Hawthorne Heights Fires Manager and Booking Agent

[Nathan Lint]

Hawthorne Heights (http://www.absolutepunk.net/hawthorneheights) has fired their manager John Germanario and booking agent Jeremy Holgerson. You can read the newspiece here (http://hitsdailydouble.com/news/rumormill.cgi).
On top of Victory’s lawsuit against the band for signing an agreement with Virgin while still under contract, Hawthorne Heights has now fired their manager John Germanario and booking agent Jeremy Holgerson. Insiders are asking if the band is receiving bad information from its attorney, Dan Friedman, and making too many enemies in an ever-shrinking business.

[Joe DeAndrea]

:-(
Their new album is never coming out.

[MikeJames]

d-r-a-m-a

[bankrom]

man, that's nuts.

[tonighttonight0]

this is just getting rediculous...

[ManicanParty49]

Wow, things are getting weird in Hawthorne Height's world. Wonder if JT will be on to clarify stuff.

[thatwasamoment]

they dug themselves in a pretty deep hole

[Contortionist]

danny boy friedman takin heat. oh shit

[CountMeOut923]

their time has been up for awhile. if they come out with a new album ever, it'd be a miracle. i hope they do get past all of this shit and pull through

[falloutdrea19]

oh jesus christ

[Carlo Marx]

does anyone give a fuck?

[OveriseFan]

Who was this post written by?

Out of curiousity...

But yeah, that sucks. Hopefully they know what's going on.

[matt_rawlings]

:-(
Their new album is never coming out.

We can only pray thats the case

[lushintransit]

:-(
Their new album is never coming out.

is that a bad thing?

[GQMike]

What the hell did their booking agent do to get fired? He just books the tours.

[ShervonEsf]

theyre trying to do too much too soon. theyve offically butchered their rep. which they had killed months ago. i cant see how anyone would want to work with them now.

[Rodeo]

What the hell did their booking agent do to get fired? He just books the tours.

obviously there is more to it then what those 2 sentences are telling us.

[HTL570]

I used to watch these boys at local shows and think to myself, man i feel bad for these dudes, they're pretty old and they're pretty nice, but they arent going anywhere. shows what i know....

[TruMusicNick]

This band jsut signed their death warrent. Who is going to want to book them? There last tour STIFFFED....

bad move.

[stevecrumb]

Wow, things are getting weird in Hawthorne Height's world. Wonder if JT will be on to clarify stuff.

you know that guy that comes on here and acts like him isn't really him right?

[brewsterbuffalo]

:-)
Their new album is never coming out.

[ManicanParty49]

you know that guy that comes on here and acts like him isn't really him right?

Haha, really? I know that a lot of artists actually visit the site, and post, so I assumed he too did. Eh, whatever.

[ShervonEsf]

What the hell did their booking agent do to get fired? He just books the tours.
hes booked them a lot of big tours at that.

[King4ADAY]

This band must be retarded when it comes to business affairs. If the lawyer convinced them to sign another contract when they were still under contact with Victory, shouldn't they have fired his ass first?

[Spiffysthebest]

Is this ever shrinking business? Is that in terms of amount of people in the business? How many people reading this are either looking to get into, or are already part of the music business?

[SaoFoldSurvive]

what did they do to get fired?

[NJUNDERDOG]

the rate this is going they should just call it a day. by the time everything is sorted out nobody will care about them.

[abuse]

Damn that blows

[gottastayfly]

What the hell did their booking agent do to get fired? He just books the tours.


well, thats the thing, i book LOTS of shows and Jeremy Holgerson is a badassssss. He has a HUGE roster, i think if anything Hawthorne Heights did him a favor. nobody wants to work with all that drama

theyve got so much bad blood going on now, firing their manager and agent which is pretty bad, AND they thought they could just leave their label when they felt the need to, and signed to another one. I highly doubt after all this stuff this year nobody will want to work with them

i love the music though. = /

[music3chick]

it's one thing after another for them
must suck

[falloutboy.]

everyone has a gulity pleasure in HH music, whether they want to or not

[jake_rm]

everyone has a gulity pleasure in HH music, whether they want to or not

Nope, honestly...

[*crying stars*]

This is getting ridiculous.

Seriously, the tour manager?

[blnk1805]

i have a feeling they r fucking themselves over and will die out soon, and its a shame cause i like em

[Rock]

this band defines the word "lame."

[kristee]

Well, I hope they can do something else with their lives.

I'm just glad I don't have to be subjected to their music anymore.

[Prestonxsmith]

They must really think they have a chance with Virgin.

[brooklynburning]

everyone has a gulity pleasure in HH music, whether they want to or not

i really dont. maybe the opening riff to that ohio song?

[kissbangkill]

everyone has a gulity pleasure in HH music, whether they want to or not

you couldn't possibly be more wrong about that.

[tidesdontexist]

that really sucks cause jeremy is a super nice guy

[Maniac Moses]

that really sucks cause jeremy is a super nice guy

nice name drop

[Jonathan Lally]

haha I don't know why but this reminds me of a line from the fob song that goes like "on the plank of a sinking ship" or something..

[atticus1492]

maybe this will last forever.

[oldwirehands]

Yeah, this band is really about the music.

[danielplaysbass]

you know that guy that comes on here and acts like him isn't really him right?

remember that "JT Hates AP.net" guitar picks he had made for a while? those were dope

[Matt_Dizzle]

nuts !

[blender]

the rate this is going they should just call it a day. by the time everything is sorted out nobody will care about them.

i never really cared about them to begin with

[aloneatlastnj]

:-(
Their new album is never coming out.

you say that like it's a bad thing...

:shrug:

[chanmander]

hahaha. i love all the people roasting on ImJoe2192's comment about the cd never coming out with...classic shit...

[sean13thfloor]

Hah....wow.
That reallys does suck. Even if they climb out of thier hole, its doubtful they will ever be as popular as before.

[Nowisnotthetime]

Victory is the one with the EXTENSIVE track record of treating bands poorly. I'll side with HH until I see evidence otherwise.

[Nowisnotthetime]

Many bands have screwed themselves by believing in someone who doesn't know what they are doing, whether it is a manager, booking agent, label, or band member. In this case HH is screwing themselves by listening to their terrible lawyer. Their booking agent Jeremy Holgerson is one of the best around. If you ask around, "people in the know" will tell you that Dan Friedman doesn't really know what he is doing. The only reason he has any clients is because he is HH's lawyer and they took him along for the ride, not because of any significant legal skill.

And I'm sure all this BS is worth it to sign to Virgin right? When the new Over It album has only sold 9,000 copies in 6 months (which is less than they sold on Lobster). That label rules.

I think in the end this isn't really about HH. Tony Brummel and Victory is the Enron of record labels and they need to get out of an industry that should be based around the art itself.

[for.the.love]

i never really cared about them to begin with

if you don't care about them, why post on something about them??

The only people who know what is actually going on is the band members. It is pretty bold to pass judgement when you aren't walking in their shoes. And by the way, March 1 is when they begin recording the new album.

[mgitln215]

Greatt.

The booking agent may be in with Victory

Who knowsss

[sdelzoppo14]

i hope any band in a tight situation like this the best... and when they get out of this i hope their virgin release goes good. Virgin's starting to pick up more rock bands and good music in general and although i'm not a hawthorne heights fan, all the haters get on my nerves.