Sex N Violence
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Sex N Violence is a Los Angeles
, California
based punk rock
band comprising members of Bullets and Octane
and Unwritten Law
.
studio of Bullets and Octane to finish writing songs for the their debut album for Criterion Records, titled Makin' Our Way Between Your Thighs, which was released in June 2009 on the iTunes Store
.
Shortly after recording Makin' Our Way Between Your Thighs, band members Brent Clawson and Todd Hennig
left the band because Sex N Violence was becoming more than just a side project and required more time than they had available due to their commitment in other projects.
Jonny Grill, the brother of Scott Russo from Unwritten Law and former guitarist in Scott and Aimee, joined Sex N Violence on bass guitar
. Dylan Howard of Unwritten Law
joined the band permanently on drums
.
Currently the members of Sex N Violence are recording demos for a new EP
to be released in early 2010.
Los Ángeles
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, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
based punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
band comprising members of Bullets and Octane
Bullets and Octane
Bullets and Octane are a punk/hard rock band originally from St. Louis, Missouri and now based in Southern California . They originate from the band Ultrafink...
and Unwritten Law
Unwritten Law
Unwritten Law is an American rock band formed in 1990 in Poway, California and currently recording for Suburban Noize Records. They have released seven full-length studio albums and have toured internationally, including performances on the Warped Tour...
.
History
The idea to come together and start Sex N Violence came about in the summer of 2007 while Bullets and Octane and Unwritten Law were touring together. Once the tour was over, Sex N Violence holed up in the Orange County, CaliforniaOrange County, California
Orange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County...
studio of Bullets and Octane to finish writing songs for the their debut album for Criterion Records, titled Makin' Our Way Between Your Thighs, which was released in June 2009 on the iTunes Store
ITunes Store
The iTunes Store is a software-based online digital media store operated by Apple. Opening as the iTunes Music Store on April 28, 2003, with over 200,000 items to purchase, it is, as of April 2008, the number-one music vendor in the United States...
.
Shortly after recording Makin' Our Way Between Your Thighs, band members Brent Clawson and Todd Hennig
Todd Hennig
Todd Hennig is an American punk and hardcore drummer, most notably the former drummer for Death by Stereo. Prior to this, he had been in the bands SevenYearsWar from Vermont, Execute from Vermont and Heckle from New Jersey....
left the band because Sex N Violence was becoming more than just a side project and required more time than they had available due to their commitment in other projects.
Jonny Grill, the brother of Scott Russo from Unwritten Law and former guitarist in Scott and Aimee, joined Sex N Violence on bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
. Dylan Howard of Unwritten Law
Unwritten Law
Unwritten Law is an American rock band formed in 1990 in Poway, California and currently recording for Suburban Noize Records. They have released seven full-length studio albums and have toured internationally, including performances on the Warped Tour...
joined the band permanently on drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
.
Currently the members of Sex N Violence are recording demos for a new EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
to be released in early 2010.
Current
- Jeremy MillerJeremy MillerJeremy James Miller is an American actor best known for his portrayal of Ben Seaver on Growing Pains and its two reunion movies...
– Lead vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments... - Rocky Harmon - Rhythm Guitar
- Jonny Grill – Bass guitar
- Dylan HowardDylan HowardDylan Howard is a leading journalist and media executive who has appeared on Entertainment Tonight, The Insider, CNN, Fox News, HLN, CBS News, ABC's Nightline, Good Morning America, MSNBC, Inside Edition, the BBC and Britain's Sky News...
– Drums - Kevin Besignano – GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...