Pierce the Veil
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 Pierce the Veil at Rock im Park , 2017. |
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| origin | San Diego , California |
| Genre (s) | Post-hardcore |
| founding | 2007 |
| Website | www.piercetheveil.net |
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| Vic Fuentes | |
| Jaime Preciado | |
| Tony Perry | |
| Mike Fuentes | |
Pierce the Veil is one in 2007 San Diego , founded post-hardcore band. It consists of the bassist and background singer Jaime Preciado , the two guitarists Tony Perry and Vic Fuentes , who is also the front singer of the band, and the drummer Mike Fuentes . Vic and Mike Fuentes are brothers.
The band has released four albums so far: The debut album A Flair for the Dramatic was released in 2007 on the Equal Vision Records label . In 2010 the second studio album followed with Selfish Machines . After a move to the record company Fearless Records , Collide with the Sky was released in 2012 , the group's third studio album; it was reissued in 2013 with the additional DVD This Is a Wasteland , which contains a one-hour documentary and three music videos. The fourth studio album Misadventures was released in May 2016 . The latter three studio albums entered the official US charts on Billboard . In addition, the band reached international chart listings for the first time with Misadventures . In November 2014 the song King for a Day from the album Collide with the Sky was awarded a gold record , in October 2016 the album too.
Pierce the Veil play post-hardcore with slight influences from progressive rock . The group's music is compared to bands such as Emarosa , Alesana , The Used and Chiodos , among others . Vic Fuentes' singing is also reminiscent of Claudio Sanchez from Coheed and Cambria . In their music, the group sometimes uses rather atypical instruments such as Spanish guitars and castanets . Due to the origins of the musicians, the term "Mexicore" established itself in the band's fan base. The lyrics are mostly about personal experiences of the musicians. Main lyricist Vic Fuentes takes inspiration from current family events, personal experiences in relationships, on tours and from friends when writing the lyrics.
Pierce the Veil toured Australia , Europe , South America , the United Kingdom , Japan , Southeast Asia , the United States and Canada . On their concert tours, the group played with A Day to Remember , All Time Low , Bring Me the Horizon , Sleeping with Sirens , Memphis May Fire , Issues , The Devil Wears Prada , Mayday Parade and Emarosa, among others . The band also had festival appearances at Rock am Ring , Rock im Park and Nova Rock, the Soundwave Festival , the Warped Tour , as well as at the Slam Dunk Festival , the Riot Fest and the California Metalfest .
Pierce the Veil won a Liberation Award given by Peta2 in 2010 and a Kerrang in 2013 ! Award . For the 2013 tour documentary This Is a Wasteland , the group received a Revolver Golden God Award in 2014 . In 2014, the group was nominated for an award in seven categories at the Alternative Press Music Awards , three of which they won.
history
Before 2007: Before Today
Before founding the band Pierce the Veil , the Fuentes brothers played in the group Before Today , which they also founded. This was originally called Early Times , but had to be renamed Before Today due to copyright infringement . The group was supported by guitarist Joe Tancil and bassist Mitchell Ballatore. With the release of their EP Roots Beneath Ideals , the label Equal Vision Records became aware of the band and signed them. In 2004, An Celebration for an Ending, the group's only album, was released. The band broke up in 2006.
2007–2009: Foundation and debut album A Flair for the Dramatic
Pierce the Veil was founded in 2007 by brothers Mike and Vic Fuentes in San Diego , California . After their first band, Before Today, split up, Mike and Vic Fuentes decided to start a new band. The brothers continued to write their songs on their own in the home studio near Mission Bay , San Diego, funded by their parents, to have enough material to produce an album with the new band Pierce the Veil . The album, which the brothers worked on with Casey Bates in Seattle , Washington , was released on June 26, 2007. It is entitled A Flair for the Dramatic .
Shortly before the production of their debut album, the Fuentes brothers recruited two new musicians for the group: bassist Jaime Preciado and guitarist Tony Perry . First guitarist Perry was invited by Vic and Mike Fuentes. A little later he suggested that Preciado be added to the band as bassist. Perry and Preciado previously played together in a local metalcore band called Trigger My Nightmare . The work in the studio took a total of two months. The group toured the United States three months after the album was released . In the first two years after its formation, the band toured with All Time Low , Sleeping with Sirens , Tonight Alive , A Day to Remember , Chiodos , Emery , From First to Last and Mayday Parade .
The group completed their first major concert tour between September 23 and October 2, 2007 in the opening act for The Devil Wears Prada and Chiodos . This tour ended for the quartet after seven concerts. Just two days later, Pierce the Veil first appeared in the United Kingdom . There the band played as support for The Blackout . At the end of 2007 the group could be seen again as opening act for Chiodos in the USA. Pierce the Veil also played at the San Diego Music Awards at the end of the year .
In November 2007 Pierce the Veil also played a concert on the Warped Tour . The following year later, the group toured the entire Warped Tour. According to Fuentes, the group's appearance on the 2008 Warped Tour marked the first turning point in the band's career. Between January and March 2008 the group completed an extensive concert tour through the USA. As part of this tour, the group performed more than 40 concerts. Pierce the Veil played as the opening act for Mayday Parade , As Cities Burn and Emery . The first concert tour as headliner was The Delicious Tour , which took place in October and November 2008. Emarosa , Breathe Carolina and Four Letter Lie performed as support . The group was part of the Taste of Chaos Tour in 2009 with Bring Me the Horizon , Thursday , Four Year Strong, and Cancer Bats . The Fuentes brothers have been confirmed for the line-up of the short-lived music project Isles & Glaciers , founded in 2008 by Jonny Craig , former singer of Emarosa and Dance Gavin Dance , and Craig Owens , singer of DRUGS and Chiodos . The project released a single EP in 2010, which entered the official US charts. While Jonny Craig stated that Isles & Glaciers was "a one-off", Vic Fuentes announced that he could well imagine releasing an album with the musicians of the supergroup again one day .
2009-2011: Selfish Machines
In August 2009, the band announced that they would be in Los Angeles , where the group was working with producer Mike Green on the second album. The group recorded the first demos for the album during the Taste of Chaos Tour. The group spent a total of eight weeks in the studio between December 2009 and January 2010. The drums were completely recorded in a single day. In an interview it was said that the work on the album went well at first. However, singer Vic Fuentes had to spend the rest of the time alone in the studio to record the last vocal parts, while the other musicians had long since been at home. In total, he had to spend a month alone in the studio to finish the album. The album Selfish Machines was released on June 21, 2010 via Equal Vision Records . To promote the album, Pierce the Veil played at several major music festivals in the United States, including Bamboozle Left , SXSW , Never Say Never Festival and again the Warped Tour .
Pierce the Veil covered the hit (Don't Fear) The Reaper by the group Blue Öyster Cult for the punk goes classic rock series, which was released on April 27, 2010. The group was with Attack! Attack! Part of the Take Action Tour that went through Australia and New Zealand . The group also played in Japan . This was on the Versus Tour of Confide . It was the group's first appearance in Australia, New Zealand and Japan. The This Is a Family Tour followed at the end of the year , during which the band performed with Emmure , In Fear and Faith , Of Mice & Men and Attack Attack! was seen. This tour ended on December 19, 2010.
The group played as a surprise guest on the 2010 Alternative Press Tour at the Fox Theater in Pomona , which also included August Burns Red , Bring Me the Horizon , Emarosa , This Is Hell and Polar Bear Club . On November 1, 2010, the group announced that they would play with several big names in the coming year, including Silverstein , Miss May I , The Chariot and A Bullet for Pretty Boy as part of the Winterizer Tour . In January and February 2011, the group toured the European mainland for the first time. The group played alongside Bayside as the opening act for A Day to Remember . The Gamechanger's Tour followed in April with A Day to Remember, Bring Me the Horizon and the label colleagues from We Came as Romans . Pierce the Veil also co-headlined the second leg of Escape the Fate's The Dead Masquerade Tour .
After the group hadn't spent the summer touring to work on new material for the next album, the group was ready to go on a South American tour with Sum 41 . However, this concert tour was canceled because Sum 41 singer Deryck Whibley had to undergo an operation. At the turn of Pierce the Veil toured together with Motionless in White as support for Blessthefall through Europe and were with Miss May I co-headlined the No Guts No Glory Tour , which started shortly after the end of the European tour. The band covered the song Just the Way You Are by pop musician Bruno Mars for the Punk-Goes-Pop-4 compilation. This was published on November 21, 2011.
2011–2015: Change to Fearless Records, Collide with the Sky and This Is a Wasteland
Pierce the Veil changed labels after their record deal with Equal Vision Records expired and signed a new contract with the Californian punk label Fearless Records on August 23, 2011 . In an interview, singer Vic Fuentes explained that the contact with the record company came through a close friend of the band.
At the end of December 2011 the musicians announced that they would move into the studio in the coming year to work on their third studio album. Vic Fuentes announced four days after the announcement that he was finished writing the songs that came up during a winter tour with The Amity Affliction , Miss May I , Woe, Is Me and Letlive . In February 2012, the musicians moved into the recording studio in Elmwood Park , New Jersey with producers Dan Korneff and Kato Khandwala and began production of the album. Collide with the Sky , the title of the album, was released worldwide on July 17th, 2012 via Fearless Records. The elaboration of the songs took place in several places, including Big Bear Lake , Florida and San Diego . In an interview with Sebastian Berning from Powermetal.de , Vic Fuentes revealed that the contact to the producers came about through label colleagues Mayday Parade , who had already worked with Korneff and Khandwala in the past.
In the first week after the album was released, just over 27,000 records were sold in the United States alone , making the album number 12 on the national album charts and positioning itself on the sales list for nine weeks without interruption. In order to be able to promote the album, the band played on the main stage of the Warped Tour between June 16 and August 5, 2012 , with the group performing in Philadelphia in front of 10,000 spectators. As a guest musician, the band was accompanied by Kellin Quinn of Sleeping with Sirens , who can be heard on the single King for a Day , during the Warped Tour. Following the Warped Tour, the band completed their first and almost sold out tour as headliners across the UK . In November the group played at the California Metalfest in San Bernardino .
In February of the following year, Pierce the Veil played a concert tour with Sleeping with Sirens through several countries in Southeast Asia , before appearing at the Soundwave Festival in Australia at the end of the same month . This was followed by a small concert tour accompanied by Memphis May Fire , Letlive and Issues . The band co-headlined North America with All Time Low in April and May , before continuing to tour the UK that same month, this time with Hands Like Houses and Woe, Is Me as support acts. During the first concert of this tour, bassist Jaime Preciado broke his foot, so that he had to complete the entire tour with a walking aid. Between May 25 and 27 of the same year, the band played at the Slam Dunk Festival , before the band's first appearance at Rock am Ring and Rock im Park followed just under two weeks later . In July, the band played in South America for the first time after a tour planned for 2011 had to be canceled. A concert tour through Canada followed in August with The Ghost Inside and A Day to Remember . A month later, Pierce the Veil played again with All Time Low and A Day to Remember. A European tour followed at the end of the year as the opening act for Bring Me the Horizon . In the same month, Collide with the Sky was reissued along with the documentary This Is a Wasteland , so the album hit the charts again and stayed in the album charts for another six weeks. The DVD won a Best DVD / Best Video award at the Revolver Golden Gods Awards . One day after the award of this music award, the US music magazine announced the first presentation of the Alternative Press Music Awards , in which the band received nominations in seven categories, including for the best live band and artist of the year . Pierce the Veil won an award in the former category, as well as in the personal categories of best bass player and best drummer . On the day of the award ceremony, the musicians announced a world tour with Sleeping with Sirens. Further tour sections for this concert tour were announced later.
In November 2014, Pierce the Veil was announced for Reading and Leeds the following year, where the band was already playing on the main stage. Before that, the band played as headliners at the SelfHelp Fest , which is organized by the musicians of the band A Day to Remember . Between July and August 2015 the band played again on the entire Warped Tour . A week before this festival tour began, guitarist Tony Perry was seriously injured in a mountain bike accident, so that he had to be represented for some time by Jesse Barrera from My American Heart . Despite his injury, Perry played a concert at the Alternative Press Music Awards 2015 in Cleveland , Ohio and on the Warped Tour at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, although doctors advised against it. In the meantime, Collide with the Sky has been awarded a gold record by the RIAA for half a million units sold in the United States.
2015–2018: Misadventures
During the Spring Fever Tour , which the group completed with All Time Low , Mayday Parade and You Me at Six , the musicians were already working on new material for their fourth studio album. The group planned with producer Tom Denney to move into the studio as soon as possible. On December 23, 2013, Jaime Preciado and Vic Fuentes confirmed that the album would be released in 2014. However, it was only announced on March 22, 2014 that the group had gone to the studio after completing their European tour with Bring Me the Horizon , which ended in December 2013, to write pieces for the new album. In an interview with Impericon it was said that the musicians took enough time to write the pieces and didn't want to rush anything. In total, it took five months to write the songs for the album, which took place in San Diego and later in Big Bear Lake . In an interview the group performed with Poppy Reid of The Music Network during their time at the Soundwave Festival in Australia in March 2013 , Fuentes announced that Jenna McDougall, lead vocalist for pop-punk band Tonight Alive , was in a play on the new album should be heard as a guest singer. This was discussed in a later interview with the Kerrang! called too hasty.
In mid-May, the musicians began preliminary work on the new album in the studio. On June 5, 2014 Tony Perry announced on his Twitter profile that the musicians would go to the studio soon. On the same day it was said that the group would fly to Long Island to move into the studio. The pre-production of the album began in June 2014. In August the group moved with Dan Korneff of the Sonic Debris Recording Studio in New York . On August 4, 2014, it was announced that the album would be released in early 2015 due to a delay. According to Kerrang! the album should be released in January 2015. On September 17th, 2014 it was said that the album was almost finished. In an interview with Yahoo on February 6, 2015, however, it said that the fourth album should be released in the summer. On June 18, 2015, The Divine Zero was the first single from the fourth studio album. However, a release was postponed again for unknown reasons, so that the album for the year 2016 was announced on December 22, 2015. On March 15, 2016, the album's name and release date leaked through a rumor. Accordingly, it is called Misadventures and is to be published in May 2016. Three days later, this rumor was confirmed. Misadventures was officially released worldwide on May 13, 2016. Within the first week of sales, the album was sold over 50,000 times, which meant a chart entry at number 4 in the US album charts. The album also entered the charts for the first time on an international level, including in Germany , Australia and the United Kingdom .
On May 13, 2016, an album release concert took place at the Pabellón Oeste del Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City . From June 5 to June 26, 2016, the group played a concert tour of the United States to promote the album. The group played the album in full length at every concert. The tour was accompanied by I the Mighty and Movements . One day after the end of the US tour, the band made an appearance on the late night show Conan with Conan O'Brien . In July Pierce the Veil played a small tour through Latin America with stops in Argentina , Brazil , Chile and Mexico . Between August 16 and 23, 2016, the band completed a headlining tour of Australia accompanied by Beartooth , Silverstein and Storm the Sky . It was the group's first concert tour through Australia since their appearance at the Soundwave Festival in 2013. Immediately after the Australian tour, the group completed their second tour in the United States with Neck Deep and I Prevail . On March 26, 2016, another section of the Misadventures tour was announced. This began on October 29, 2016 with a performance at Le Trabendo in Paris , France and ended after 29 concerts on December 6, 2016 at the Dublin Academy in Dublin , Republic of Ireland . The band toured through Spain , Germany , Hungary , Italy , Sweden , Denmark , Belgium , Austria , as well as Switzerland , the Netherlands and the United Kingdom .
On October 13, 2016, Pierce the Veil was announced together with Sleeping with Sirens , Beartooth and Motionless in White in the first wave of announcements for Rock am Ring and Rock im Park . Furthermore, the group was confirmed for the first time for the Greenfield Festival , the Download Festival and Nova Rock . A concert tour with Rise Against in the United States and Canada followed in September and October 2017 . The band's participation in the tour with All Time Low , which was due to take place in the United Kingdom in March 2018, was canceled by the musicians after drummer Mike Fuentes provisionally left the band on the basis of several allegations of sexual misconduct that were voiced against him in November has left.
Since 2018: New album
On July 6, 2018 it became known that musicians had started work on their fifth studio album.
Music style and lyrics
music
On the debut album, the group's music was described as a mix of emo , screamo and progressive rock . The musical compositions on the debut album are complex, so that a comparison with Sparta, Trail of Dead and at times with Queen is possible. The 2010 album Selfish Machines also features influences from punk . In addition, the musicians use instruments that are not typical of the genre, such as pianos or acoustic guitars . With the release of the second album, the group was compared to The Used , Chiodos and Emarosa. The group was also compared to Alesana . The group has earned praise in the past for its ability to mix "the ferocity of hardcore and metal with the songwriting and melody of pop music ."
Vic Fuentes' vocals alternate between pure vocals and screams . The sound varies in many pieces. There are frequent changes from slow to fast riffs , from hard to soft, from rock to poppy. The group emphasized that they would always work with their musical roots. The musicians don't see a metal band in Pierce the Veil , they have their own definition of hardness.
Elmar Salmutter from the German Metal Hammer described the music on her debut album A Flair for the Dramatic as "mature and multi-layered". He thinks that Vic Fuentes' voice is very reminiscent of Claudio Sanchez of Coheed and Cambria . The critic writes that the group was influenced by Silverchair on their first album . Salmut also mentioned Sparta as a musical influence on the album.
Florian Kapp mentions prog-rock passages on the third album Collide with the Sky as musical highlights. He describes that the music sounds more poppy compared to the previous albums. The critic also praises the use of Spanish guitars . The term “Mexicore” has established itself in the scene due to the origin of the musicians. Vic Fuentes himself said that the term Mexicore is a “mixture of heavy music with a Spanish feel”.
The band is known for using instruments that are atypical for their style of music. Acoustic guitars , castanets and bongos are used in the piece Bulls in the Bronx . Even if Pierce the Veil's music has nothing to do with Grindcore , Tom Araya , a musician from the band Slayer , described the group as a representative of “the new metal” in an interview with the German-language edition of Vice magazine in "Grindcore".
On Misadventures , the band orientates itself very close to the border to pop music . Influences from pop-punk can also be heard. Groups like Panic! at the Disco , Atreyu and My Chemical Romance are mentioned as musical references.
Texts
Singer Vic Fuentes is mainly responsible for the lyrics of the group . He was rarely supported by other musicians or friends, such as former A-Day-to-Remember guitarist Tom Denney , Curtis Peoples and Dave Yaden in writing the lyrics. Many of the lyrics are about personal experiences of the musicians. Fuentes said that he did not follow any concepts when writing the pieces, but instead took inspiration from current or family events, personal experiences in relationships, on tour and from friends.
“I try not to really go with any sort of concept or anything like that. Some bands are very political; some bands only write about love. Our band is always about what has recently happened, whatever is happening in our families, in our lives, our relationships, our tours and our friends. Whatever is weighing heavy in our minds is going to come out. "
However, there are also several pieces where he was inspired by fans of the group. He wrote the songs Bulls in the Bronx and Hold On Till May for Olivia Penpraze, who hanged herself on April 3, 2012 . Friends of Penpraze wrote the musicians a letter because Penpraze had been a fan of the band.
'Bulls in the Bronx' has a crazy story to it. It's a sad story, but it inspired the song. It's about this girl who is 16, and her friends wrote to me and said she recently committed suicide, along with a link to her Tumblr page. It was one of the most haunting things I've ever seen. It's so sad because she was such a sweet-looking girl too. There were things on there where she would say how she thought she was worthless, ugly, and all this crazy stuff. That whole thing really stuck with me for a while, and I wrote this song about her.
The song I Don't Care If You're Contagious was also dedicated to a fan of the band. The musicians said in an article with Alternative Press magazine that a female fan had made contact with the musicians and reported that their former boyfriend was killed in a car accident. Both had met at a group concert. Fuentes wrote this song as a gift for her. The song Million Dollar Houses (The Painter) is addressed to Fuentes' parents, whereby his father was specifically addressed. The play is about his parents not separating despite financial problems, no matter how badly they were. He wrote the song A Match Into Water from the album Collide with the Sky about his girlfriend at the time, who at that time had to be treated very often in hospital for breast cancer .
In an interview with the Alternative Press it was said that Vic Fuentes holed up alone in a room writing the lyrics. Fearless Records owner Bob Becker rented a cabin for Fuentes to enable him to write the lyrics for the 2012 album Collide with the Sky . In a British Rock Sound article , the group was described as "a band for the lost, broken and lonely by virtue of the musicians' lyrics." Fuentes said he wanted to make sure that every text on every piece was fun and Inspiration spread among the listeners.
"I want to make sure that every lyric to every song is something that people can enjoy and become inspired by."
For the lyrics from the fourth studio album, Fuentes went camping in 2014 in addition to the regular writing sessions in order to be able to write more song material, which makes them even more personal than older pieces by the band. This album also features songs that he wrote about his former relationships. The song Gold Medal Ribbon is about his first great love, while Texas is Forever takes up the story of a failed relationship that he sang about in songs from previous albums. He wrote Floral & Fading for Danielle Perry and Song for Isabelle dedicated Fuentes to an overseas fan. The band's first song to take up recent history is Circles , in which he addresses the massacre in the Bataclan Theater during the terrorist attacks on November 13, 2015 in Paris . The background for the composition of the song was the statement of the band Eagles of Death Metal , which appeared in the Bataclan that evening , that some fans tried to protect their friends from the terrorists.
Band name
The band name comes from the song of the same name by the previous band Before Today , which can be found on the only published album An Celebration for an Ending . The name is based on the English term “piercing the corporate veil”, which means tackling problems at their roots and eliminating them.
Musician
Victor Vincent Fuentes (born February 10, 1983 in San Diego , California ) is the guitarist and lead singer of the band. He played on Before Today before founding Pierce the Veil . He was also part of the Isles & Glaciers supergroup , which existed between 2008 and 2010. He is also the main author of all lyrics. His younger brother, Mike Fuentes, is also active in the band. He was also a session musician with Cinematic Sunrise for a tour.
Michael Christopher Fuentes (born December 14, 1984 in San Diego, California) is the drummer for Pierce the Veil. He is the younger brother of lead singer Vic Fuentes. Like his older brother, Mike was involved in the supergroup Isles & Glaciers. In addition to his work, he is active as a rapper under the pseudonym MikeyWhiskeyHands . Under this pseudonym he released a single on Velocity Records . He was also the drummer in the hardcore band Underminded .
Tony Perry (born February 26, 1986 in Tijuana , Municipio Tijuana ) is alongside Vic Fuentes guitarist with Pierce the Veil. Besides bassist Jaime Preciado, he is also active as a background singer in the band. He has been running his own fashion label under the name Key Street since 2013 . Before he played with Pierce the Veil, he was a guitarist in a regional metalcore band. He's a vegetarian .
Jaime Alberto Preciado (born May 17, 1986 in San Diego, California) is bassist and background singer with Pierce the Veil. He previously played, like guitarist Tony Perry, in the metalcore band Trigger My Nightmare . He has also worked as a music producer . As a solo musician, he has released several individual songs so far, which can be found on YouTube .
social commitment
The musicians are active in several organizations that deal with the topics of bullying and suicide prevention or breast cancer (Keep a Breast Foundation) . The group acts as an ambassador for the Keep a Breast Foundation . A former ex-girlfriend of the singer Vic Fuentes developed breast cancer. For their collaboration with the Keep a Breast Foundation , the band was nominated for an Alternative Press Music Award in the social engagement category.
Pierce the Veil are also involved in several campaigns run by PETA 2, the youth organization of the animal welfare association PETA. One of their campaigns is Elephants Never Forget , which is directed against the keeping of animals (especially elephants) in the circus. In 2010 the group received the Liberation Award , which is presented annually by PETA2.
Allegations of sexual misconduct
In the context of the me-too campaign on the Internet and the associated increase in reports of sexual harassment and sexual misconduct against underage female fans, Mike Fuentes was also named on November 14, 2017 , who had a sexual relationship with a then 16 -year-old girl is said to have had. The person said they live in California , where sexual relations with teenagers under the age of 18 are prohibited. The message has censored images attached to show how Fuentes pleases himself in a video chat.
The exact allegations are rape under the law ( "statutory rape" ) and the solicitation of nude pictures via the AOL Instant Messenger. It is said that the girl and Fuentes established contact via MySpace and kept it going before they met in person for the first time at a Fuentes Band concert at the Chain Reaction in Anaheim. In 2008, both are said to have had sexual intercourse for the first time at a meeting during the Warped Tour in Pomona.
In the meantime, a second woman had spoken out and also accused Mike Fuentes of sexual misconduct. The 23-year-old woman said that Fuentes met the then 14-year-old girl during the Warped Tour 2008. They are said to have exchanged numbers and stayed in contact by phone for some time. When she turned 15, he reportedly asked her for nude photos.
In mid-December, the musicians commented on the allegations and announced that Mike Fuentes will no longer act as the band's drummer and will try to reflect on his life. As a result, participation in the concert tour with All Time Low in the United Kingdom was canceled in early 2018.
Fan base
Pierce the Veil have enjoyed a steadily growing fan base since they were founded. The group has a very close relationship with their fans. This is shown several times in their tour documentary This Is a Wasteland . In social networks like Facebook or Tumblr numerous fan sites exist. Most of the band's fans are female. According to Kevin Rutherford from UK Kerrang! no other band recorded such a large increase in fans as My Chemical Romance did in their early years.
In an article in Forbes it is said that the band's fan base is responsible for their success. For example, sales of Misadventures almost doubled compared to Collide with the Sky within the first week of sales , which resulted in the first top ten entry in the US album charts. During the production of Misadventures , which lasted longer than originally planned, singer Vic Fuentes felt a lot of pressure from the fans, which, according to Fuentes, also had a positive side. Author Steve Baltin describes the fan base as very loyal and almost an integral part of the band, where the musicians could continue to grow artistically.
However, the band received criticism for their method of offering special VIP tickets for fans. For example, a so-called VIP ticket for the Misadventures Tour in the United Kingdom cost 60 British pounds , although the price did not include entry fees, meaning that concert-goers had to pay for a regular ticket. All Time Low was named as a positive counter-model , which demands an annual membership fee of 25 US dollars for fan membership and in return offers additional services such as t-shirts, early bird tickets and other free services.
Discography
Studio albums
| year | Title music label |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 2007 |
A Flair for the Dramatic Equal Vision Records |
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First published: June 26, 2007
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| 2010 |
Selfish Machines Equal Vision Records |
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US106 (2 weeks) US |
First published: June 21, 2010, reprint 2013
Sales: ≈20,000 |
| 2012 |
Collide with the Sky Fearless Records |
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US12  (9 weeks)US |
First published: July 17th, 2012, reissued with This Is a Wasteland on November 25th, 2013, sales: + 500,000 (US)
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Misadventures Fearless Records |
DE98 (1 week) DE |
UK17 (1 week) UK |
US4 (5 weeks) US |
First published: May 13, 2016; Sales: + 105,000 (US)
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Awards (selection)
| Tabular overview of awards and nominations | ||||
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| year | Award | For | category | result |
| 2010 | PETA 2 Liberation Awards | Pierce the Veil | Breakthrough Artist | Won |
| 2013 | Kerrang! Awards | King for a Day feat. Kellin Quinn | Best music video | Won |
| 2015 | Pierce the Veil | Best fan base | Won | |
| 2013 | Rock Sound Readers Awards | Pierce the Veil | Band of the year | Won |
| 2014 | Revolver Golden Gods Awards | This is a wasteland | Best movie / best video | Won |
| 2014 | Alternative Press Music Awards | Pierce the Veil | Best live band | Won |
| Jaime Preciado | Best bass player | Won | ||
| Mike Fuentes | Best drummer | Won | ||
| 2015 | Tony Perry | Best guitarist | Won | |
Concert tours
Since their first concert tour, which took place between September 23, 2007 and October 2, 2007, the band toured the United States , Canada , the United Kingdom and mainland Europe several times . There are also performances in Australia , Japan and South America .
In their career, the musicians have appeared at several well-known music festivals, including Rock am Ring and Rock im Park , the Soundwave Festival , the California Metalfest , several times on the Warped Tour and the Slam Dunk Festival .
The group was seen with several well-known bands. Tours are available with Chiodos , The Amity Affliction , Dream On, Dreamer , Bring Me the Horizon , All Time Low , A Day to Remember , Parkway Drive , Silverstein , Blessthefall , Motionless in White , Attack! Attack! and Of Mice & Men to the band's account. The group played almost 280 concerts within a year if the musicians weren't working on new song material.
Live performances
Pierce the Veil is known for her often dynamic and energetic live performances, in which the musicians use the full width of the stage. The group also works with confetti cannons during their performance, which can be activated several times during a concert. In the meantime, the musicians are adding harder and more quiet acoustic passages, which usually consist of one or two pieces. The setlist is worked out in such a way that there are as many transitions as possible between the individual songs.
Pierce the Veil is also known for its lively interaction with the worldwide fan base; at concerts, singer Vic Fuentes usually asks a happy spectator from the audience onto the stage to sing a quieter song for her. While Fuentes plays both the clear and the screaming vocals during studio work, the roles of the singer and the screamer are split at concerts, so that bassist Jaime Preciado takes over the screaming vocals.
literature
- Ryan J. Downey: Kings For A Day - Finally . In: Alternative Press . No. 296, March 2013.
- Mark Sutherland: Inside The Hottest Record Of 2015 . In: Kerrang! . No. 1530, August 16, 2014.
- Ryan Bird: They Will Bring The Tidal Wave . In: Rock Sound . No. 191, September 2014.
- Andy Biddulph: The Sounds Of 2015 - Pierce The Veil . In: Rock Sound . No. 196, London, February 2015, ISSN 1465-0185 .
- Ryan J. Downey: Life By Misadventure . In: Alternative Press . No. 334, May 2016.
Web links
- Official Homepage (English)
- Pierce the Veil at Discogs (English)
- Pierce the Veil at Allmusic (English)
- Pierce the Veil at laut.de.
Individual evidence
- ↑ US charts: Billboard 200
- ↑ Corey Apar: Pierce the Veil - Music Biography, Credits and Discography . Retrieved June 10, 2012.
- ^ A b Dave Good: San Diego Reader : Fearless Signs Pierce the Veil
- ↑ Ryan J. Downey: Kings for a Day - Finally . In: Alternative Press . tape 296.1 , March 2013, p. 81 : “By the time high school ended, Trigger My Nightmare started to fizzle out. Perry started working at Guitar Center, Preciado at Costco. Meanwhile the Fuentes had created Pierce the Veil and tracked everything on their debut album by themselves. They were looking to fill out the lineup. 'Tony [Perry] was telling me he met the guys from Before Today, and they had invited him over to jam. […] I [Jaime Preciado] was focused on recording and was recording a bunch of bands. I was playing guitar again too, but all of a sudden, Tony said they needed a bassist. '"
- ↑ Ryan J. Downey: Kings for a Day - Finally . In: Alternative Press . tape 296.1 , March 2013, p. 81 : "The yin-yang dynamic of what would become the other half of Pierce the Veil wasn't lost on the Fuentes. 'It's funny because when they asked me if I knew any bassists, I told them I knew somebody who was the exact opposite of me. They kind of laughed but when they met him, they got it. I'm quite, shy and reserved. He's loud and talkative. It's pretty funny. '"
- ↑ Ryan J. Downey: Kings for a Day - Finally . In: Alternative Press . tape 296.1 , March 2013, p. 81 : "The band [Tony] Perry invited [Jaime] Preciado into, Trigger My Nightmare, were as heavy as the metalcore the guitarist-turned-bassist was listening to from the likes of Norma Jean."
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- ^ Adam Pfleider: AbsolutePunk.net : The Gamechangers Tour
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- ^ Cassie Whitt: Pierce The Veil and All Time Low announce co-headlining tour dates; YMAS, Mayday Parade to support. Alternative Press, January 7, 2013, accessed December 13, 2018 .
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- ↑ New at Rock Am Ring and Rock Im Park: The Killers, Ellie Goulding, Jake Bugg and Phoenix. Musikexpress , January 14, 2013, accessed December 13, 2018 .
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- ↑ Spencer Kaufman: 2014 Revolver Golden Gods Winners. Loudwire , April 24, 2014; accessed December 13, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Announcing the first AP Music Awards! Get all the details and vote for your favorite artists! Alternative Press , April 24, 2014, accessed December 13, 2018 .
- ^ A b Annie Zaleski: Once-in-a-Lifetime Performances Highlight Inaugural Alternative Press Music Awards. Loudwire, July 22, 2014, accessed December 13, 2018 .
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- ^ The Pierce The Veil / Sleeping With Sirens World Tour Is Coming To Europe. Rock Sound, August 22, 2014, accessed December 13, 2018 .
- ↑ Matt Crane: Pierce The Veil, Sleeping With Sirens announce second leg of US tour. Alternative Press, September 30, 2014; archived from the original on April 8, 2016 ; accessed on December 13, 2018 .
- ^ Graham Walker: Leeds & Reading Festivals 2015: Metallica and Jamie T announced. The Star , accessed December 13, 2018 .
- ^ Alan Davies: Reading & Leeds Festivals 2015 line-up and stage splits revealed. Welwyn Hatfield Times , March 1, 2015, accessed December 13, 2018 .
- ↑ Chad Bowar: Pierce The Veil To Headline 2015 Self Help Fest. Loudwire, December 22, 2014, accessed December 13, 2018 .
- ^ Tyler Sharp: Pierce The Veil announced for Warped Tour 2015. April 8, 2015, accessed December 13, 2018 .
- ^ Drew Caruso: Tony Perry of Pierce The Veil injured while mountain biking; band to play without him. Alternative Press , June 17, 2015, accessed December 13, 2018 .
- ^ Tyler Sharp: Pierce The Veil enlist former My American Heart guitarist for Warped Tour. June 25, 2015, accessed December 13, 2018 .
- ^ Tyler Sharp: Pierce The Veil perform surprise set with guitarist Tony Perry at Warped Tour. Alternative Press, August 7, 2015, accessed December 13, 2018 .
- ^ Maggie Dickman: Pierce The Veil's "Collide with the Sky" certified gold. Alternative Press, October 12, 2016, accessed December 13, 2018 .
- ↑ Gary Graff: Oakland Press : SOUND CHECK: Pierce The Veil on career high, curates 'mini block party'
- ↑ Matt Crane: Alternative Press : Pierce The Veil to release new album in 2014
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- ↑ Ryan Bird: Rock Sound (Issue 191): They Will Bring The Tidal Wave, p. 8: “We don't really write anything on the road, so after we got off our last tour with Bring Me the Horizon at the end of last year we pretty much locked down for five months, solid. "
- ↑ Ryan Bird: Rock Sound (Issue 191): The Will Bring The Tidal Wave, p. 9: “We were in the process of putting together a studio in our hometown [San Diego], so while that was happening we rented out a small house and basically just sat around writing […] and then after that we moved into a cabin in this place called Big Bear Lake, which is up in the San Bernadino Mountains. We did this for our last record too ... "
- ↑ a b c Poppy Reid: The Music Network : Pierce the Veil: Accidental Heroes ( Memento of October 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Mark Sutherland: Kerrang! (Edition 1530): Inside the hottest record of 2015, p. 20: "Vic says reports that Tonight Alive's Jenna McDougall […] features on the record are premature, though a duet certainly sounds on the cards."
- ^ Tyler Sharp: Alternative Press : Pierce The Veil working on new album
- ↑ SOSGermany: Outspoken Magazine : PIERCE THE VEIL in the studio soon!
- ↑ Chad Childers: Loudwire : Pierce the Veil Aiming to Release New Album in January 2015
- ^ Ryan J. Downey: Alternative Press : "We like to use up every bit of time and sanity that we have." - Pierce The Veil In The Studio
- ↑ Emily: Kerrang! : BLOG: WHY PIERCE THE VEIL ARE THE BIGGEST BREAKTHROUGH BAND EVER
- ↑ Chad Childers: Loudwire : Pierce the Veil's Jaime Preciado Offers New Album Update, Talks Sleeping With Sirens Tour + More
- ^ Jon Wiederhorn: Yahoo : Pierce the Veil Risks Life and Limb to Break Through
- ^ Tyler Sharp: Alternative Press : Listen to Pierce The Veil's new single, "The Divine Zero"
- ↑ Tyler Sharp: Alternative Press : Confirmed: Pierce The Veil will release their new album in 2016 ( Memento from March 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ SOSGermany: Outspoken Magazine : PIERCE THE VEIL: New album in May?
- ↑ Tyler Sharp: Alternative Press : Pierce The Veil announce new album, 'Misadventures' ( Memento of May 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Keith Caulfield: Billboard : Drake's 'Views' No. 1 for Third Week on Billboard 200, Meghan Trainor Debuts at No. 3
- ↑ Jack Parker: All Things Loud : PIERCE THE VEIL SHARE DETAILS OF ALBUM RELEASE SHOW
- ↑ Julian Trejo: Polvora : PIERCE THE VEIL regresa a México ... y al 2 × 1
- ↑ Caitlyn Ralph: Alternative Press : Pierce The Veil announce tour, to play new album in full
- ↑ Joe DiVita: Loudwire : Pierce the Veil's 'Misadventures' Debuts at No. 4 on Billboard 200 Chart, Volume Books 'Conan' Appearance
- ^ Peyton Bernhardt: Blunt Magazine : This Is Not a Drill: Pierce The Veil Announce Australian Tour
- ↑ Terrance Pryor: AxS : Pierce The Veil release new song 'Circles', announce European tour
- ↑ Eike Cramer: Metal Hammer : Rock am Ring 2017 and Rock im Park 2017: First headliners announced
- ↑ a b Alternative Press : Mike Fuentes to “step away” from PTV following sexual misconduct allegations
- ↑ Philip Trapp: Alternative Press : Pierce The Veil have started working on new album
- ↑ Sebastian Wahle: Ox-Fanzine : Pierce the Veil - A Flair for the Dramatic - Critique
- ↑ Klaas Tigchelaar: Intro : Pierce the Veil - A Flair for the Dramatic ( Memento from October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b c d Alternative Press : Track-By-Track: Pierce The Veil ( Memento from April 11, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Sebastian Berning: Powermetal.de : Pierce the Veil - Selfish Machines - Review (8 | 10)
- ↑ Kai: Burn Your Ears : Collide with the Sky - Review ( Memento from May 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (7.5 / 10)
- ↑ Alan Sculley: MCALL : Metal strip Pierce the Veil busting into mainstream
- ↑ a b c d Annie Zaleski: Alternative Press : Interview: Pierce The Veil's Vic Fuentes on recording their “eclectic” third album
- ↑ Florian Kapp: Metal Hammer : Album review for Collide with the Sky from August 31, 2012 (Metal Hammer Archive)
- ↑ Olivia Busch: Huffington Post : Concert Review: Pierce The Veil
- ↑ a b Dave Good: San Diego Rocksters Pierce the Veil Set to Release New Music (July 17) In: San Diego Reader
- ↑ Kim Kelly: Vice : Tom Araya sold his soul to Slayer, but was it worth it?
- ↑ Eike Cramer: Metal Hammer : Pierce the Veil - Misadventures - Critique
- ↑ Rating: Pierce the Veil - Misadventures - Review
- ↑ Ross Coulthart: Yahoo News : When nobody lists ( Memento from January 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Pierce the Veil dedicated a song to the young Australian on Collide with the Sky . However, it is not definitely clear whether these are Bulls in the Bronx or Hold on Till May . Several social networks speculate which of these songs it could be. According to an interview with Artisan News on Youtube , it could be Bulls in the Bronx .
- ^ Ridge Briel: Mind Equals Blown : Interview: Pierce the Veil
- ↑ Ryan J. Downey: Alternative Press # 296.1 (March 2013), p. 83: Perry says Vic's perfectionism leads to isolationism, even while writing. Vic sealed himself away in a cabin owned by Fearless Records president Bob Becker while writing Collide and 2010's Selfish Machines.
- ↑ Andy Biddulph: Rock Sound (Edition 196): The Sounds of 2015 - Pierce the Veil, p. 25: “Another key factor is his lyrics. It isn't exacly a secret that Pierce The Veil have long been a band for the lost, the broken and lonely to rally around […]. "
- ^ Andy Biddulph: Rock Sound (Issue 196): The Sounds of 2015 - Pierce the Veil, p. 25
- ↑ Andy Biddulph: Rock Sound (Edition 196): The Sounds of 2015 - Pierce the Veil, p. 25: “Throughout the past year [2014], he's worked on lyrics on long drives and headed out to solo camping trips, meaning the lyrics on album four are set to be his most isolated and personal yet. "
- ↑ Ryan J. Downey: Alternative Press (Issue 334): Life by Misadventure, p. 46: “An old flame is the subject of 'Gold Medal Ribbon'. She was the first girl Vic ever loved, who sadly passed away on New Year's Day 2014. "
- ↑ a b Jay Tilles: Radio.com : Pierce The Veil's' Misadventures' is Sweeter than Baskin-Robbins' Gold Medal Ribbon ( Memento from April 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Ryan J. Downey: Alternative Press (Issue 334): Life by Misadventure, p. 46: “People kind of let me do my thing almost to a dangerous point. But what would happen if one day I just went too far on these things? The one person who knew all of these things, just how far I'd gone this time, was my girlfriend, Danielle. […] Yes, the frontman who said in the band's first AP cover story (AP 296, March 2013) that he didn't know when he'd ever be ready for a relationship, is now happily anchored in one. He's even publicly acknowledging that PTV's adventurous and ambitious power-pop anthem 'Floral & Fading' was written specifically for her. "
- ↑ Ryan J Downey: Alternative Press (Issue 334): Life by Misadventure, p. 46: “Another real life person is referenced by name in the album closer, 'Song for Isabelle'. It contains a lyric from the '90s Ahmad hit' Back In The Day '”, which is a nod to Vic's best friend, Curtis Peoples. But the song is about a friend Vic met while on tour overseas who was in and out of treatment for mental health issues.
- ↑ Ryan J. Downey: Alternative Press (Issue 334): Life by Misadventure, p. 46: “News of the terror attacks in Paris, France, which included mass murder at an Eagles Of Death Metal show, gripped Vic so tightly that he wrote 'Circles', imagining the horror of what it must've been like for those fans. "
- ↑ Brennan Schnell: EastScene : Pierce the Veil - Interview
- ^ Colin Stutz: Billboard : Alternative Press Announces Inaugural AP Music Awards, Nominees
- ^ PETA2 : Pierce the Veil hates circusses
- ↑ wookubus: The PRP : Troubling Allegations Surface Against Members Of Pierce The Veil, Slaves & We Came As Romans
- ↑ Hysteria Mag : PIERCE THE VEIL // Mike Fuentes Accused of Assaulting a Minor
- ↑ Loudwire : Pierce the Veil's Mike Fuentes Accused of Sexual Relations With a Minor
- ^ Kiel Hauck: Popmatters : Tangled in the Great Escape: An Interview with Pierce the Veil
- ↑ Julia Kaselyte: Virgin : What goes on tour stay on tour? Pierce the Veil
- ↑ Christin Kersten: Metal Hammer : In the pit at: Bring Me The Horizon + Pierce The Veil in Hamburg
- ↑ Manror: Metalviecher.de : Bring Me The Horizon in Cologne - E-Werk, Cologne (November 9, 2013 - follow-up report)
- ↑ Mark Sutherland: Kerrang! (Issue 1530): Inside the hottest record of 2015, page 18: “The Cult Of PTV was swelling like nothing seen in the US alternative rock scene since the early days of My Chemical Romance.”
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- ↑ Amber Nicole: Gigwise : PIERCE THE VEIL CHARGE RIDICULOUS AMOUNT TO MEET THEM ON TOUR
- ↑ Chart sources: US UK DE
- ^ Equal Vision Records : "Selfish Machines (Reissue) - Pierce The Veil: Equal Vision Records". ( Memento from November 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) ( Web archive )
- ↑ Graham Hartmann: Loudwire : Top 10 Highest Selling Hard Rock + Metal Albums of 2016 Include Five Different Metallica Releases
- ^ PETA 2 : Pierce The Veil Loves Animals
- ↑ Rhian Jones: Musicweek : Kerrang! Awards 2013 - all the winners
- ↑ Kerrang! : Kerrang! Awards 2015 winners list
- ↑ Rock Sound : Pierce The Veil - Band Of The Year 2013 According To You!
- ↑ Sammi Chichester: Revolver : Video: Pierce the Veil Accept the Best Film & Video Award, Presented by Eagle Rock Entertainment, at the Revolver Golden Gods
- ↑ Alternative Press : Here are all the 2015 APMAs nominees! ( Memento from November 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Alice Roques: Rock Revolt Magazine : Pierce the Veil, p. 18: “I think it was just because we were on tour for so long, and we were doing so many different tours with so many different bands. One year we played a little over 280 shows, which is crazy to Me! " (available here ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ))
- ↑ a b Jared Allen: Volume Magazine : Pierce the Veil fulfillment promise and unveil unforgettable, never before heard performance
- ↑ a b Jonas Happel: MoreCore : Live at: PIERCE THE VEIL in Cologne
| Studio albums |
A Flair for the Dramatic (2007) • Selfish Machines (2010) • Collide with the Sky (2012) • Misadventures (2016) |
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| Video albums |
This Is a Wasteland (2013) |
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| Singles |
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| Tours |
A Flair for the Dramatic Tour (2007–2009) • Selfish Machines Tour (2010–2011) • Collide with the Sky World Tour (2012–2013) • The World Tour (2014-2015) • Misadventures Tour (2016) |