Formerly known as No Tagbacks, House of Heroes are from Columbus, Ohio and are signed with Vanishing Point Records.
House of Heroes's "What You Want is Now" is generic radio friendly melodic rock. There's good production and overall sound, but it's shallow and without good song writing. There's no reason why you might choose this CD over something similar from a band that has writing talent. The album goes on and on and is flat-out boring by the second song.
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