Pierce The Veil
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Pierce the Veil is an American rock band from San Diego. It consists of Vic Fuentes (lead vocals, lead & rhythm guitars, keys, production), Mike Fuentes (drums, backing vocals), Jaime Preciado (bass, programming, backing vocals) and Tony Perry (guitars, backing vocals). The band formed in 2006 when brothers Vic and Mike decided to carry on making music after their previous band (Before Today) broke up. Together, the Fuentes brothers wrote the whole of Pierce the Veil's first album A Flair For The Dramatic and then joined with Jaime Preciado and Tony Perry (previously from Trigger My Nightmare) for the recording process. The album was release June 26th, 2007. "I'd Rather Die Than Be Famous" was featured in the game, Tony Hawk's Proving Ground. In November 2007, Pierce the Veil performed on ... one date of the Vans Warped Tour, and they were on the whole tour in 2008. They also played Bamboozle Left in 2008. Their first headlining tour, "The Delicious Tour", which was during October and November of 2008, featured Breathe Carolina, Four Letter Lie, and Emarosa. They were on the Taste of Chaos tour in 2009 along with Bring Me The Horizon, Thursday, Four Year Strong, and Cancer Bats. Vic and Mike Fuentes confirmed to be included in the new project and supergroup, Isles & Glaciers, featuring Craig Owens and Jonny Craig. Pierce the Veil often mix in popular hip hop/rap and pop songs into their own songs during live performances. The band toured for three years straight before releasing their second album, Selfish Machines, on June 21, 2010. They then went on to play the whole of Warped Tour 2010. Pierce the Veil have also covered Michael Jackson's Beat It, Blue Oyster Cult's (Don't Fear) The Reaper and most recently Bruno Mars' Just The Way You Are which is featured on the Punk Goes Pop 4 compilation. Pierce the Veil have confirmed that they are currently writing a new album which they hope to release in the summer of 2012.
Updated Jan 03 2012 4:48 PM via Last.fm
Updated Jan 03 2012 4:48 PM via Last.fm
