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Memphis, United States (1995 – 1999)

His Hero Is Gone (often abbreviated HHIG) was an influential crust punk and sludge metal band from Memphis, Tennessee. Formed in 1995 from members of Copout, Man With Guns Lives Here and FaceDown. They disbanded in 1999, playing their last show in Memphis. They toured the U.S. extensively several times, as well as Europe and Japan. They released a total of 6 records: Fifteen Counts of Arson and split EP with Union of Uranus (limited edition of 1,000), which was the last recording completed with original band member Pat Davis. Monuments to Thieves debut of new guitarist Yannick Lorraine formerly of Union of Uranus from Canada, The Plot Sickens, and two 7” EPs The Dead of Night in Eight Movements and Fool’s Gold as well as a 1995 demo tape entitled Medicine of Thieves. Simultaenously or afterwards band members played in the bands Deathreat, Call The Police, Dimlaia, Warcry, Union of Uranus and many more. The core of the band, Todd Burdette, Paul Burdette and Yannick Lorraine went on to form the hardcore punk band Tragedy. His Hero is Gone was characterized by heavily distorted “thick sounding” guitars, lyrics featuring social commentary much of which include anti-consumerist themes. The band and related projects have remained under the radar of a mainstream audience by not promoting themselves via tools of mass communication such as websites or larger music labels.
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  • WandererAbove

    Like weeds has some of the heaviest chords in crust

    16 days ago
  • vivalabiela

    Best crust punk band ever.

    26 days ago
  • L_E_D_Zep

    The riff in Headless/Heartless was written by the devil. [3] Monument to Thieves is a classic [2] loving this shoutbox

    26 days ago
  • CBA0

    their first lp is pretty sludgy

    last month
  • tcallahan

    Will I like this?

    last month
  • ThoughtAdjuster

    didnt mean to come off as some revisionist authority on everything though i probably did. i just dont really hear much crust in them. im fine calling them hardcore and i can go on but thats probably best left somewhere not on this shoutbox since people have been reading this discussion for years now

    last month
  • WasNotWhyNot

    dafuq since when was dark hardcore not crust? like there's a reason subgenres were made to describe the bleaker sounds. this retconning is starting to become more and more insane.

    last month
  • loganarchy

    HHIG>Tragedy (5) does this tend to be a popular opinion?

    March 2012
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