12th Hope is an original two piece band, though their sound is nothing less than effervescent. With awesome riffs, astonishing lyrics, and a powerful drum beat, you're guaranteed to be left in awe.
Jason O'Daire (vocals; guitar) was born and raised in Maysville,KY, not exactly a big town of oppertunites, but it didn't take him long to find what he wanted to do with the rest of his life.
By 10th grade, O'Daire was heavily influenced by the post grunge era of the late 1990's. He began learning to play the acoustic guitar. He actually learned during an electricity class, by classmate Tony Davis.
Davis and O'Daire helped form the band "Premium." The band, with O'Daire on bass guiter.
Throughout the longer period of the time "Premium" was together, O'Daire had expanded his career. He was now playing guitar and writing his own songs. So, after a long six years with "Premium," O'Daire was prepared to call it quits with his band.
Jacob Henderson (drums; backup vocals) was born in Georgetown, OH and raised in Aberdeen, OH.
At a young age, Henderson was influenced by the same post grunge era as O'Daire, which led to his interest in making music.
Henderson helped create the band "Crooked," playing rythm guitar. They practiced in the basement of a small grocery store, owned and opperated by Henderson's grandparents.
Two months before "Crooked was to perfom their first show, the drummer departed from the band. This forced Henderson to sit his guitar down, and begin an unfamiliar instrument, the drums. In an astounding 60 days, he found coordination, his beat, and, most importantly, his perminate instrument.
After only a few years of playing music together, "Crooked" would recede. Leaving Jacob in his parents basement, only accompanied by his drum set.
Before both "Premium's" and "Crooked's" departures, the two local bands performed a show together, known as "Grunge Rock Fest '99." This is where O'Daire and Henderson met.
Afterward, the boys started jamming at Jacob's house, Aberdeen, OH, just messing around at first, playing cover songs.
One day, O'Daire began playing some of his own work, presenting it to Henderson for the first time. Jacob sat in silence for a moment, and then proceeded in adding an intense drum beat. They clicked immediatly. Every following practiced was like this. They were beginning to make their own "rock tunes"
"It wasn't until I hooked up with Jacob that I actually Found my own true voice and sound." O'Daire States,"My song writing was greatly influenced from my time growing up on Wood Street [Maysville, KY.] My lyrics are sometimes obvious, yet dark at the same time. Personally, I prefer the dark side of things. It just seems more creative to me to be mysterious, but to the point."
12th Hope finally came to the conclusion, it was time to move forward. It was time to record an album. So, they were referred to Josh McCrigger (former Bassist of local punk band Bobby Obvious) by a local music store employee.
12th Hope recorded their first demo, a four song single. This demo included the the song"killer in the house," which quickly became a local hit. Because of the popularity of the song, "Killer in the House" was eventually placed on their album "Welcome Mat."
"Welcome Mat" takes you threw feelings of deception, regret, jealousy, mortality, hangovers, and the feeling of making it out alive. The album will leave you feeling very human, and more normal than you've felt in a long time.
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Hey i would like to personally take the time out to thank you for giving my band a chance! we are building a nationwide fan base extremely quickly because of amazing people like you who support us :D im not sure if anyone in my band has talked to you yet so i just thought id comment you anyway! we have a new online merch store with really cheap merch and american apparel shirts :D please comment me back WE ALWAYS REPSPOND! -TJ
November 24th Asking Alexandria Missing In Maryland Castle Grayskull Ashes of Serenity Without A Word @ The Brickhouse 1217 1st Ave. South Nitro, WV 25143 Doors: 5:30 Admission: $10
hey! thanks for adding us - be sure to pick up both of our albums on iTunes or at your local hot topic/best buy. We are currently recording our 3rd album. Keep checking back for updates <3BTE
Whats goin on? Just stoppin in to let you know that if you sign up for our mailing list at decadentrots.com you will receive a FREE copy of our 1st single Relapse. We have also made the entire album available to download for only $5.00 in the online store! We also have just posted a new song by the name of Haunting Memories, give it a listen and let us know what you think. It is a huge, epic sounding tune that we wrote at practice on September 12, 2001, so you can probably guess what its about. Weve also got some new pics up of us with the boys from Down up in Cleveland. So stop by the myspace page or the .com and give the songs a listen, check out the merchandise, sign up for the mailing list, and drop us a line, we love hearing from you! Keep in touch.
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DR
Hey, Whats up? Thought i'd be nice and send you a link to download 4 of our songs but before you download them you have to promise to give them out to all of your friends as well :) 2 songs are new songs and 2 songs are a little older but heres the link http://www.thistwilightcity.com/ Don't forget to order our cds and some of our ringtones :) Hope to hear from you soon... -Brandon TTC
Sunday, October 11th at The Brickhouse For The Fallen Dreams (Rise Records) www.myspace.com/forthefallendreams Monsters Without A Word Soon I'll Be Invincible + 1 More TBA Doors: $10
The Brickhouse is located at 1271 1st Ave South Nitro, West Virginia 25143
hey, how ya been? hope you are doin good.. ready for fall and some haunted houses lol... still djing all the time haha... hit me up!! if u ever need a dj 7064913988
This is not my show but you should go to it, and yes it is free. August 16th at The Hatch 1312 15th St. Parkersburg, WV Paid Vacation, Sub X and Neckpunch will be performing. Show starts at 2pm.
