About Twelve Gauge Valentine(CHANGES AND NEW MUSIC SOON)
Updates.. Clarification.. and New Music!!!
Okay so first off this may seem as though we decided to break up and then decided against it or some other agenda may be at hand.. wrong.
We, the current line-up that has been TGV for the past 2 years never once decided to quit playing music EVER. The entire idea and approach was once we started writing new material as this new band we realized it was coming along as nothing similar to anything TGV had done. So we made the decision with some others that pushed us along on the idea..that we should change our name and create a new image for ourselves within the new sound.
Well we have been writing ever since the final TGV tour back in December we have 8 songs finished and a few more nearly there, drawing influences from bands we grew up listening to in the hardcore genre and others as well. It's more so what we've always enjoyed as individuals and it seems to fit us all as a band very well. I know I speak for the entire band in saying it is the best music we've ever been a part of ias individuals and we're very excited about getting it out to everyone. This time it's something we hold very personal and not just something to play simply to be playing. We are taking our time to get it all together at the best of our abillity and making sure we are fully satisfied with it before we decide to put it out there.
Lately a lot of stuff has changed for us in our plans and we've made some decisions for the future of the band that will be a great new step for us we feel. I just felt it was way past time to explain our moves and ideas as a band. So in actuality TGV has never ceased we're still the same group and still writing music to tour on and release. We're just trying to reach a more mature sound that will be a bit different than TGV. Keep in mind we all loved TGV and everything created within it.. it's just simply time to take on something new. We really hope you guys can get into it and get as excited as we are about the new music and future of the band!
On a final note we're still debating ideas on the name we may continue on as TGV we may approach this all under a new name.. still not sure on that. We have been doing some rough demos for us to hear and better our music lately but within the next couple of months we plan to get a few songs recorded and up for everyone to hear! Please keep watch because we are FAR from done playing music at this point.. Thank you to everyone who still reads this and keeps up with what we are doing here.
Despite the negative connotation of the word, isolation can be a beautiful thing.
Case in point: Twelve Gauge Valentine, from little towns near Monroe in Louisiana, just a little bit south of the Arkansas border. "We dont have any bands around here and there isn't too much to do for fun, except play music," explains bass player Jonathon Cooper, one of the three Jons in the band (the fourth guy also has a name that starts with "J").
Boredom gave birth to creative fire, with the Louisiana boys' laid-back attitude giving way itself to a full-time, full-on band with something unique to say.
"(Guitarist) Josh (White) and I have been in bands together since we were kids," Cooper continues. "We picked up [drummer] Jonathan [Webster] along the way, and we got Jon [Green] in the band just as he was starting to get interested in being a singer."
The guys played screamo under a different name before shifting gears into a decidedly heavy metal infused brand of hardcore. "Twelve Gauge Valentine was the most cliche hardcore name we could come up with because we weren't expecting to pursue anything," Cooper laughs. "And then the name stuck."
The band found their way on the buzzed-about Exclamationaire EP, hashing out and exploring what would become their musical identity as they developed into the rock n' roll monster with a brutal underbelly they are today. "It was pretty much a collection of songs written while we were trying to figure out our sound," Cooper says.
Salt Lake City's Sound Vs. Silence label supported them early on. Then, after the band demoed three tracks in Nashville with producer Jeremiah Scott (Showdown, Living Sacrifice), they caught the attention of Solid State. The band teamed up with Fred Archambault (Avenged Sevenfold, Eighteen Visions) in early 2006 to craft their album.
"Shock Value," Twelve Gauge Valentines Solid State debut, is chock full of delicious rock posturing, positive and uplifting messages, and heavy jams sure to please people weaned on classic styles as much as the average mosh-pit frequenting bruisers.
Imagine the Southern friend metallic hardcore of Norma Jean and the similarly erratic chaos of Every Time I Die colliding with the butt-kicking rock of AC/DC. Add to that an image that is at once lacking in pretension, self-consciousness, darkness or tough guy attitudes, and you get Twelve Gauge Valentine. What's the most shocking thing about Twelve Gauge Valentine's "Shock Value?" Perhaps that behind the furious stomping metal n' roll, theres a group of guys full of humor, grace and good vibes.
"You can pursue rock n' roll without having to live the so-called rock n' roll lifestyle," Cooper says, with typical good-natured charm. "We want to have a good time, have a positive message, and share our music." Kids who swear by AC/DC with equal appreciation for modern day mosh, but dont wear makeup or jerseys? Truly shocking!
Twelve Gauge Valentine's debut release on Solid State Records entitled "Shock Value" hits stores everywhere October 3rd, 2006!
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