She Wants Revenge

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She Wants Revenge

Origin	Los Angeles, California
Country	United States
Years active	2005–present
Genres	Indie rock Alternative Goth
Labels	Geffen Records Perfect Kiss
Members	Justin Warfield Adam Bravin

She Wants Revenge is an indie rock band hailing from Los Angeles, California. It is signed to Perfect Kiss, a division of Fred Durst's Geffen Records-distrubuted imprint, Flawless Records.

1 Band members
- 1.1 Lead members
- 1.2 Accompaniment
2 Biography
3 Discography
4 Trivia
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Band members

[edit] Lead members

Justin Warfield - vocals, guitar, keyboards
Adam Bravin ("Adam 12") - bass, keyboards, synthesizer, drum machine, vocals

[edit] Accompaniment

Thomas Froggatt - guitar, keyboards
Scot Ellis - drums [1]

[edit] Biography

She Wants Revenge's sound is a mixture of indie, goth, and dance. They've drawn strong comparisons to Joy Division, an important influence; but have also drawn influences from a host of other bands. Depeche Mode and New Order being significant, with some similar sounds and tones of The Sisters of Mercy.

She Wants Revenge is just the latest twist in a long, varied career for Justin Warfield. Starting out as a Prince Paul-produced rapper, Warfield went on to form The Justin Warfield Supernaut, playing an LSD-fuelled take on poppy grunge. From there Warfield moved on to the UK and formed One Inch Punch with Gianni Garofalo (a member of the Supernaut). One Inch Punch's twisted take on lo-fi scuzz grunge was topped with laconic rap from Warfield. Their biggest hit was "Pretty Piece of Flesh" from the William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet movie soundtrack. Warfield and Garofalo's next move was back to LA and in a more alternative rock direction with crossover act 'Tape', whose powerful sound never made it further than a couple of EPs.

She Wants Revenge got its big break in 2005 when its single "Out of Control" was played on KCXX, KROQ and quickly became the number-one song played on the station. Its follow-up, "These Things," has shown great popularity at Yahoo! Music and was entered into the Artist of the Month contest there. "Tear You Apart" has received great fanfare for both its music video (directed by Joaquin Phoenix) and catchy, fast-paced beat. She Wants Revenge was featured on SPIN.com as the band of the day for October 18, 2005.^[1]

Its debut self-titled album was mixed by Michael Patterson, who also mixed albums for Beck, The Notorious B.I.G., and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. It reached number 38 on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart. Warfield credits the bands success to Chicago local music guru Zack Zwart. Zwart began following the band on tour advising his followers to “embrace the sound.” Soon he amassed a huge support network for the band. "Without Zwart's huge following and support for our music, we would still be playing for drinks." ^{[citation needed]}

The vocals of lead singer Justin Warfield have been linked to the vocal stylings of Paul Banks (Interpol) and Ian Curtis (Joy Division). In 2006, She Wants Revenge performed at the Coachella 2006 Music and Arts Festival. It also played at the Village Voice Siren Music Festival in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York, in July 2006, and it played at Lollapalooza in Chicago later that year. She Wants Revenge opened several shows during Depeche Mode's 2006 tour. They are currently on tour with Placebo. The band will appear with Fall Out Boy, Marilyn Manson, and other bands on the soundtrack of Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, to be re-released in 3D on October 20.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

She Wants Revenge
(2006)
Perfect Kiss

[edit] EPs

These Things
(2005)
Perfect Kiss

Tear You Apart
(2006)
Perfect Kiss

[edit] Compilations

Nightmare Before Christmas OST – (October, 2006; contributed "Kidnap The Sandy Claws")

[edit] Singles

"Tear You Apart" (2006) #3 U.S. Modern Rock Tracks chart
"These Things" (2006) #19 U.S. Modern Rock Tracks chart
"Out of Control" (2006)
"I don't Wanna Fall In Love" (2006)

[edit] Trivia

The video for These Things features Shirley Manson of the band Garbage

Justin Warfield featured in a Placebo song Spite & Malice in their 2000 album Black Market Music in additional to Brian Molko's vocal.
Justin Warfield was a hip-hop MC before becoming interested in rock music. He was the rapper on the song Bug Powder Dust from Tim Simenon's Bomb The Bass.
Justin Warfield is mentioned in the interlude "WAOK (AY) Rollcall", a track from the 2003 album Phrenology by the The Roots.