StillWell
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StillWell, previously known as Capital Q, is an American rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 band formed by Q-Unique
Q-Unique
Anthony Quiles, better known by his stage name Q-Unique is an Puerto rican-American rapper, record producer and a member of rap group Arsonists and the hard rock band StillWell...

, Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu
Reginald Arvizu
Reginald Quincy "Fieldy" Arvizu is the bassist for the nu metal band Korn, and guitarist for the hard rock band StillWell.-Musical career:...

 from Korn
Korn
Korn is an American nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, formed in 1993. The current band line up includes four members: Jonathan Davis, James "Munky" Shaffer, Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu, and Ray Luzier. The band was formed as an expansion of L.A.P.D.The band released their first demo album,...

, and drummer
Drummer
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 Wuv from P.O.D.
P.O.D.
Payable on Death is an American Christian metal band formed in 1992. The band's line-up consists of vocalist Sonny Sandoval, drummer Wuv Bernardo, guitarist Marcos Curiel, and bassist Traa Daniels. Their Christian faith is an important part of their music.They have released seven studio albums and...



StillWell's first album, titled Dirtbag, was released on 10 May 2011. The album was produced by Fieldy and Grammy Award
Grammy Award
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-winning producer PolarBear
Infinite Mass
Infinite Mass is a Swedish hip hop group that was formed in 1991.In 1992 the group won the talent show Swedish Championship of Rap. The same year, they achieved fame when they participated in the movie Sökarna and released the single "Shoot the Racist" which was later renamed "Area Turns Red"...

, with the DVD
DVD
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 being directed by Sébastian Paquet.

History

StillWell formed in early 2006, quickly entering the studio, and putting out their first single, "Killing Myself to Live" in October 2007. Since then, the band has been off-and-on recording their first album, although Fieldy's involvement in Korn is thought to play a factor in the long recording process.

The band is in production of their first album, a CD/DVD package, titled Dirtbag. They've released several trailers for the album, which can be seen on YouTube
YouTube
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.

StillWell are confirmed to be opening for Korn during the second leg of the Music as a Weapon V Tour. Along with this news, several tracks were confirmed to appear on Dirtbag, such as "Golden Ticket", "Magnetic Daze", and a cover
Cover version
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 of Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
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's "Whole Lotta Love
Whole Lotta Love
"Whole Lotta Love" is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin. It is featured as the opening track on the band's second album, Led Zeppelin II, and was released in the United States and Japan as a single. The US release became their first hit single, it was certified Gold on 13 April 1970, when it...

".

Dirtbag became available to download on iTunes
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 on April 2, 2011. It was released in physical format on May 10, 2011. "You Can't Stop Me" has also been released as the album's lead single
Lead single
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. A music video
Music video
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 for "You Can't Stop Me" premiered on August 10, 2011, directed by Sébastien Paquet, Scott Keyzers, and Joshua Allen.

Style

StillWell describes its musical style as "street metal". Allmusic's William Ruhlmann described the band's style as being predominately hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...

, with some tracks touching upon funk
Funk
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 and hip hop
Hip hop music
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.

Track listing

Band members

  • Q-Unique
    Q-Unique
    Anthony Quiles, better known by his stage name Q-Unique is an Puerto rican-American rapper, record producer and a member of rap group Arsonists and the hard rock band StillWell...

     - vocals
    Rapping
    Rapping refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The art form can be broken down into different components, as in the book How to Rap where it is separated into “content”, “flow” , and “delivery”...

  • Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu
    Reginald Arvizu
    Reginald Quincy "Fieldy" Arvizu is the bassist for the nu metal band Korn, and guitarist for the hard rock band StillWell.-Musical career:...

     - guitar
    Guitar
    The 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...

    s
  • Pablo "Spider" Silva - bass guitar
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

  • Noah "Wuv" Bernardo - drums
    Drum kit
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Studio albums

Year Album details
2011 Dirtbag
  • Released: May 10, 2011
  • Label: Nu Day (NDR001)
  • Format: CD
    Compact Disc
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    , DI
    Music download
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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...

s

Year EP details
2011 Surrounded by Liars
  • Released: November 21, 2011
  • Label: Nu Day
  • Format: CD, DI

Singles

Year Song Album
2011 "You Can't Stop Me" Dirtbag

Music videos

Year Song Director(s)
2011 "You Can't Stop Me" Sébastien Paquet, Scott Keyzers, & Joshua Allen
"Surrounded by Liars"

External links

  • StillWell at MySpace
    MySpace
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