Our Hero

Pete Hero @ Pete Thomas Crabtree added me in my old MySpace account last year, but I wasn't paying too much attention to their songs, regretfully.

Having made another MySpace account, I added up my old friends, as many as possible, and Pete Hero was included. Just yesterday, something took me by a great amount of surprise: Pete dropped a comment on my page.

No musician has ever done this before, knowing their hectic schedule.

Then again, I liked how much he bothered to interact with fans, or in my case, non-fans.

So I told myself that I have to check out Not Your Hero and when I did, I found out that one of their members, Tim Hero @ Tim Brown, had suffered a tragic death.

Story copied from NYH's MySpace blog:

Before i start i will let you know this is the hardest thing i have ever had to do or say. Some of you may already know, some of you may not.. Tim Brown - Bass/Vocals of Not Your Hero tragically died yesterday (Sunday 3rd September 2006). Tim was rushed into Frenchey hospital on Wednesday 16th August with a brain hemorrhage (A malfunction of an artery in a place in his brain). Tim fought hard for the first week and bit with small signs of recovery but took a turn for the worst last monday. This caused them to operate and find that the initial damage was alot worse than first expected, this put Tim into a very critical condition. Over time the swelling and pressures in his brain kept increasing which was causing more damage to the brain. During this critical period Tim also got severe pneumonia to his right lung. By yesterday morning the damage and pressures in his brain were just too much and despite Tim being one of the best fighters around, he sadly passed away. The hemorrhage happened at random whilst Tim was sleeping at his home in Sturminster Newton at about 2am on the wednesday morning. For all of you who dont know Tim, he was by far one of the nicest and funniest people this world has to offer, always a smile on his face, never a bad word for anybody. If ever with Tim you would know you would have a fun time(i remember being removed from Alton Towers because of his insistance of us pulling our pants down for the camera on the water ride). Tim was also one of the most talented musicians and song writers around, helping Not Your Hero to write and record their debut single 'Ask Away' which is set for release through Universal in a couple months, and video heading onto MTV2 in just a couple weeks. It pains me to know Tim wont be around to experience and see the success of his music. Words cannot describe the way myself, Nick, Jonny, his family, gf and friends are feeling and going through right now. It truely has been the worst 3 weeks of all of our lives. Not Your Hero WILL continue, playing with a session player in Tims position. We intend to try as hard as possible to make this single a success and score a high chart position for Tim, it is his dream and nobody deserves it more. We are going to need everybodies help in getting this single to number one for him! Not Your Hero will never die, and we keep going to become the big name in music Tim dreamed of. We have a show this saturday at Yeovil Ski Lodge, this show is going to go ahead to pay tribute to a guy who had everything going for him, and the best friend anybody could ask for. Would Love to see you there. Please feel free to leave comments (sending messages will fill our inbox and will take us a long time to go though!) Tim - You will ALWAYS be loved by us, and we WILL make you proud and we will reach and achieve your goals you set out to achieve with Not Your Hero. Pete, Nick and Jonny Not Your Hero Tim - We all love you so very very very much! never forget

I greatly admire the band for the fact that they strengthen themselves to go through and overcome this obstacle, if not for themselves, for their dearly departed friend.

Even if you don't like their music, you can't deny their attitude.

Not Your Hero is a band that truly deserves to live on, in my opinion.

ASK AWAY is a special song, Tim wrote it & sung lead vocals & his dream was to get it into the charts. Thankfully we also have the ASK AWAY video with Tim who tragically died not long after recording it & sadly never got to see it. As a lasting memory we are hoping to with your help make his dream a reality.

So? What are you waiting for? Give the song a listen!

Carmen.

That Cute Frontman

Face it; most girls can't deny a good-looking frontman.

What I don't get is how they can still be all over a frontman whom they knew to be arrogant.

Take The Click Five as an example. Before this, I thought they were all amiable boys. But having attended their showcase at Hard Rock Cafe at the November 7th (story can be read here, on the sidebar of my main blog), as well as the autograph session at Tower Records in KLCC a day before, I changed my mind.

It was apparent that Kyle Patrick was an arrogant jerk. He didn't seem to acknowledge the fans (maybe some, but he was cocky to most), unlike Joey Zehr (drummer) and Ethan Mentzer (bassist), who shook hands with the fans. Joe Guese (lead guitarist) was being shy and smiling with the fans. Ben Romans (keyboardist) was being the serious musician, which appeared to be funny, rather than rude, since everyone who talked to him complimented his attitude.

Later on, a friend of mine found out from certain sources that Kyle Patrick and Joey Zehr were rather demanding; telling them to make sure the fans were informed that no hugging, no touching and no photo should be involved.

That part was understood, but what disappointed me was how rude the sources said they were. But while the two demanded for this and that (Kyle apparently being the worse of the two), the other three kept quiet.

On the contrary, The Star's article on The Click Five, Built To Thrill, praised Kyle for his endless enthusiasm.

True enough, despite his attitude, he was a passionate musician who wears his heart on his sleeve, singing songs that may seem shallow and teeny-bopper, yet can trigger tears because of his intensity and passion.

What I beg to differ though, is how 'robotic' bassist Ethan Mentzer was during the concert, as proclaimed by the reporter. If not twice, then he at least smiled at me once during the showcase. He was also making eye contact with the rest of the crowd.

Apparently, the reporter said he only smiled a total of three times, and even appeared irritated. (Reality check, could it be the reporter who triggered his agitation?)

As for Joe, he had his face hidden most of the time, but he was definitely caring about the fans, especially ones in the front who were being pushed and shoved (like me). Ben was definitely enjoying all the attention he was getting from the fans, and from where I was standing, Joey was blocked by Kyle for almost the entire night.

Conclusively, however, the showcase was quite a success, except the bruises I had on my shins after that.

And I'd definitely go for the concert which they promised to be having next year.

Carmen.