12 Stones

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12 Stones is a post-grunge band that was formed in 2000 in Mandeville, Louisiana. They have sold more than 2 million records.

History

The four band members met in Mandeville, Louisiana, a small suburb north of New Orleans, and within 15 months were signed to a record deal with Wind-up Records. Lead vocalist Paul McCoy was previously featured in the Evanescence single "Bring Me to Life", which later went on to win a Grammy.^{[citation needed]}

"Shadows" from Potter's Field was used in a trailer for the film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. "Photograph" (also from Potter's Field) appeared on the 2005 Elektra film soundtrack. "My Life" from their self-titled album was featured on the soundtrack of The Scorpion King in 2002. "Broken" (also from the self-titled album) served as the official theme song for WWE's Judgment Day pay-per-view in May 2002 and "Home" (also from the self-titled album) was the song used for the WWE Desire video for Kurt Angle. The band also recorded the song "Let Go" exclusively for the Daredevil movie soundtrack. Songs "Running out of Pain" and "Back Up" were used on Cheating Death, Stealing Life - The Eddie Guerrero Story.

In November 2009, the band recorded their fourth studio album, with producer David Bendeth. "We Are One", the first single from the new album, was released on April 6.^[1] The song Premiered on noisecreep^[2] on March 29, 2010, the very same day being leaked to radio by WBSX (97.9X) in Wilkes-Barre, PA. It was later announced that, despite the band's original intent to record a full-length album, they would instead be releasing an EP titled The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday which would feature the single "We Are One". The reasoning behind why the band only released an EP even though they had recorded a complete album's worth of material was never fully explored or explained.

Recently, "We Are One" was used by WWE as the theme song for the renegade faction formed by the NXT first season graduates known as The Nexus. The song also was used as the opening to each ACC Network telecast of the 2011 ACC men's basketball tournament.^[3] The Washington Capitals NHL hockey team also uses the song in the 2010-2011 season video played at the start of their home games in the Verizon Center.

On August 24, 2010, the band announced that they were leaving Wind-Up after nine years, stating “We felt it was time for a change. We have a vision for this band that we feel is best pursued elsewhere.” ^[4] On December 30, 2010, 12 Stones announced via Twitter and Facebook that they planned to release a new, full-length album in 2011.

12 Stones then signed a record deal with Executive Music Group. The band released their new album Beneath The Scars on May 22, 2012 to digital retailers, however it wasn't released to stores until May 29, 2012. ^[5]. International release is yet to be determined but both physical and Digital copies are available to be downloaded worldwide on the bands website, http://www.12Stones.com.

Members

Current

• Paul McCoy – lead vocals (2000–present), rhythm guitar (2012-present)
• Eric Weaver – lead guitar, backing vocals (2000–present)
• Aaron Gainer - drums, percussion, backing vocals (2000–2010, 2012-present)
• Will Reed - bass guitar, backing vocals (2012-present)

Former

• Brad Reynolds - bass guitar (2011–2012)
• Justin Rimer – rhythm guitar (2007–2012)
• Mike McManus – drums, percussion, backing vocals (2010–2011)
• Kevin Dorr – bass guitar (2000–2004, 2009–2011)
• Shawn Wade - bass guitar (2008-2009)
• DJ Stange - bass guitar (2007)
• Greg Trammel - rhythm guitar (2004-2007)
• Larry Sharp - guitar (2000)
• Pat Quave - drums (2000)

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

Songs in other media

• "Broken" was the theme song for WWE Judgment Day in 2002.
• "My Life" was featured on the soundtrack of The Scorpion King in 2002.
• "Crash" was the theme song for WWE Superstar Al Snow in 2001.
• "Home" was used for the WWE Desire video for Kurt Angle.
• "Running out of Pain" and "Back Up" were used in Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story.
• "Back Up" was used as one track for the 2002 video game Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003.^[9]
• "Back Up" was also used for the WWE Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels Hell in a Cell promo.
• "Shadows" was used in a trailer for the film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.
• "Photograph" appeared on the Elektra movie soundtrack 2005.
• "Adrenaline" was used in the World's Strongest Man competition.
• "Anthem For The Underdog" and "Adrenaline" is featured in the films Never Back Down & Never Surrender. Also was featured in NASCAR 2011: The Game.
• "Anthem For The Underdog" is used as the walk-up batting song for Corey Hart of the Milwaukee Brewers.
• "Adrenaline" was used as the Detroit Red Wings 2009 Playoffs song.
• "We Are One" is used as the theme song for the former NXT Rookies faction in WWE, called The Nexus.
• "We Are One" is used in the opening video montage for the Washington Capitals.
• "We Are One" is used as a walk-on song for English born-Australian professional darts player Paul Nicholson.

References

• Band's biography in AllMusic

External links

• Official site
• Record Label