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Schoolyard Heroes are a PunkRock band from Seattle, Washington and released three albums between 2003 and 2007. The band split up in 2009.

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Discography:
* ''The Funeral Sciences'' (2003)
* ''Fantastic Wounds'' (2005)
* ''Abominations'' (2007)

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!!Tropes relating to the band:
* AfterTheEnd: "Cemetery Girls"
* AlbumTitleDrop: In "Centaur: Half-Man Half-Motorcycle"
* AntiChristmasSong: "I Want Your Soul For Christmas"
* BattleOfTheBands: Schoolyard Heroes competed in a Christian one, which they were kicked out of for covering a song by Music/TheMisfits.
* BodyHorror / FacialHorror: "The Girl Who Was Born Without A Face". Oh, and it might be named after [[http://www.hollywoodlife.com/2011/04/04/juliana-wetmore-girl-born-without-a-face-update/ a real person]]. (link not for the squeamish)
* CameBackWrong: "Cat Killer"
* CarefulWithThatAxe: The end of "Beautiful Woman Hunter"
* DemonicDummy: "Attack of the Puppet People"
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Their demos and ''The Funeral Sciences'' contained very little of the horror themes the band eventually became known for.
* {{Gendercide}}: "Cemetery Girls"
* HarshVocals: Particularly on ''Fantastic Wounds''.
* IndecipherableLyrics: At her harshest, Ryann can be quite difficult to understand.
* LoopedLyrics: "The Last Man on Earth"
* LyricalDissonance: "Boyfriend". A nice calm song about wanting someone's boyfriend to die.
** "Kill 'Em All", in which Jonah sounds disturbingly enthusiastic about the idea of shooting up his school.
%* MetalScream
* NightmareFetishist: The entire band, of course.
* NonAppearingTitle: A lot of their songs.
* OneWomanSong: The demo version of "Blood-Spattered Sundress" is called "Thea".
* OneWomanWail: Ryann has done this in a few songs.
* RaisingTheSteaks: "Cat Killer"
* SerialKiller: "Serial Killers Know How to Party", and probably "Beautiful Woman Hunter"
* ShoutOut: A lot of their songs count as this.
** "Michael Dudakoff: American Ninja" is one to the American Ninja movie series
** "Contra" is one to the video game of the same name.
** "They Live" is named after the movie.
** "Nightmare At 20,000 Feet" is named after an episode of ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959''.
* SopranoAndGravel: Ryann and Jonah, on occasion.
* SurprisinglyGentleSong: "The Last Man on Earth"
* ZombieApocalypse: "Dawn of the Dead"