{"id":6671,"date":"2019-07-20T05:00:36","date_gmt":"2019-07-20T05:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=6671"},"modified":"2019-07-16T12:43:27","modified_gmt":"2019-07-16T12:43:27","slug":"gone-but-not-forgotten-the-exploding-hearts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=6671","title":{"rendered":"Gone But Not Forgotten &#8211; The Exploding Hearts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b> <a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/A-909547-1351638180-1515.jpeg-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6813 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/A-909547-1351638180-1515.jpeg-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/A-909547-1351638180-1515.jpeg-1.jpg 750w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/A-909547-1351638180-1515.jpeg-1-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a>The Exploding Hearts<\/b>\u00a0were vocalist\/guitarist Adam Cox, bassist Matt Fitzgerald, guitarist Terry Six, and drummer Jeremy Gage.<sup id=\"cite_ref-AMG_1-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the release of their debut studio album,\u00a0<i>Guitar Romantic<\/i>, Cox, Fitzgerald, and Gage were killed in a car accident on July 20, 2003, after which the band ceased to exist.<a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/explodinghearts3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6811 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/explodinghearts3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<sup id=\"cite_ref-AMG_1-1\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>The bands sound was born from power pop and new wave &#8211; punk drawing from the classic acts such as Buzzcocks, The Boys, The Only Ones. There was a brief groundswell of bands in the northwest part of the USA along with The Exploding Hearts The Briefs also rose to prominence from the same scene. The band signed to Dirtknap Records who released their debut album in 2003.<\/p>\n<p>On July 20, 2003, the band was headed home to Portland on\u00a0Interstate 5\u00a0after having played a show at the\u00a0Bottom of the Hill\u00a0in\u00a0San Francisco. It is believed that Fitzgerald, who was driving, fell asleep and lost control of their van near\u00a0Eugene, Oregon. Cox, 23, and Gage, 21, were thrown from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene and Fitzgerald, 20, died at a hospital. Guitarist Terry Six, 21, and manager Rachell Ramos, 35, sustained only minor injuries.\u00a0<sup id=\"cite_ref-portlandmercury1_2-1\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-3\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>The band disbanded in the aftermath of the accident having lost such vital members under such tragic circumstances.\u00a0 Man, these were just kids when this tragic accident happened with their whole lives in front of them.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0compilation album\u00a0was released by Dirtnap Records in 2006. In 2009, their song &#8220;Modern Kicks&#8221; is a classic slab of punk rockin&#8217; power pop and has since been covered by bands who just got what The Exploding Hearts were all about.<sup id=\"cite_ref-5\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lVu4Kkig1AM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Terry Six joined former members of the Portland-based band\u00a0The Riffs, Gabe Lageson, Colin Jarrell, Alan Mansfieldwent, and established the Portland-based power pop band,\u00a0The Nice Boys. They released a 7&#8243; single on Discourage Records entitled &#8220;You Won&#8217;t See Me Anymore&#8221; b\/w &#8220;Lipstick Love&#8221; and a S\/T full-length album on Birdman Records but that&#8217;s it no more music.\u00a0 it was such a shame as The Exploding Hearts had so much to offer but their star shone so brightly yet briefly. Play some &#8216;Guitar Romantics&#8217; today and pay tribute.<a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/explodinghearts2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6810 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/explodinghearts2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Cry! did a pretty decent cover of &#8216;Modern Kicks&#8217; (remember them?) anyway enjoy some awesome power pop and remember The Exploding Hearts today of all days. there is also a rumour that a movie is in production on the band but as yet no details are available so we can neither confirm nor deny this as being a fact. There isn&#8217;t a huge resource of information on the band but there are two terrific albums and some youtube footage.\u00a0 Go check em out and if you can pick up a record you won&#8217;t regret it.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/quOxu_xNlbU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Exploding Hearts\u00a0were vocalist\/guitarist Adam Cox, bassist Matt Fitzgerald, guitarist Terry Six, and drummer Jeremy Gage. Shortly after the release of their debut studio album,\u00a0Guitar Romantic, Cox, Fitzgerald, and Gage were killed in a car accident on July 20, 2003, after which the band ceased to exist. The bands sound was born from power pop [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6812,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[2708,2709,223,2707,2706],"class_list":["post-6671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature","tag-guitar-romantics","tag-modern-kicks","tag-power-pop","tag-the-cry","tag-the-exploding-hearts","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6671"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6816,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6671\/revisions\/6816"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}