Unsung Hero (@ RockWater May 9th!)

About Me

Unsung Hero, the hot new acoustic rock band from Wausau, Wisconsin, was formed in late 2004 by two young and promising musicians, Patrick Hertz and Brad Stubbe. Unsung Heroâ€™s acoustic rock style is music that anyone can appreciate: teens to adults. Fans of artists such as Dave Matthews Band, Jack Johnson, Third Eye Blind, 311, and even Incubus will enjoy the sounds of Unsung Hero. Along with their youthfulness comes their professional attitude which makes them not your average garage band.
Unsung Hero started out as a two piece acoustic project but has evolved into a rocking four piece group when drummer, Matt Rhyner and bassist, Phil Branigan were added into the band in 2006. Now with Hertz singing, Stubbe on guitar and the new found beats and tight vocal harmonies brought by Rhyner and Branigan, they have evolved Unsung Heroâ€™s music into an enjoyable and rocking group. Their catchy and thought provoking lyrics along with their instrumental precision have bought them a lot of attention. In the summer of 2007, Unsung Hero won a spot to play at the Vanâ€™s Warped Tour for the stop in Milwaukee. The Vanâ€™s Warped Tour is a nationally touring production similar to Lollapalooza and Summer Fest. Warped Tour gave them the opportunity to play along side some of the most popular alternative, punk and rock bands from the last 20 years and they were witnessed by thousands of Warped Tour fans. They have also played many shows with other nationally touring bands such as Windsor Drive, Camera Canâ€™t Lie and Abandon Kansas. The band has been spending a lot of their time playing at local venues as well such as Wausauâ€™s historic downtown 400 Block, Antigoâ€™s annual Hogan Field Jam, Wisconsin Valley Fair Grounds, Wausauâ€™s Acoustic Night, The Mission Coffee House and at the Launchpad Wisconsin Competition. For their performance at the Launchpad Competition, Unsung Hero was honored in the summer of 2006 when they were invited to play at the governorâ€™s mansion in Madison and for the Superintendent of Wisconsin schools in downtown Madison.
Since their beginning, Unsung Hero has been writing original music and today has successfully recorded a six song EP in the studio at Madison Media Institute entitled Somewhere You Can Let Yourself Go. Along with their EP they have many other originals. The guys are continually writing new originals and hope to make another record with their new materials sometime in the near future. Unsung Heroâ€™s youth, along with their catchy and rocking sound, proves that they are bound to have a promising future.

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Member Since: 7/26/2005
Band Members:
Patrick Hertz - Vocals, Guitar

Brad Stubbe - Lead Guitar

Phil Branigan - Bass, Vocals

Matt Rhyner - Drums

Sounds Like: Music you will like

Record Label: None
Type of Label: None

My Blog

To all of our peeps

No not the delicious little marshmellow treats, YOU! The People! So thanks for checking out the blog. Right now we are trying to set up a tour in June around the Midwest. We are going to make stops i...
Posted by Unsung Hero (@ RockWater May 9th!) on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:07:00 PST

Update: 1/23/08

hello...just thought i would let everyone know what to expect from us coming up...we are looking at booking some shows in the very near future for the next month or so.also writing new material and ke...
Posted by Unsung Hero (@ RockWater May 9th!) on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:49:00 PST

An update...

Hey everyone...Some of you may have been wondering why we haven't had any shows scheduled in ages...No we haven't split up or moved...Really, there isn't much of an explanation for our absence...Howev...
Posted by Unsung Hero (@ RockWater May 9th!) on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:11:00 PST

If you want a cd or t-shirt...

Hey guys and gals, If you want a cd or a t-shirt you can buy them at any of our shows. $6 american dollars for a cd or $10 for Tees. Can't make it to any of our shows? Well you can also pick up a cd a...
Posted by Unsung Hero (@ RockWater May 9th!) on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 03:26:00 PST

Launchpad songs online

Hey everyone, our songs from Launchpad finals are online at www.broadjam.com then you go to search and under "artist name" type in Lauchpad and then scroll down and find us, they put us in as Unsong H...
Posted by Unsung Hero (@ RockWater May 9th!) on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 10:58:00 PST

Vans Warped Tour

Just a quick update...Unsung Hero competed in the Launchpad State competition and won a spot July 31st in Milwaukee, WI for the Vans Warped Tour!!! We will for sure have more details within the next ...
Posted by Unsung Hero (@ RockWater May 9th!) on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 11:29:00 PST

update

havent wrote in here in a while. just thought i would let the general public whats going on.we've played a few shows here and there...thanks for all who came and watched. please keep check...
Posted by Unsung Hero (@ RockWater May 9th!) on Thu, 31 May 2007 09:16:00 PST

We're going to state for launchpad!

Hey everyone, so as a lot of you know, we had launchpad last night in Chippewa Falls, and we were one of the three bands that made it to state. We are super pumped about it. It was such a ...
Posted by Unsung Hero (@ RockWater May 9th!) on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 06:27:00 PST

Recording

hey everyone it's Matt from Unsung Hero, I'm just here to tell everyone that we are recording a full length CD at Madison Media Institute, the weekend of March 9-11, we will probably be hav...
Posted by Unsung Hero (@ RockWater May 9th!) on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:49:00 PST

Shows

Right now we have 6 shows up on the board...as far as the market on the 400 Block goes, we will be playing that every Thursday until it is over. We will also schedule more Gelato Cafe gigs if po...
Posted by Unsung Hero (@ RockWater May 9th!) on Wed, 28 Jun 2006 11:38:00 PST