Pierce the Veil

Pierce the Veil
Pierce the Veil playing at Taste of Chaos 2009.
Background information
Origin	San Diego, California, United States
Genres	Post-hardcore, progressive rock
Years active	2006–present
Labels	Fearless, Equal Vision
Associated acts	Isles & Glaciers, Underminded, Before Today, Early Times
Website	www.piercetheveil.net
Members
Vic Fuentes Mike Fuentes Jaime Preciado Tony Perry

Pierce the Veil is an American rock band from San Diego, California. Formed in 2006, the group was founded by brothers Vic and Mike Fuentes after the disbandment of the group Early Times which was formed out of the San Diego punk rock scene. Pierce the Veil has released two studio albums and has continuously been inducted into several worldwide tours since the release of their debut album, A Flair for the Dramatic in 2007. A new album, titled "Collide With The Sky," was recently announced for release on July 17th, 2012, under the label Fearless Records.

History

Early years and debut album (1998–2006)

Pierce the Veil was founded by Mike and Vic Fuentes and started their first band in 1998 under the name Early Times. Their first recording was titled No Turning Back, an 11 song release which quickly circulated through the local scene, landing them their first gigs and marking the beginning of their life as thirsty and eager musicians. This release was followed shortly by a 4 song, untitled EP. Following the relative success of this release, the band recorded another EP titled Roots Beneath Ideals, and continued to build their fan base into a solid foundation. This EP eventually made it into the hands of record label owner Steve Reddy of Equal Vision Records, who signed them shortly after seeing them perform a hometown show in San Diego. Armed with their first record deal just out of high school, they released their first major label album A Celebration of an Ending under a new band name: Before Today, which is the title of a song off the No Turning Back album. The name change was the result of copyright issues on the original name "Early Times". The album contained re-recordings of the 3 songs from the Roots Beneath Ideals EP and was recorded at DoubleTime studios in El Cajon, California, with producer Jeff Forrest.

A Flair for the Dramatic (2006–2009)

In the fall of 2006, after about a year of heavy touring on their first official release, the group disbanded leaving Mike and Vic Fuentes as the last remaining members, displacing Joe Tancil (guitar) and Mitchell Ballatore (bass). The brothers continued to write songs together and eventually came up with enough material for a new full-length album. Still backed by their label Equal Vision Records, they wrote and recorded an entire album on their own in Seattle, WA with Producer Casey Bates. The brothers released their second album entitled A Flair for the Dramatic on June 26, 2007 under a new name: Pierce the Veil, which is derived from a song off of Before Today's album, A Celebration of an Ending. Soon after, Pierce the Veil acquired new members Tony Perry (guitar) and Jaime Preciado (bass). The song "I'd Rather Die Than Be Famous" from this album was featured in the game Tony Hawks Proving Ground.^[1]

Pierce the Veil toured vigorously for about 3 months after the release of A Flair for the Dramatic. They have toured with bands such as A Day to Remember, Chiodos, From First to Last, Emery, The Devil Wears Prada and Mayday Parade. In November 2007, Pierce the Veil performed one date on the Vans Warped Tour 2007, and were on the entire tour in 2008. They also played the Bamboozle Left in 2008. Their first headlining tour, called The Delicious Tour, which took place in October–November 2008, featured Breathe Carolina, Four Letter Lie and Emarosa. They ended their record cycle with the Taste of Chaos 2009 tour along with Bring Me the Horizon, Thursday, Four Year Strong and Cancer Bats.

Vic and Mike Fuentes with Ayrton Jara confirmed to be included in the new project and supergroup Isles & Glaciers, featuring vocalists Craig Owens of D.R.U.G.S. and Jonny Craig of Dance Gavin Dance and formerly of Emarosa.^[2] The "supergroup" released its first EP titled The Hearts of Lonely People on March 9, 2010. However Isles & Glaciers has broken up, saying "Isles & Glaciers was only a one time thing".

Selfish Machines (2009–2011)

During August 2009, Pierce the Veil announced that they were currently in studio recording new material for their next album. After a few months off the road and building anticipation for their sophomore release, the band moved to Los Angeles to record their most recent album Selfish Machines with Producer Mike Green. Singer and lyricist Vic Fuentes stated, "The title refers to human nature and the animal-like qualities inside all of us that we try and hide, but should just learn to accept. We are all selfish machines and we all have natural tendencies to want, love, and take." Selfish Machines was released on June 21, 2010 under Equal Vision Records and made it to #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart. In support of the release, the band played a number of festivals including Bamboozle Left, South by Southwest, Never Say Never Festival, and the Vans Warped Tour. The band also contributed a cover of Blue Öyster Cult's classic song "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" to the Punk Goes Classic Rock compilation, released on April 27, 2010. They were a part of the Take Action Tour with Attack Attack! that went to New Zealand and Australia, and also played on the Versus Tour in Japan with Confide. They played the "This Is a Family Tour" with Emmure, In Fear and Faith, Of Mice & Men, and Attack Attack!, which lasted until late December 2010. Pierce the Veil also played at the Fox Theater in Pomona as a surprise appearance as part of the Alternative Press Tour 2010 with bands such as August Burns Red, Bring Me the Horizon, Polar Bear Club, Emarosa, and This Is Hell. On November 1, 2010, the band announced that they will be kicking off 2011 touring with Silverstein, Miss May I, The Chariot, and A Bullet for Pretty Boy on the "Winterizer Tour". Throughout March and April, "The Gamechanger's Tour" with A Day to Remember, Bring Me the Horizon, and label mates We Came as Romans followed. They also co-headlined the second leg of Escape the Fate's headlining tour "The Dead Masquerade". After taking the summer off to spend some more time on writing new material, the band was supposed to head out on their first ever South American Tour supporting Sum 41 in September; however, due to illness of Sum 41's frontman, the tour was cancelled. They finished up the year touring Europe with blessthefall and co-headlined the No Guts No Glory Tour with Miss May I afterwards. They once again contributed to an "Punk goes..." album, Punk Goes Pop 4, covering the song "Just the Way You Are" by Bruno Mars, which was released on November 21, 2011.

Fearless Records and Collide With The Sky (2011–present)

On August 23, 2011, Pierce the Veil signed with Fearless Records.

On December 22, 2011, a video update revealed in that in early 2012, the band will be going into the studio to record their 3rd studio album. On December 26, 2011, Vic Fuentes announced on the band's Facebook page that the band is finishing up writing the songs for their third album, which they began writing during the summer and while on tour with Miss May I, Woe Is Me, The Amity Affliction and letlive during November–December, and that now they'll be picking a producer to work with them on the album in early 2012.^[3]

On February 27, 2012, The band issued an update on their official Facebook page stating that they have chosen to work with producers Dan Korneff and Kato Khandwala at the House of Loud in New Jersey, on their upcoming third album.^[4] On April 20, 2012, it was announced that the new album would be titled Collide with the Sky and would be released through Fearless Records on July 17, 2012.^[5][6]

On May 17, 2012, the album cover as well as the tracklist of the new album were revealed, together with the announcement of the band's first ever UK headlining tour in September 2012.^[7][8]

Band members

• Mike Fuentes – drums, percussion, backing vocals (2006–present)
• Vic Fuentes – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards, synthesizers, piano (2006–present)
• Tony Perry – lead guitar (2006–present)
• Jaime Preciado – bass guitar, programming, backing unclean vocals (2006–present)

Discography

Studio albums

• A Flair for the Dramatic (2007)
• Selfish Machines (2010)
• Collide with the Sky (2012)

Tours

Tour name	Participating bands	Country/Continent	Participating from - to
I'm A Mathlete, Not An Athlete Tour 2007	Chiodos, The Devil Wears Prada, Alesana, Pierce The Veil, Simcoe Street Mob	United States	September 23 - October 2, 2007
The Blackout UK Tour 2007	The Blackout, Pierce The Veil, Flood of Red	United Kingdom	October 4 - October 17, 2007
The Bone Palace Ballet Tour 2007	Chiodos, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Emery, The Devil Wears Prada, Pierce The Veil	United States	November 4 - November 17, 2007
RATHER BE SLAYIN' N00BZ Tour 2007	From First To Last, Four Year Strong, Pierce The Veil, Envy On The Coast	United States	November 19 - December 9, 2007
Warped Tour 2008	HURLEY STAGE with: All Time Low, The Devil Wears Prada, Mayday Parade, We The Kings	North America	June 20 - August 17, 2008
The Delicious Tour 2008	Pierce The Veil, Breathe Carolina, Four Letter Lie, Emarosa	United States	October 17 - November 29, 2008
Taste of Chaos 2009	Thursday, Bring Me The Horizon, Four Year Strong, Pierce The Veil, Cancer Bats	North America	February 14 - April 9, 2009
Warped Tour 2010	ALTEC LANCING STAGE with: Breathe Carolina, Emmure, Four Year Strong, Hey Monday, Parkway Drive, Set Your Goals, Suicide Silence, Whitechapel, You Me At Six	North America	June 25 - August 15, 2010
Taken Action 2010 Australian Tour	Attack Attack!, Pierce The Veil, Dream On, Dreamer	Australia	September 10 - September 19, 2010
Versus Tour 2010	Confide, Pierce The Veil, Bury Tomorrow	Japan	October 8 - October 11, 2010
This Is A Family Tour 2010	Attack Attack!, Pierce The Veil, Emmure, Of Mice & Men, In Fear and Faith	United States	November 11 - December 19, 2010
Winterizer Tour 2011	Silverstein, Miss May I, Pierce The Veil, The Chariot, A Bullet For Pretty Boy	United States	January 7 - January 25, 2011
A Day To Remember European Tour 2011	A Day To Remember, Bayside, Pierce The Veil	Europe	January 29 - February 22, 2011
The Gamechangers Tour 2011	A Day To Remember, Bring Me The Horizon, Pierce The Veil, We Came As Romans	North America	March 10 - April 18, 2011
The Dead Masquerade Down Under Tour 2011	Escape The Fate, Pierce The Veil	Australia	April 24 - May 1, 2011
Europe 2011 Fall Tour	blessthefall, Pierce The Veil, Motionless In White	Europe	September 28 - October 20, 2011
No Guts No Glory Tour 2011	Miss May I, Pierce The Veil, Woe, Is Me, Letlive., The Amity Affliction	United States	November 8 - December 16, 2011
Warped Tour 2012[9]	KIA SOUL STAGE with: Blood On The Dance Floor, Falling In Reverse, Miss May I, Of Mice & Men, Streetlight Manifesto, Taking Back Sunday, The Used	North America	June 16 - August 5, 2012
Fall UK Tour 2012[10]	Pierce The Veil, Crown The Empire	United Kingdom	September 16 - September 28, 2012

References

External links

• Official website
• Pierce the Veil on Facebook