Victory Records vs Hawthorne Heights

The fued between Victory Records and Hawthorne Heights has moved to round three.

It all started when Hawthorne Heights wanted out of their contract early so they could move on to major label EMI/Virgin. Victory wasn't going for that since the band still owed them a couple of albums on the contract. Hawthorne Heights filed suit against Victory in August 2006, which was followed by a countersuit against the band in September. In November, Victory went on to sue the band's new label.

Now Victory has a problem with Carbon Copy Media, a label started by JT Woodruff of Hawthorne Heights. The label was originally supposed to work closely with Victory. With all of the problems now Victory is involving Woodruff's Carbon Copy Media in their law suit.

Hawthorne Heights view of Victory Records:

"Although Victory was interested in helping Woodruff [and partner Mark Daily] it had no interest in investing in a vanity project by a couple of dilettantes."

Hawthorne's other concerns regarding how things have been handled:

"By ceasing communication with Victory, Woodruff and Daily effectively abandoned the Ellison and Signal Home releases. This killed any possibility that the releases would be commercially successful. Because these releases were the debuts for these young bands, the Defendants' actions have likely destroyed their careers. [...] On the eve of [Asteria] going into the studio to record their debut Carbon Copy album, the Defendants refused to advance the costs for the studio time leaving [the band] in an impossible position."