Black Veil Brides

Black Veil Brides (formerly Brides) is an American Punk Rock[8] band formed in 2006 in Cincinnati, Ohio. The group is composed of Andrew "Andy Six" Dennis Biersack (vocals), Ashley Purdy (bass, backing vocals), Jake Pitts (lead guitar), Jeremy "Jinxx" Miles Ferguson (guitar, violin), and Christian "CC" Coma (drums). Black Veil Brides are known for their distinct appearance, mainly being inspired by Kiss's infamous stage persona as well as numerous 1980's glam actsThe band formed in 2006 using the name "Brides" with members Andy Six (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). The band released Sex & Hollywood in 2007, followed by Never Give In in June 2008. They started gaining recognition for the song "Knives and Pens". The music video has gained over 20,000,000 views on YouTube.[9]

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.[10] 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 debut album We Stitch These Wounds was released July 13, 2010 and sold nearly 100,000 copies in its first week, ranking at #36 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, and #1 on the Billboard Independent chart.[11][12]

In late 2010, Black Veil Brides went on tour with bands The Birthday Massacre, Dommin and Aural Vampire.[13]
Future Events and Set the World On Fire (2011-onward)

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.[14] The band will continue on to the Vans Warped Tour, beginning June 24, 2011 and ending August 14 of the same year.[15] It has also been released that the band will be performing at festivals such as the Download Festival in the UK[16] and Bamboozle.[17]

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 is expected to be released on June 14, 2011 by Lava Music/Universal Republic Records.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.[18]A clip of the album's lead single, "Fallen Angels", was released in late April.[19] It was then fully released in the UK on May 1. The US release was pushed from May 3[20] to May 10 to be given for free with the pre-order of Set the World on Fire on iTunes.Black Veil Brides released the cover art for Set the World on Fire.[21][22]The music video for "Fallen Angels", directed by Nathan Cox will be released on Youtube on May 16.On May 3, a preview of the song "Youth and Whisky" was released due to the "Fallen Angels" delayed release.[23]On May 7th, a second music video was announced to be filmed after the AP tour had ended.


 Members

Current members

    * Andy "Six" Biersack - lead vocals, keyboard (since 2006); bass (2008–2009)
    * Jeremy "Jinxx" Ferguson - rhythm guitar, violin, backing vocals (since 2009)
    * Jake Pitts - lead guitar (since 2009)
    * Ashley Purdy - bass, backing vocals (since 2009)
    * Christian "CC" Coma - drums (since 2010)

  

Former members

    * Sandra Alvarenga - drums (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 Cenedella - bass, backing vocals (2006–2008)
    * Chris "Craven" Riesenberg - drums (2007–2008)