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What does the the city of Philadelphia sound like today?   Listen to the Discount Heroes and you will know right away.  Like the city that they call home,  the band's sound is a eclectic mix of styles which combine to form something greater than the sum of its parts.

Philadelphia is an old city with a wealth of art, culture and history.  Likewise, There is beauty, elegance and timelessness in the melodies and vocal harmonies that singer Frank Tartaglia and backing vocalist/rhythm guitarist Rob Ogus create .   It isn't difficult to imagine that if Simon and Garfunkel began their career now instead of in the '60s, they very well might come up with a song like "Brake Lights".  The electric intensity  of Ron Bauman's lead guitar playing channels the grit of Philadelphia's streets.  This is a blue collar town and this band has nothing fake or pretentious about them.   You can see this in Drummer Joe "Brown" Tartaglia’s style of playing.  He keeps it simple and delivers beats that perfectly compliment whatever the group is playing at that moment, whether it be a slow, soulful ballad, an upbeat pop tune or a no holds barred "rocker".

Put all of these qualities together, combine that with the fact that each band member adds his own distinct musical influences to the mix and you might get a sense of the diversity of their sound.  The Discount Heroes don't care about what other  bands sound like.  They play what sounds good to to them.  LIke fellow Philadelphians Dr. Dog and Hall and Oates, the Discount Heroes' songs encompass many different styles and there is a timelessness in their music.  Trends quickly come and go in the music business but this band writes songs that can not be identified with a specific time period or musical trend.  With the glut of one-off bands trying to capitalize on whatever sound or style is popular at the moment, this is a refreshing change for people who genuinely like to hear good music.

The Discount Heroes have three recordings under their belt: an eight song acoustic demo, a full length eponymously titled album and "Who Are The Discount Heroes", a five song EP that first paired the band with a great production team at Sine Studios.  Ultimately this paved the way for a deal with Sine Studios to record, release and distribute a new CD that the band is currently working on.  The group has earned its stage stripes by playing just about every small to mid-sized venue in and around Phildelphia since 2007 with out of town gigs in New York and Delaware and a four gig run through Viriginia and North Carolina.    Listen to the Discount Heroes – whether online or on tour – and you will hear why the music these four guys from Philly make is so unique and so from it … and “from it” means good..

Please check out discountheroes.com for the latest updates on shows as well as to listen to MP3's, watch videos and check out pics of the band. Feel free to contact the Discount Heroes for booking or just to see what's "From It".

It will get ya, boss. Yeah!