Rocksound: Mode of address

Me Vs Hero
Irrepressibly perky pop-punkers out to put the 'fun' back into 'fundamentally catchy'

You can't have failed to notice Me Vs Hero's ascent in the UK scene over the past few years. Through a combination of hard work, the use of a lot of bright colours and, of course, playing pop-punk that sounds like fun boiled down and turned into soundwaves they've deservedly won themselves boatloads of fans.

Sitting firmly within the raft of bands in the lineage of the likes of New Found Glory, Blink-182 and Fall Out Boy, MvH are on a mission to bring the smiles back to music. Want to moan about not being liked by a girl or boy? Fuck it, slam down some energy drink and run around in circles listening to choruses. Trust us, it helps.

Name three albums that made you want to be in a band...
"I was a huge Green Day fan back when I was younger, so listening to 'Dookie' was a huge influence on my life. Then Blink came along and I couldn't stop listening to their self-titled album over and over again. Fall Out Boy's 'Take This To Your Grave' had a huge impact on me as well, it was the first album I'd heard where I could listen to and enjoy every single song on it, not just a few hits, plus Patrick's voice made me scream like an 8-year-old girl."

When was the point you realised being in a band wasn't just something fun to do but a viable way to spend your life?
"Ever since I joined my first band (coincidentally with Mike, we used used to practise in his garage; we were terrible!) I had aspirations of making band life my career. Eight years on I'm still trying to get there, but we seem to have something good going with MvH so hopefully it pays off and the dream becomes a reality."



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As a genre of music Pop/Punk has mainly blossomed from 90's Skate Punk. Bands such as Green Day, blink-182 & NOFX were pioneers of the genre. Rocksound perfectly mirrors everything that these bands stood for; simple, fun, uncensored, yet meaningful teenage anthems. As the members of these bands matured so did their music and their fans, making way for a whole new generation of angst ridden teens.

You can clearly see from the above article that the magazine is very informal. "Want to moan about not being liked by a girl or boy? Fuck it, slam down some energy drink and run around in circles listening to choruses. Trust us, it helps." This basically sums up the genre and exactly what the magazine represents. All the articles in the magazine tend to relate to the band members more than other mags. Their personal lives and previous experiences are a key aspect of the magazine. All the information that is put out through the magazine is blunt and straight to the point and generally tends to be as carefree as the music itself.

Rocksound ticks all the boxes allowing itself to be called a modern Pop/Punk magazine. Even though this is a recent revolution for the mag (with it covering heavy rock until 2010) it has definately transformed itself perfectly.