Black Veil Brides



Black Veil Brides is an American rock band based out of Hollywood, California. The group is composed of Andy Biersack (lead vocals), Ashley Purdy (bass, backing vocals), Jake Pitts (lead guitar), Jinxx (rhythm guitar, violin) and Christian "CC" Coma (drums). Black Veil Brides are known for their distinct appearance, mainly being inspired by Kiss' and Mötley Crüe's stage persona as well as numerous other 1980s glam metal acts. {| class="toc" id="toc"

Contents
[hide] *1 History
 * 1.1 Record deal and debut album (2009–2010)
 * 1.2 Future events and Set the World on Fire (2011–onward)
 * 2 Accolades
 * 3 Band members
 * 4 Discography
 * 5 References
 * 6 External links
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Record deal and debut album (2009–2010)
In September 2009, using the current name, Black Veil Brides signed with the independent label StandBy Records.[5] 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.[6] [7] In late 2010, Black Veil Brides went on tour with bands The Birthday Massacre, Dommin and Aural Vampire.[8]

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.[9] 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.[9] 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: Flom then made a deal with Neil Sheehan, founder of StandBy Records, to sign the band over to Lava.

Future events and Set the World on Fire (2011–onward)
Black Veil Brides members Jake Pitts and CC at a signing table delivering autographs for their fans.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.[10] The band will continue on to the Vans Warped Tour, beginning June 24, 2011 and ending August 14 of the same year.[11] It has also been released that the band will be performing at festivals such as the Download Festival in the UK[12] and Bamboozle.[13] 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.[14] [15] 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.[16] It was later announced on May 23 that the song will be featured in the Transformers: Dark of the Moon movie.[17]

A clip of the album's lead single, "Fallen Angels", was released in late April.[18] It was then fully released in the UK on May 1. The US release was pushed from May 3[19] 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.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-19">[20] 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.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-20">[21] 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 19. On October 25, 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 band's 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 31, 2011.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-21">[22] On February 18, Jake Pitts tweeted, "Amazing stuff. This next record is going to kick your arses," implying a third album is under production. In a February 2012 interview, Ashley Purdy announced that the band's third studio album is scheduled to be released at the end of 2012<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Black_Veil_Brides_.5BInterview.5D_22-0">[23]

Black Veil Brides will release a brand new song titled, "Unbroken" that will be on the soundtrack to the movie Avengers.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-23">[24] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-24">[25] On May 2, Black Veil Brides had this to announce, "As of today, we have officially began recording our new album which will be released on October 30th!"

Band members

 * Current members
 * Andy Biersack – bass (early) lead vocals, keyboards, (2006–present)<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-altpress_29-0">[30]
 * Jake Pitts – lead guitar (2009–present)<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-altpress_29-1">[30] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-30">[31]
 * Jeremy "Jinxx" Ferguson – rhythm guitar, violin, backing vocals (2009–present)<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-altpress_29-2">[30]
 * Ashley Purdy – bass, backing vocals (2009–present)<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-altpress_29-3">[30] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-31">[32]
 * Christian Coma – drums, percussion (2010–present)<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-altpress_29-4">[30]
 * Former members
 * Sandra Alvarenga – drums, percussion (2008–2010)
 * Chris "Hollywood" Bluser – lead guitar, backing vocals (2008–2009)
 * David "Pan" Burton – rhythm guitar (2008–2009)
 * Johnny Herold – lead guitar (2006–2008)
 * Nate Shipp – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2007–2008)
 * Phil "Catalyst" Cenedella – bass, backing vocals (2006–2008)
 * Chris "Craven" Riesenberg – drums, percussion (2007–2008)
 * Timeline showing a visualization of above information

Discography
Main article: Black Veil Brides discography;Studio albums
 * 2010: We Stitch These Wounds
 * 2011: Set the World on Fire