Album Length: 28:36
Album Credits:
– Produced, mixed, and mastered by Joe Hairs at Sonic Lounge Studio
Band Lineup Live and Recording
Chris Neller – Vocals
Nathan Fike – Lead Guitar
Tony Smith – Guitar
Bill Mizen – Bass
Byron Ferguson – Drums
Jesse Elkins – Drums on track 1. Killing Me, 5. Be, 6. Road of Doom, and 7. Life’s So Good
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About The Album Artwork
Covers shows the most common way that “hate” is indoctrinated
About the album as a whole (LYRICALLY & MUSICALLY)
Lyrically you follow through the emotions of a struggling bleeding heart at the end of a tumultuous relationship. Musically it follows our maturation away from the heavy scene and into the groove.
Track by track (LYRICALLY & MUSICALLY)
1 Killing Me. This is one of the first songs written and set the tone. Drive and groove. Lyrically  you will hear a man grasping the reality that the relationship is tearing him apart
2. What I Needed. Â This song I wrote with my son playing drums. A Rise Against-inspired banger. Lyrically this is a newer song and is written with a healed heart. Sometimes in the middle of struggle, you may not realize it’s “What I Needed”
3 Ways to Hate. We wanted to write something groovy that you would have no choice but to move. Lyrically this is at the point of heartache where the other’s intentions are more clear
4. Bounce. This is one of the first riffs and like its name, it bounced. The lyrics are at the point of the break up that nothing more matters. Â “Your words are like mush and you say too much to me” It is simply time to Bounce
5 Be. This song musically is just chill to me it Be What it Beâ¦â¦” Don’t blame me or shame me”
6 Road of Doom. This song just happened at practice and it turned into an  anthem for our personal struggles
7. Life’s so Good. I love to write driving riffs. A simple banger inspired by the rebirth of oneself focusing on the positive.
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Fun Facts – Story Angles
1. Yesterday’s Hero is a good time band. We have more fun out at the shows than we probably should. We are no choir boys.
2. Chris Neller is a truck driver for a living. Despite spending hours behind the wheel of an 18-wheeler he absolutely can not drive the band bus.
3. Speaking of the bus, we call it the litter box. Â It holds all the pieces of shit.
4. Tony builds high-end custom cars and has had over 50 feature articles and several magazine covers.
5. Byron fits every stereotypical drummer jokeâ¦.all of them.
6. Neller is obsessed with cheese.
Hailing from the bogs of the black swamp, deep in the cut of corn country. Yesterday’s Hero is a Hard Rock/ Alt-metal band from N.W. Ohio. Fueled by backroad burnouts and small-town shenanigans Yesterday’s Hero uses a blend of high-energy groove combined with timeless melodies that will make you hit repeat!
Discography:
2023 – Ways To Hate – LP
2021 – Killing Me – EP
Shared Stage with:
Escape the Fate, D.r.u.g.s, Powerman5000,The World we Know, the Convalescence, Texas Hippie Coalition, Red, Gemini Syndrone
