Bullets_and_Octane

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bullets and Octane Bullets and Octane Bullets and Octane California"). The band has been touring in Europe and North America since December 31, 1998, playing as a support band for Avenged Sevenfold, Stone Sour, Social Distortion, Bad Religion, Eagles of Death Metal and Flogging Molly amongst others, as well as headlining their own shows in 2006. History In 2003 Bullets and Octane released an EP, called One Night Stand Rock N’ Roll Band on Criterion Records which is owned by their long-time hometown friend Jeremy Miller(Who also now is in the side project Sex N Violence and lead sings alongside Gene Louis), In 2003 they released their first and only DVD The Revelry also on Criterion Records. In 2004, they released their first album also titled The Revelry on Criterion Records, (Later Re-Released on Ares Records), which featured some remastered/re-recorded tracks off their first EP. Their second album, In the Mouth of the Young, was released in April 2006 on the bands first Major Record label, Sony BMG/RCA Records. The band also released a cover of Billy Idol’s "Rebel Yell" for a local So-Cal Sampler and an unreleased original B-Side "Mannequin", which is from the "One Night Stand Rock’n’Roll Band" days, has since leaked onto the Internet. The band toured with the Family Values Tour 2006, along with such bands as Dir en grey, Korn, Flyleaf, Stone Sour and Deftones. While this marked the first time opening up to such a large audience. They were previously support to Avenged Sevenfold on Avenged’s City Of Evil Tour. Bullets and Octane have a steady growing fan base, most notably in California, and also a large portion in Europe due to touring and distribution. Recently, the band left their record label, RCA, and are now back on ARES records. Their new album, Song for the Underdog, became available in June 2007 on their tour with Unwritten Law. The CD became available on iTunes after June. Recently, guitarist James Daniel decided to leave the band. For the current tour, Steve Background information Origin Orange County, California, USA St. Louis, Missouri, USA Hard rock Hardcore punk 1998 - present ARES Records, Criterion Records Adair, Black President, Guttermouth, Ultrafink, Sex N Violence, Black Market Saints, Official website Genre(s) Years active Label(s) Associated acts Website Members Gene Bullets Jack Tankersley Brent Clawson Brian Totten Kevin Besignano Former members James Daniel, Skye Vaughan- Jayne, Nate Large, Matt Rainwater, Ty Smith, Kevin Tapia, Bullets and Octane are a punk influenced, gritty hard rock band originally from St. Louis, Missouri and now based in Southern California (as referenced in the song "Cancer 1 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Morris (lead guitarist of Unwritten Law) has taken James’s place. In 2008 James was replaced with Kevin Tapia. Who was then replaced by Kevin Besignano, also the guitarist for Sex N Violence. Gene has given himself the task of writing and recording one song every week of 2008, he posts the new song on his myspace (January-March’s song are now available to buy as an album) They undertook a UK tour throughout October 2007 With The Knives. Most recently Ty Smith has left the band to be a full time member in the band Godhead as well as filling in on the drums for the bands Guttermouth and The Knives. Ty’s place in Bullets & Octane has been filled by Brian Totten. Original guitarist Jack Tankersly rejoined the band as well for work on their fourth album. Bullets and Octane was released on iTunes in April 2009, returning to a sound more reminiscent of their older material than Song for the Underdog. Bullets and Octane Discography Albums and EPs • One Night Stand Rock N’ Roll Band (EP) (2003) • The Revelry (2004) • In the Mouth of the Young (2006) • Song for the Underdog (2007) • Bullets and Octane (2009) Trivia • Bullets and Octane’s Music has appeared in a few video games to date including "Pirates" being in the game MX vs. ATV Unleashed and in various YouTube gaming videos. "I Ain’t Your Savior" was in the game WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2007. • The song "Save Me Sorrow" was played during a video montage at WrestleMania 22. • "Fallen" was also featured in the 2005 movie Hot Rod Havoc and "I Ain’t Your Saviour" in the follow up Hot Rod Havoc 2. • "I Ain’t Your Savior" appeared in the movie Drillbit Taylor • "Pirates" appeared in the movie Supermoto Music Video Bullets filmed their new video for the song "Caving In" from In the Mouth of the Young on October 29, 2006. The video was written and directed by Nick Lambrou (Goldfinger, The Used, Adair). External links *Official Website • Bullets and Octane at MySpace • Burning Stars Interview with Gene and James - 2006 Band Members Current • • • • • Gene Louis - Lead Vocals Brent Clawson - Bass Guitar Brian Totten - drums Jack Tankersley - Guitar Kevin Besignano - Guitar Former • • • • • • James Daniel - Guitar Skye Vaughn Jayne - Guitar Nate Large - Guitar Matt Rainwater - drums Ty Smith - drums Kevin Tapia - Guitar Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullets_and_Octane" Categories: Music of St. Louis, Missouri, Musical groups from Missouri, American punk rock groups, Alternative rock groups, American hardcore punk musical groups, Musical groups established in 2004 2 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bullets and Octane This page was last modified on 7 May 2009, at 02:15 (UTC). All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (See Copyrights for details.) 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