Q
(November 2003 Issue)

B*MOVIE HEROES
Anthems For The Underdog
(Spank)

Debut Album of misanthropic metal melodies.
Anthems For The Underdog launches straight into a furiously hook-laden Ramones/Stiff Little Fingers three-chord thrash. Track two does much the same. As do tracks 3 to 12. but despite the relentless pace and predictability of a hare at the dog track, the Brit-punks debut definitely has the tunes (SOS and Call To Arms in particular) to make you grin like hounds in pursuit. With former Yo-Yo Neil Phillips back on board they've spent a year touring with The Wildhearts, and whicle not quite matching those hoary pop-punk vetrenas, they've clearly learnt some new tricks.
Chris Mooney [3stars/5]

METAL HAMMER
(September 2003 Issue)

B*MOVIE HEROES
Anthems For The Underdog
(Spank)

There is a popular school of thought that suggests you should never go back into a burning building. So seeing Neil Phillips return to his old band after the break up of the Yo-Yo's, it would be easy to suggest that this move was being made out of desperation rather than a desire to set the world to rights. After all, why leave in the first place?
But with 'Anthems For The Underdog' the B*Movie Heroes have managed to deliver an album packed with sun kissed melodies and jump-along anthems that have the power and the energy to make these guys real heavyweights in the live arena.
Taking the balls-out determination and introspection of Hot Water Music and meshing it with the feel good factor of the likes of [spunge] or A, this is an album that chases the weekend, questions the banality of everyday life, yet still remains optimistic throughout it all. Well worth investing in.
Brian Magill [7/10]

KERRANG!
(Issue Dated July 19 2003)
B*MOVIE HEROES
Anthems For The Underdog
(Spank)
KKKK
Ed Woods new band. Actually, thats a lie.
ROCK 'N' roll is never happier than when it's biting and spitting, but simultaneously flirting like a fresher. The perfectly orchestrated collision of menace and melody isn't an easy feat to achieve, but B*Movie Heroes have had a damn good shot with their debut album.
Featuring former Yo-Yo Neil Phillips, the British four-piece snarl and coo in equal measure on bittersweet anthems like 'The Drug' and 'Stuck Like Glue'. Later, the lads serve up a double-jab that would make Lennox Lewis proud with 'Call To Arms' and 'Say My Name'.
An intoxicating cocktail of Cheap Trick, The Wildhearts and the Ramones, if the B*Movie Heroes were American, they'd be... ahh to hell with it.
BRETT CALLWOOD

"If you're listening to this on a walkman you wanna tap complete strangers on the shoulder and tell them how good it is" Rock Sound 8/10, July 2003

Powerplay Magazine
(August 2003 issue) said::
B*MOVIE HEROES
"Anthems For The Underdog"
Genre: Rock
Spank Records
The B*Movie Heroes have delivered thirteen uncompromising rock anthems to sing along to on their album "Anthems For The Underdog".
The band is a combination of the Backyard Babies sleaze and guitars, and the hook and pure rock, sing-a-long factor of the Wildhearts.
Songs such as "One Rung Up From Misery" and "Stuck Like Glue" show the band's ability to write catchy songs that come from the heart and that Joe Average can identify with. Combine that attribute with the rhythmic rock guitaring, furious bass pummelling and bombastic drums and you have the perfect ingredients for this band.
In fact, the B*Movie Heroes are your current day rock preachers, unloading songs that cover the entire spectrum of human qualities and emotions.
Inspired by the things that are around them, the band has its social commentary with a good dose of rock to boot. "The Drug" is a good example of this with its addictive guitar work and comments on people; there are two kinds of people: good and bad, and don't be quick to judge or pigeonhole, is the message behind that one. Not your typical rock sentiment but surprisingly it works well and that is typical of the type of song found on this album.
Standout tracks include, "Kid With a Temper" for its pace and guitar, "Something Better Give (Or I'm Giving In)" for its Hive's style start and foot tapping factor, and "Time To Find" for the social statement.
Check out the B*Movie Heroes - you are guaranteed to find something that will appeal, whether it be the rock playing, which is top notch, or the lyrical content and social messages.
8
GLENN BUTLER

Unpeeled Magazine raved:
"if there was a fuss made for Hell Is For Heroes there should be a coke lined red carpet rolled out for this lot... the kind of noise Mr Gibson had in mind when he plugged in"
August 2003

"Chock full of tunes that just demand you bounce up and down to them like a loon" Big Cheese July 2003

"Anthems for the Underdog (is) a smashing, life-affirming blast of dance-till-you-drop, adrenaline fuelled rock. That's rock with a capital R. If ever the number 10 on a volume dial of a stereo was meant to be used, it would be now…… melodic and mischievous … (they) are the missing link between The Wildhearts and 3 Colours Red"
Black Velvet 4/5, August 2003

"Swamped with infectious choruses and irresistible melodies" Logo Magazine July 2003

If success was measured by pure enthusiasm and damn hard work then B*Movie Heroes would already be at the top... A Rugged concoction of hard, sleazy rock riffs and harmonious, mellifluous vocals... A fluent satisfying 40 minute set which never compromised or pulled any punches, either musically or aesthetically. Old-fashioned grit and determination will be B*Movie Heroes greatest ally in the laborious months and years to come. And grit and determination is seemingly what they have in abundance. So turn off your Blink 182 "kiddy rock" sit up and take note. The B*Movie Heroes are here to rock you.
Leeds Music Scene 01/11/03

B MOVIE HEROES: SOME MORE PRESS QUOTES...

"Pop punk at it's best"
Kerrang!

"AC/DC playing Elvis Costello songs"
Metal Hammer

"Hottest new band in Britain."
Radio One

"Good catchy songs with some brilliant melodies…could defiantly be a Top Of The Pops wonder, up there looking down on Blink 182 and laughing."
Ming Mong

"The crowd are rightly enthralled by the bands performance, cheering and dancing along"
Rhythm and Booze

"A joyous cacophony of rhythms"
Kerrang!

"Catchy pop punk rock that's in your face and instant…hugely infectious"
Rhythm and Booze

"This is a band that HAVE to become great. They have tunes to die for, this is the first great band of the new millennia!
Dr P

"I was prepared for something good, but this is un-freakin'-real!"
Enroth

"This lot have a lot going for them. Genuine harmonies, lots of leaping about, 'attichoode' and more front than Brighton!"
Phil Lyons, Ryan's Gig Guide

"Hooky choruses and melodies you can't help but hum on the tube journey home"
KKKK, Kerrang!

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