Schoolyard Heroes



Schoolyard Heroes are a Punk Rock band from Seattle, Washington and released three albums between 2003 and 2007. The band split up in 2009.

Discography:
 * The Funeral Sciences (2003)
 * Fantastic Wounds (2005)
 * Abominations (2007)

Tropes relating to the band:

 * After the End: "Cemetery Girls"
 * Album Title Drop: In "Centaur: Half-Man Half-Motorcycle"
 * Anti-Christmas Song: "I Want Your Soul For Christmas"
 * Battle of the Bands: Schoolyard Heroes competed in a Christian one, which they were kicked out of for covering a song by The Misfits.
 * Body Horror / Facial Horror: "The Girl Who Was Born Without A Face". Oh, and it might be named after a real person. (link not for the squeamish)
 * Came Back Wrong: "Cat Killer"
 * Careful With That Axe: The end of "Beautiful Woman Hunter"
 * Demonic Dummy: "Attack of the Puppet People"
 * Early Installment Weirdness: Their demos and The Funeral Sciences contained very little of the horror themes the band eventually became known for.
 * Gendercide: "Cemetery Girls"
 * Harsh Vocals: Particularly on Fantastic Wounds.
 * Indecipherable Lyrics: At her harshest, Ryann can be quite difficult to understand.
 * Keep Circulating the Tapes: Their old demos used to be on Megaupload, but now they're a bit more difficult to find.
 * Long Title: "Bury the Tooth of the Hydra and a Skeleton Army Will Arise" and "The Mechanical Man vs. the Robot from the Outer Limits"
 * Looped Lyrics: "The Last Man on Earth"
 * Lyrical Dissonance: "Boyfriend". A nice calm song about wanting someone's boyfriend to die.
 * "Kill 'Em All", in which Jonah sounds disturbingly enthusiastic about the idea of shooting up his school.
 * Metal Scream
 * Nightmare Fetishist: The entire band, of course.
 * Non-Appearing Title: A lot of their songs.
 * One-Woman Song: The demo version of "Blood-Spattered Sundress" is called "Thea".
 * One-Woman Wail: Ryann has done this in a few songs.
 * Raising the Steaks: "Cat Killer"
 * Serial Killer: "Serial Killers Know How to Party", and probably "Beautiful Woman Hunter"
 * Shout-Out: A lot of their songs count as this.
 * "Michael Dudakoff: American Ninja" is one to the American Ninja movie series
 * "Contra" is one to the video game of the same name.
 * "They Live" is named after the movie.
 * "Nightmare At 20,000 Feet" is named after a Twilight Zone episode.
 * Soprano and Gravel: Ryann and Jonah, on occasion.
 * Surprisingly Gentle Song: "The Last Man on Earth"
 * Zombie Apocalypse: "Dawn of the Dead"