H2O is a band that had beginnings like any other band. No one couldhave guessed that a few guys and a former roadie from New York wouldstart a band as a one-song side project and it would turn into aworld-touring powerhouse. They took humble roots and worked their wayto add their chapter to the long history of New York Hardcore and theywould define the term “melodic ” that would become so commonyears later. From 1996 to 2003 was unavoidable- four albums onBlackout!, Epitaph, and MCA records with over 300,000 copies sold,constant world touring with the likes of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones,Rancid, AFI, Pennywise, & the Used, Sick Of It All, the Misfits, 7Seconds, and Madball, as well as runs on the Warped Tour-theyestablished themselves as a household name and inspired countlessothers in their wake. In the pre-internet world of  and punk,H2O was the band that blended the heavily-tattooed, unbridled rage ofNew York bands like the Cro-Mags and Agnostic Front, with the punkmelodies of bands like the Descendents and Token Entry. It’s hard toargue that bands a decade later would take the melodic groundwork laid by H2O to wider audiences.