Of Our Own Volition - Episode 1

Episode 1 - "Protest Pedigree"
You can check out the entire Doc-Series at the following link (over 2 hrs of HD video for a measely $15 bones): protestthehero....
Before we can show you the making of our album "Volition", we felt it necessary to show you where we came from. While it's an embarrassing trip down memory lane for us, we hope it's an informative preamble for you!

[@Titomerchan_]

Protest, please do not stop making incredible music.

[@quadlineboarder]

At the time of the indiegogo campaign I was on a PTH high. Having discovered scurrilous only very recently after finding the band through Fortress hits, I used their albums like textbooks to growing as a guitar player; learning scurrilous from start to finish, as well as a handful of fortress tracks. Learning all the tracks was so fun and made me such a better player that it was no question I would contribute to the next album. The rest is history. I learned Volition front to back as well, saw the band twice live, and was fortunate enough to speak to both Luke and Tim and totally nerd out. Now it's time for another full length. And I can't wait!

[@CallsignJoNay]

The Kezia 10 year anniversary reunion/tour is still the best concert I've ever seen. Thanks for making the most amazing music ever of all time.

[@TheComicbookguy78]

where did you see it i saw at the union hall in Edmonton Alberta

[@CallsignJoNay]

Blaine LeBlanc Calgary.

[@FoggyDucks]

We all love Protest the Hero.

[@trezrivas6395]

By far one of my all time favorite bands!

[@ClarityProject1928]

10 years of fortress soon, waiting somewhere in Europe!

[@goldengod87]

Please release all these episodes onto a blue ray disc and sell them. I want to watch it badly to see the album coming together especially with Chris Adler. I hope theres alot of footage of him. I feel you would sell alot more copies.

[@stanislawrybinski]

I remember your gig in Saint-Petersburg, Russia in July, 2011! I was there! Unfrotunately, Tim wasn't there, but Arif gave his can of beer, the gig was glorious, and I will cherish this memory till the end of my life. Thank you, guys! As a bass player myself, I can say that you have changed my life. Thank you.

[@HaloGuy-rg6yy]

Damn. I just got into this band within the last couple weeks and not only do I learn they started playing in this "The Dungeon" location just an hour walk from my house, but that the same location just reopened as "Bond ST event centre" and they just played there a few months ago. Unlucky. Born the same year as Calculated Use of Sound.

[@alabamahamster]

PTH its time to write a new album.... would love to spend some money for my favourit band... please dont stop making music (there are no other bands like you)

[@muskegorunner]

They just finished writing one. They're hitting the studio at the end of the month

[@SequenceBreaker64]

+MrMophead oh dang, hype. You have a source for that info?

[@FooFeeee]

oh my god yes please!!

[@jonw3462]

TAKE MY FUCKING MONIES!!!

[@JonnyMitchell57]

It’s such a beauty

[@renatosan3832]

PTH, please don't stop making good music! You will always have fanS you wouldn't imagine where, but they are there. Me, for exemple, I am from BRAZIL... you know where that is, right? You've been there... with Underoath... anyway... KEEP UP THE GOOD JOB. and cheers for Moe and Arif! We miss them.

[@PhotonPhitness]

I will be one of the countless people on record that say “Kezia was an absolutely brilliant musical and lyrical masterpiece”

[@kingofkings93cs]

Protest the hero, simply the best band in the world. Hope you'll never stop to exist. I m listening to you from 2006 even if i m italian and i really love you. Thank you

[@Bromontana33]

You guys are so talented/unique and were such a huge influence on my development of music taste and guitar playing. I'm more than glad to throw down a few bones to get a lil more of Rode, the chode, and the boys.

[@72dreaton]

Out of all the bands and phases of music i have been to over the past 10 years, I always find myself coming back to listening to your music, from old to new. PTH's music has carried me and my friends through a shit ton of shit in life and has inspired our musical writing to the next level!

[@RafaelTaro]

I dont really remember what made me feel like wanting to spend some money on volition but it's something i do not regret. It's one of my favorite albums of all times... I still listen to it a lot... going to work... singing it to myself on the subway... Just wish I didn't have to go to Canada to listen to you guys live.... come to Brazil ! And don't stop making music.

[@the311princess]

I love that this exists. I have been on this journey with your guys since 07' and seeing this just validates why I love you all as much as I do. Your hard work, dedication and soul pours out into your music and it doesn't go unnoticed. You boys were made to do this, thank you for everything

[@DAERARTS]

Man really looking forward to seeing all the episodes. One my favorite bands of all time

[@wardrich]

Love those clips of The Dungeon. I unironically miss that place so much, and we've never really had anything like it since. It was a dirty dive - it lived down to its name. But it was also a place where you could always go to catch local bands doing their thing. There was really no rules on talent or age for the performers. Pretty sure there was the occasional grade-schooler band those (crappy) Battle of the Bands shows they'd put on. It gave everybody a stage and a chance to perform in front of real people. I wish I had the time, money, and knowledge to open another venue like that (but maybe with stricter bartenders)

[@MikeOrkid]

Can't wait to see the rest of this documentary. You guys have always been amazing. Every album has been distinct and sent it's own message. Thanks for doing what you do and being driven to create more and better music. Cat meows and dog barks included.

[@IAmTheMetalOne666]

PTH No one is on there level. Don't ever stop making beautiful music!!

[@buckfuttler2877]

i wasnt very familiar with PTH when i heard about this campaign....i wish i was so i could have donated. one of my favorite records ever. simply beautiful music!

[@TheTalibass]

From Russia with love: I love you guys, i become a bass player because of Riff, thank you for all the your music. You are the truly part of my life, and I can't imagine the day, when I did not turned your album into my headphones. So just go on. Love you. P.S. Once I asked Rody to draw a tattoo sketch for me. But he didn't. So I take the Volition Tucan logo and place it on my hand. And now I have the same tattoo as he got. And once again: love you, don't stop. =*

[@halfblooderin8748]

This is awesome. Going to my first show ever was seeing Protest the Hero play with Closet Monster and other Underground Operation bands. I think it was their first cross Canada tour. Happy to see they're going strong.

[@Bloodmeat42]

I've watched this a couple times. Really looking forward to some new tunes. You guys are incredible.

[@jmhadahorse]

It's awesome you guys released this eventually for public view, this be good shit mane.

[@ВаваПашолнахуй]

One the most incredible bands I've ever heard. Hope you guys won't quit and proceed doing your crazy stuff, good luck my little cupcakes, love u :3

[@Sebasdecline]

So much respect for these guys.

[@KKplaysit]

Discovered you guys in 2010 and have loved PTH ever since. Couldn't make the show when you came to NZ last year due to work and location. That fucking sucks but I swear I'll be there if you make it back here again. Drums is my main thing but have just put my custom '90 RG550 back together and began the arduous task of working out your songs again. These vids are great to watch so thanks and much love to ya'll.

[@HOOTwheelz]

I think the main reason people thought y'all were scamming the indiegogo donators was because y'all already had studio albums under your belt. i wasn't able to donate any money to the campaign because I was unemployed at the time, but I bought the Volition physical copy as soon as it hit the shelves and fell in love with it. Out of your entire discography, Volition became my favorite album while Tilting Against Windmills became one of my favorite songs of all time. The album was released at a time where I'd recently came out as trans, and TAW felt a lot like a fight song for me. I first saw y'all in the Heretics & Killers music video on Much. I was only 12 when I saw it but i still remember the feeling of shivers crawling up my spine. PTH introduced me to guitar music unlike anything I'd ever heard before. Unlike a lot of other bands I grew up with whom I've grown to dislike due to my changing tastes, PTH has constantly remained a band I keep coming back to. Thank you for existing. Come to Saskatchewan!!!

[@heavymetal55]

Y'all scammers learn yer lesson now.

[@loveleaf4187]

Damn. Wow. So happy to have grown with this band. Never having met them (that's not entirely true) I feel such a real connection.

[@LeadingTheFallen]

Beautiful and inspiring. I hope to one day have the same luck in my pursuit of music. Thank you guys.

[@nicoleplachetta9187]

This video was fantastic. Kezia 🙌 ❤️

[@jonw3462]

Cant wait Imo you guys get better and better

[@thomasshigoka5004]

So many questions I had were just answered. Thank you PTH!

[@MagmelCore]

guys you are the best!

[@hedlund]

Well, looks like I gotta watch this again now. Thanks for reminding me, boys!

[@Vandrefalk456]

I remember some of those dungeon shows from a calculated use of sound and the Canadian release of Kezia

[@BusinessRaptor520]

This was a trip back in time

[@yantaran4757]

Please release the second episode!!!

[@pthofficial]

Yan Taran hey Yan. This is the only freebie we released but you can purchase the next episode or the whole series here. protestthehero.vhx.tv

[@yantaran4757]

Protest The Hero , I see. I thought it was the only one available lol. Great video by the way!

[@evanarcher7083]

I had no idea volition was diy. ThAts probably my favourite protest album too

[@turian1moose]

Funny how everything they've done since leaving labels behind has been amazing

[@wash109]

10:24 to 10:29 is better than watching the Amber/Johnny trial.

[@andres43422]

The best PTH .....Ever!

[@raymond2537]

Long time fan from NY. your music has substance and its just fuckin siiiccckkkkk!!!!!!!

[@IllWillTheThrill]

They seem so humble. They don't even know how much their music means to some people. Be nice if the old band got back together with a vengeance.

[@Brovlawski]

Can we get the rest of these uploaded or done as a whole? Pleaseeeee

[@115zombies935]

There rest is in a link in the description

[@colina1330]

There's no pleasing some people. You even laid out exactly why you needed that amount of money with an itemized list, and people still whined and complained and didn't believe you. I'm glad it all worked out in the end, though. Volition is solid, and Mist is one of my favourite Protest songs.

[@butterlettuss4958]

Hey... is Tim wearing an "Extreme" band tee in his interview? If so, that's so fuckin' cool

[@TheComicbookguy78]

does anyone know if arif and moe are playing this tenth anniversary like they did kazia?

[@djm6226]

KEZIA

[@andrewkogan6673]

anyone buy this and know if its a physical or digital?

[@heatherlynn2695]

how does this have only 1000 views in over a decade. smh

[@SqueebPlays]

I care. I will always care.

[@Sebasdecline]

Where can I get the rest of this?

[@pezpythons1532]

I think fortress is one of the greatest albums ever made

[@datboibaz]

Where are the other episodes !?

[@115zombies935]

There’s a link in the description

[@GraffinGreg]

waiting for the fortress part 2

[@zerobyzero4473]

Your music may not be respected now, but give it some time for instruments to get big again-- then ppl will understand what geniuses you guys are 🤘

[@adamwatts2000]

been with y'all since forever. never stop making music. I'm your biggest fan!

[@ruvanvanderschyff2942]

9:13 is that Cam??

[@torniketkid]

9:13 It's Cam!

[@louiscritchie]

Canadian National Treasures.

[@rokoi3]

Nothing well done is insignificant - I remember really enjoying the indiegogo video you guys put together. Definitely watched it more than a couple times. Cheers!

[@eljaggerstanleynintendo917]

Fucking awful that PTH has not a bigger fan base :'(

[@nihilthornberry]

forever respec

[@dh8657]

studio time is stupid expensive even for a shitty studio its like $100 an hour at least.

[@Treeclimbinghaggis]

Faaark.. I would have dropped a few loonies an toonies if I’d knew!

[@Rainbow_1312]

8:00

[@NebMunb]

BODIES DON'T JUSTIFY BODIES

[@yaroslavsbriedis7769]

хотелось бы такую штуку на русском! эх, мечты-мечты..)