| 12 Stones | |
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| Origin | Mandeville, Louisiana, USA |
| Genres | Alternative rock, Post-grunge |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Labels | Wind-up, EMG |
| Associated acts | Breaking Point, Evanescence, The Fairwell |
| Website | 12stones.com |
| Members | |
| Paul McCoy Eric Weaver Justin Rimer Mike McManus Brad Reynolds |
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| Past members | |
| Kevin Dorr Aaron Gainer Shawn Wade DJ Stange Greg Trammell Pat Quave Larry Sharp Stephen Poff |
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12 Stones is a rock band that was formed in 2000 in Mandeville, Louisiana. They have sold more than 2 million records.
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The four band members met in Mandeville, Louisiana, a small suburb north of New Orleans, and within 15 months were signed to a record deal with Wind-up Records.They are a Christian Band. Lead vocalist Paul McCoy was previously featured in the Evanescence single "Bring Me to Life", for which he won a Grammy.
"Shadows" from Potter's Field was used in a trailer for the film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. "Photograph" (also from Potter's Field) appeared on the 2005 Elektra film soundtrack. "My Life" from their self-titled album was featured on the soundtrack of The Scorpion King in 2002. "Broken" (also from the self-titled album) served as the official theme song for WWE's Judgment Day pay-per-view in May 2002 and "Home" (also from the self-titled album) was the song used for the WWE Desire video for Kurt Angle. The band also recorded the song "Let Go" exclusively for the Daredevil movie soundtrack. Songs "Running out of Pain" and "Back Up" were used on Cheating Death, Stealing Life - The Eddie Guerrero Story.
In November 2009, the band recorded their fourth studio album, with producer David Bendeth. "We Are One", the first single from the new album, was released on April 6.[1] The song Premiered on noisecreep[2] on March 29, 2010, the very same day being leaked to radio by WBSX (97.9X) in Wilkes-Barre, PA. It was later announced that, despite the band's original intent to record a full-length album, they would instead be releasing an EP titled The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday which would feature the single "We Are One". The reasoning behind why the band only released an EP even though they had recorded a complete album's worth of material was never fully explored or explained.
Recently, "We Are One" was used by WWE as the theme song for the renegade faction formed by the NXT first season graduates known as The Nexus. The song also was used as the opening to each ACC Network telecast of the 2011 ACC men's basketball tournament.[3] The Washington Capitals NHL hockey team also uses the song in the 2010-2011 season video played at the start of their home games in the Verizon Center.
On August 24, 2010, the band announced that they were leaving Wind-Up after nine years, stating “We felt it was time for a change. We have a vision for this band that we feel is best pursued elsewhere.” [4] On December 30, 2010, 12 Stones announced via Twitter and Facebook that they planned to release a new, full-length album in 2011.
12 Stones then signed a record deal with Executive Music Group. The group began working on their fourth album, "Only Human", in Nashville with Skidd Mills, which is due for release in March 2012.
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||
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| US [5] |
US Rock[6] | US Alt.[7] | US Hard Rock[8] | US Christ. [9][5] |
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| 2002 | 12 Stones | 147 | — | — | — | 10 | |
| 2004 | Potter's Field
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29 | — | — | — | 2 | |
| 2007 | Anthem for the Underdog
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53 | 13 | 14 | 5 | — | |
| 2012 | Only Human
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| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | |||||||
| Year | EP details | Peak chart positions | |||||
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| US [5] |
US Rock[10] | US Digital | US Alt. | US Hard Rock | US Christ. [5] |
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| 2010 | The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday
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103 | 30 | 24 | 14 | 12 | 5 |
| Year | Song | US Main. [11] |
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| 2002 | "Broken" | — | 12 Stones | |
| "The Way I Feel" | — | |||
| "Crash" | — | |||
| 2004 | "Far Away" | 38 | Potter's Field | |
| "Photograph" | — | |||
| 2007 | "Lie to Me" | 24 | Anthem for the Underdog | |
| 2008 | "Anthem for the Underdog" | 26 | ||
| "Adrenaline" | 23 | |||
| 2009 | "Broken Road" | — | ||
| 2010 | "We Are One" | 30 | The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday | |
| "Disappear" | — | |||
| 2011 | "Bulletproof" | — | Only Human | |
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | ||||
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