Gene Louis

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Gene Louis
Origin	Orange County, California
Genre(s)	Alternative Rock
Years active	2004-present

Gene Louis (also known as "Gene Bullets") is the frontman of rising hard rock band Bullets and Octane.

1 History
2 Releases
3 Recent tours
4 Solo Project
5 Influences

[edit] History

Louis was raised in St. Louis, Missouri and taught to play drums by his jazz drummer father. Louis moved to Orange County, California with long-time friend and bassist Brent Clawson to start the band in 1999. Louis remained the band's drummer until the original lead singer quit and Louis stepped up to the mic, being replaced on drums by local punk rocker Ty Smith. James Daniel later joined on guitar.

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[edit] Releases

Bullets and Octane released their debut album The Revelry through the Criterion Records imprint in 2004. The album was produced by ex Guns N' Roses guitarist Gilby Clarke, who now forms part of Rock Star Supernova. Their second album, In the Mouth of the Young was released in 2006 after the band moved to RCA Records. This record was produced by ex-Helmet guitarist Page Hamilton.

[edit] Recent tours

Gene and the band have been touring solidly for the past five years, mainly as support to some of alternative rock's most popular artists. Over recent times, the band have opened for Avenged Sevenfold and CKY, and played on the Family Values Tour, in company of Korn, Flyleaf and The Deftones. They toured with Unwritten Law, Zebrahead, and Social Distortion and recently finished a UK tour with other Southern California rock band The Knives.

[edit] Solo Project

In December 2007, Gene announced on MySpace that he is to release 52 songs (one for each week) in 2008, where he plays every instrument. Gene insisted, however, that this did not mean the end of Bullets and Octane. He was also vague about any possible album, although the songs are available on SpeakerHeart.com.

[edit] Influences

As a band, Bullets and Octane are influenced by Guns N' Roses and punk bands such as Social Distortion. As a frontman, Louis takes inspiration from Guns N' Roses legend Axl Rose.