Craig Broombaugh: vocals, keyboards, guitar
Nick Stout: bass, vocals
Jon Zink: drums, vocals
You don’t cross paths with a band like No One Goes Home every day. They are talented, dedicated, and committed to making their dream work. Whatever it takes – and more – they will do: from leaving their hometown and succeeding in unfamiliar surroundings to embarking on a three month tour with only three days off. It may sound crazy and possibly a little unrealistic, but No One Goes Home is not letting anything impede their astounding process.
The name itself is fueled with the determination present in the band members: a moniker that states, according to Craig, “This is the last band I'm ever gonna be in, I have to make it work, no matter how hard things get, whether it be a bad show, a bad tour, or a bad record deal, we're in it till the end: 'No One Goes Home’” The band, rooted in a six year long friendship between Craig and Nick, adopted its current lineup in 2004. They attended the same high school and worked in the same establishment; Nick attended a great majority of Craig’s shows and even played live shows for one of the projects that led to the creation of No One Goes Home. Jon was the last piece of the puzzle to complete the band’s line-up after a successful audition in 2004.
Influences are important to a band’s structure – their variances culminating a musical outfit unique from the others over saturating the market, lining the shelves, and flooding the desks of A&R scouts. This trio is collectively influenced by The Beatles, Muse, Butch Walker, Less than Jake, Green Day, and many others that lie within the same vein. A listener can sense different aspects of these artists, but it is easy to set aside the qualities that are solely present in the music and being of No One Goes Home – the sincere quality of energy, clever but quirky lyrics, and the stylish fashion choices of the band members. The dyed hair that coordinates to their clothes and to each other makes it easy for them to stand out within a crowd – not that their personalities don’t already do so.
The eight-song EP distributed over ten thousand copies and has earned them a regular appearance on DJ Rossstar’s Punk Rock Show. Their list of achievements is long for a band not long involved in the industry with their fist full-length album dropping in January. The music scene is lacking a vibrancy that was once alive, but has been infiltrated with a focus on money and recognition. No One Goes Home seeks to restore the integrity within the scene. And, thus far, they have succeeded in doing so with their infectious poppy melodies and pop-punk anthems and their love for playing music.
