What is Protest the Hero?
{{Infobox musical artist | Name = Protest the Hero | Img = Protest the Hero live 3.jpg | Img_capt = Protest the Hero performing at the Warped Tour 2008 | Img_size = 250px | Landscape = yes | Background = group_or_band | Alias = | Origin = [[Whitby, Ontario|Whitby]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]] | Genre = {{flatlist| * [[Progressive metal]]<ref>{{cite journal | journal=Exclaim! | title=A Calculated Use of Sound: 20th Anniversary Interview | date= 2023 | url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/protest_the_hero_a_calculated_use_of_sound_20th_anniversary_interview}}</ref> * [[metalcore|progressive metalcore]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thehardtimes.net/lists/every-protest-the-hero-album-ranked-worst-to-best/ |title=Every Protest the Hero Album Ranked, Worst to Best |website=The Hard Times |date=March 4, 2021 |access-date=November 16, 2024}}</ref> *[[metalcore|mathcore]]<ref>{{cite journal | journal=Heavy Mag | title=Mathcore Giants Protest the Hero Making the Stupidest Music Videos That Anyone Has Ever Made | url=https://heavymag.com.au/mathcore-giants-protest-the-hero-making-the-stupidest-music-videos-that-anyone-has-ever-made/}}</ref> }} | Years_active = 2001–''present'' | Label = [[Vagrant Records|Vagrant]], [[Underground Operations]] | Associated_acts = Cheddar Cheese & the Mousetrap | URL = [http://protestthehero.ca/ Official website] | Current_members = Moe Carlson<br>Rody Walker<br>Tim Millar<br>Arif Mirabdolbaghi<br>Luke Hoskin | Past_members = }} '''Protest the Hero''' are a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[progressive metal]] [[band]] from [[Whitby, Ontario|Whitby]], [[Ontario]]. Protest the Hero was formed in 2001 under the original name, '''Happy Go Lucky'''. They changed their name to '''Protest the Hero''' the next year and recorded their first [[Extended play|EP]], ''Search for the Truth''. The band released their debut full-length album ''[[Kezia (album)|Kezia]]'' on August 30, 2005 in [[Canada]] and on April 4, 2006 in the [[United States]]. They released their second studio album ''[[Fortress (Protest the Her