JT Woodruff- Hawthorne Heights

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4.9 • 630 Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2023

⏱️ 123 minutes

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JT Woodruff is one of the most intentional and efficient leaders and operators in the history of the scene. His band Hawthorne Heights has had absolutely huge ups and downs. Ups like their first 2 records going gold and creating one of the most iconic emo songs ever, Ohio Is For Lovers, which has almost 100 million Spotify plays. The downs include a lengthy, costly lawsuit with their label as well as the death of a best friend and bandmate, Casey Calvert, in 2007.

Hawthorne Heights has handled their career incredibly well, racking up over 20 years of successful continuous activity while continuing to innovate, adapt, and grow as people and as a band. JT is one of the most principled people i know, and his values and principles have guided him well across the spectrum from the smallest details of being punk and DIY to large scale business moves like creating the ...Is For Lovers Festival which is becoming wildly successful.

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0:00.0	I was working at a gas station in the summer of 2003.
0:05.4	Our record came out in the summer of 2004, the silence of black and white,
0:10.7	and we were one of the headliners of Warped Tour 2005.
0:15.5	So, gas station, Silverstein Tour, Warped to our main stage.
0:21.7	And then the following year, headlining theaters, Fall Out Boy Tour.
0:27.5	Right.
0:28.0	Arenas.
0:28.9	We went from gas station to arenas in less than three years.
0:35.4	I can't make it on my own
0:38.3	because my heart is in a while. I'm so I can't fall asleep tonight or die.
0:58.0	Welcome back to Labelled. I'm your host, Matt Carter, and today's episode is with J.T. Woodruff, who is one of the most intentional and efficient leaders and operators in the history of this scene.
1:09.7	His band Hawthorne Heights has had absolutely huge ups and downs.
1:13.6	Ups like their first two records going gold and creating one of the most iconic emo songs
1:18.6	ever.
1:19.8	Ohio is for Lovers, which is at almost 100 million Spotify plays right now.
1:24.8	And downs, including a lengthy and costly lawsuit with their label victory records,
1:29.7	as well as the death of a best friend and bandmate Casey Calvert in 2007. Hawthorne Heights has
1:36.4	handled their career incredibly well, racking up over 20 years of successful, continuous activity,
1:42.4	and continuing to innovate, adapt, and grow as people and
1:46.3	as a band.
1:47.3	JT is one of the most, if not the most principled person I know, and his values and principles
1:52.6	have guided him well across the spectrum from the smallest details of being punk and DIY
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