| Black Veil Brides | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Hollywood, California, US |
| Genres | Glam metal, Heavy Metal hard rock, metalcore, post-hardcore (early) |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Labels | Lava, StandBy |
| Website | www.bvbarmy.com |
| Members | |
| Andy Biersack Ashley Purdy Jinxx Jake Pitts Christian Coma |
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| Past members | |
| Sandra Alvarenga Chris Hollywood David Burton Johnny Herold Nate Shipp Phil Cenedella Chris Riesenberg |
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Black Veil Brides is an American rock band based out of Hollywood, California. The group is composed of Andrew Biersack (lead vocals), Ashley Purdy (bass, backing vocals), Jake Pitts (lead guitar), Jinxx (guitar, violin), and Christian "CC" Coma (drums). Black Veil Brides are known for their distinct appearance, mainly being inspired by Kiss' stage persona as well as numerous 1980s glam metal acts.
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Black Veil Brides was founded during 2006 using the name Brides with members Andy Biersack (lead vocals), Johnny Herold (guitar), and Phil Cenedella (bass) in Delhi, Ohio. They were soon contacted via MySpace by Nate Shipp (guitar) and Chris Riesenberg (drums).They started gaining recognition for the song "Knives and Pens". The music video has gained over 32,000,000 views over YouTube.[1]
In late November 2009, David "Pan" Burton left the group due to differences in direction and clashes between members. Shortly after his departure he began the project House of Glass with previous Black Veil Brides guitarist, Chris "Hollywood" Bluser. Demos were posted on Myspace, with lyrics written by Biersack. Black Veil Brides responded, saying that the demos were from their upcoming debut album and that Pan had recorded his vocals over them. Pan claimed he'd written the songs before joining the band and that these demos were the way the songs were originally intended to be. Due to these demos being released before We Stitch These Wounds, the band changed the titles of the songs "Funeral in Flames" to "Beautiful Remains" and "Alive and Burning" to "All Your Hate". However, "Sweet Blasphemy" remained the same.
In September 2009, using the current name, Black Veil Brides signed with the independent label StandBy Records.[2] The writing process for a tour and a record began immediately. In December 2009, the band embarked on their first US tour entitled "On Leather Wings".
The group's debut album We Stitch These Wounds was released July 13, 2010 and sold over 10,000 copies in its first week, ranking at #36 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, and #1 on the Billboard Independent chart.[3][4] In late 2010, Black Veil Brides went on tour with bands The Birthday Massacre, Dommin and Aural Vampire.[5]
Black Veil Brides first came to the attention of Lava Records president Jason Flom when the chief music officer at Hot Topic, John Kirkpatrick, told him about the incredible buzz that building around the band, with their t-shirt attracting the second biggest sales in the country at that point.[6] What was even more impressive was that they had built their fanatical following in a "DIY" fashion, such as in making their own self-funded videos.[6] When Flom then heard their music and met the group, he decided that they were exactly what he'd been looking for, later commenting to HitQuarters:
"They are bringing back what has been missing for over a decade: they are rock heroes that are truly larger than life. The make-up, the hair, the leather, and most importantly they have great songs, great playing …"[6]
Flom then made a deal with Neil Sheehan, founder of StandBy Records, to sign the band over to Lava.
Black Veil Brides supported the Murderdolls in the "God Save The Scream Tour" 2011 and also toured America on the AP Tour from March 18 to May 6.[7] The band will continue on to the Vans Warped Tour, beginning June 24, 2011 and ending August 14 of the same year.[8] It has also been released that the band will be performing at festivals such as the Download Festival in the UK[9] and Bamboozle.[10] On April 20, it was revealed the band had won the Revolver Magazine's Golden Gods Award for Best New Artist, Kerrang! UK Rock Magazine Best Newcomers, and were nominated for Kerrang! Best International Newcomer.
The band's second studio album, Set the World on Fire was released on June 14, 2011 by Lava Music/Universal Republic Records. The cover art was released in April.[11][12] The title track from Set the World on Fire was planned for use in the movie Scream 4. At the news of the song not being used the band released a statement and an extended song preview.[13] It was later announced on May 23 that the song will be featured in the Transformers: Dark of the Moon movie.[14]
A clip of the album's lead single, "Fallen Angels", was released in late April.[15] It was then fully released in the UK on May 1. The US release was pushed from May 3[16] to May 10 to be given for free with the pre-order of Set the World on Fire on iTunes. As a result of "Fallen Angels" being delayed a preview of the song "Youth and Whisky" was released on May 3.[17] The album's next single was Legacy with a music video filmed by Patrick Fogarty, and Premiered on YouTube on June 6, 2011. The band played at the Rock am Ring festival at the Nürburgring motorsport complex in Nürburg, Germany in June 2011. [18] Their 3rd single from Set the World on Fire was Rebel Love Song, which also had a music video directed by Patrick Fogarty. It was released on youtube October 19th. On October 25th, the band announced that they had to cancel tour dates for "Certain Reasons". It was later announced that it was because Andy Biersack had hit the drum set rising platform during a performance and broke his nose. Despite the injury, he was determined to finish the show, though people noticing him having difficulty breathing and talking. After a visit from the doctor, he was told to sit back for a few weeks to rest and heal. They announced that they would return to tour for the beginning of the Buried Alive Tour with Avenged Sevenfold, Asking Alexandria, and Hollywood Undead. It was also announced via Andy's twitter that they will be releasing an EP entitled "Rebels". They released a trailer for it on YouTube which shows Andy recording vocals for their cover of "Rebel Yell" by Billy Idol. Rebels will be released on Christmas. Another trailer for the EP was released which Andy gives a little bit more details about it. And the final trailer about the EP was release on Nov. 14 getting in to detail about the track (Coffin) left over from their previous album.
Regarding the bands next album, Jinxx and Jake told Chris Droney in an interview for Glasswerk National that the band are constantly writing new music, and are planning on recording their next major LP in April, 2012. There was also a tease of a guest guitarist appearing on the album, though no name was mentioned as of October 31st, 2011.[19]
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Result | Place | |||||||||
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| 2011 | Black Veil Brides | Alternative Press: Band of the Year Award[20] | Won | — | |||||||||
| 2011 | Black Veil Brides | MTV Favorite Breakthrough Band of 2011[21] | Nominated | — | |||||||||
| 2011 | Andy Biersack | Revolver Magazine's 100 Greatest Living Rock Stars 2011 | Won | N/A | |||||||||
| 2011 | Set the World on Fire | Revolver Magazine's 20 Best Albums of 2011 | Won | 5th | |||||||||
| 2011 | Black Veil Brides | Revolver Magazine's Golden God Awards: Best New Band 2011[22] | Won | — | |||||||||
| 2011 | "The Legacy" | Revolver Magazine's Song of the Year 2011[23] | Nominated | 2nd | |||||||||
| 2011 | Black Veil Brides for "Fallen Angels" | WGRD’s 2011 Favorite Listener Band of The Year[24] | Nominated | 2nd | |||||||||
| "—" denotes a nomination that did not place or places were not relevant in the award. | |||||||||||||
| Date | Album | Label | Peak chart positions | ||||
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| US | US Indie |
UK | UK Rock |
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| 2007 | Sex & Hollywood (EP) | Self-released | — | — | — | — | |
| 2010 | We Stitch These Wounds | StandBy | 36 | 1 | — | — | |
| 2011 | Set the World on Fire | Lava | 17 | — | 54 | 3 | |
| Rebels (EP) | Universal Republic | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | |||||||
| Year | Song | US Main. |
UK Rock [25] |
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| 2010 | "Knives and Pens" |
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Never Give In |
| "Perfect Weapon" |
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We Stitch These Wounds | |
| 2011 | "Fallen Angels" |
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Set the World on Fire |
| "The Legacy" |
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| "Rebel Love Song" |
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| "Unholy" (featuring Zakk Wylde) |
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Rebels | |
| "Rebel Yell" |
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| "Coffin" |
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| Year | Song | Director |
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| 2009 | "Knives and Pens" | Patrick Fogarty |
| 2010 | "Perfect Weapon" | |
| 2011 | "Fallen Angels" | Nathan Cox |
| "The Legacy"[26] | Patrick Fogarty | |
| "Rebel Love Song" | ||
| "Rebel Yell" (live) |
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