The Valley (band)
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The Valley, who formed in early 2005, were a Sydney quintet. The Valley became signed to Crusade Records in late 2005 and released "A Small Misunderstanding Leads To Disaster" in February 2006, and their follow up EP, "Burning At The Mistake" released in late 2006.
The Valley have toured internationally including a 3-month tour, with The Bleeders, I Killed The Prom Queen
, Gyroscope (band)
, Horsell Common
, Behind Crimson Eyes
, Carpathian (band)
and The Hot Lies
. In addition, The Valley were the supporting act to Anberlin
on their 2006 Australian/New Zealand tour, and the supporting act to Underoath
on their June 2007 Australian tour.
dB Magazine called the electrifying experience “Truly breath-taking”. Following the tour, The Valley had a break to write new material and record Burning at the Mistake
.
The Valley headlined their first national tour with The Amity Affliction
and appeared at Soundfest 2006 in Canberra with "From Autumn To Ashes
, The Bled
and Parkway Drive. The Valley's EP "Burning At The Mistake" debuted at # 12 in the Australian Singles Charts, staying in the top 20 for two weeks.
The Valley recently returned home from a successful tour over in New Zealand, playing to thousands of people over the two week tour.
The Valley left Crusade Records / Modern Music Sony BMG and travelled to the USA in June 2007 to showcase to some record labels, upon return to Australia in December 2007, The Valley announced that the band is no longer, and each member is going onto other things. Currently James Taylor is playing in a band in Brisbane (now recording in the US), Wayne Presley has moved on over to the US, and Sonny started his own band The Closer, who where based in Sydney, New South Wales. Ash has gone on to pursue a career in the porn industry and pursue his keen interest in 'the body beautiful' pumping iron. Sonny and Troels, ex The Amity Affliction
recently recorded The Closer's debut record in Virginia with Grammy nominated producer Michael 'Elvis' Baskette, but got em nowhere. Sonny has also opened his own recording studio named STL in Sydney, and is currently Producing the latest Angelas Dish
record.
The Valley have toured internationally including a 3-month tour, with The Bleeders, I Killed The Prom Queen
I Killed the Prom Queen
I Killed the Prom Queen is an Australian metalcore band which formed in 2000 with mainstays JJ Peters on drums and Jona Weinhofen on guitar. The band featured prominently on the Australian live music scene and toured the USA, Japan and parts of Europe several times...
, Gyroscope (band)
Gyroscope (band)
Gyroscope is an Australian rock band from Perth, Western Australia, formed in 1997. The band comprises vocalist and guitarist Daniel Sanders, guitarist and back up vocalist Zoran Trivic, bassist and back up vocalist Brad Campbell and drummer Rob Nassif....
, Horsell Common
Horsell Common
Horsell Common are an Australian band from Melbourne, Victoria. They made their live debut in early 2002, following this up with a string of EPs, and released their first full-length album The Rescue on 29 September 2007...
, Behind Crimson Eyes
Behind Crimson Eyes
Behind Crimson Eyes is a band based in Australia. The band formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 2004. Their line up currently consists of vocalist Josh Stuart, bassist Garth Buchanan, guitarist/back up vocalist Aaron Schultz and Dan Kerby as drummer....
, Carpathian (band)
Carpathian (band)
Carpathian was a hardcore punk band based in Australia. The band was formed in 2003, in Melbourne, Australia, and their final line-up comprised lead vocalist Martin Kirby, guitarists Josh Manitta and Lloyd Carroll, bass guitarist Ed Redclift and drummer David Bichard...
and The Hot Lies
The Hot Lies
The Hot Lies were an alternative rock band based in Australia. The band formed in Adelaide, Australia, in 2004. Their line-up consisted of lead vocalist Pete Wood, rhythm guitarist Benjamin Pix, drummer Jared Brown, lead guitarist Luke Szabo and former I Killed the Prom Queen bassist Leaton Rose...
. In addition, The Valley were the supporting act to Anberlin
Anberlin
Anberlin is an American rock band formed in Winter Haven, Florida in 2002. Since the beginning of 2007, the band has consisted of lead vocalist Stephen Christian, guitarists Joseph Milligan and Christian McAlhaney, bassist Deon Rexroat, and drummer Nathan Young.Members of Anberlin originally formed...
on their 2006 Australian/New Zealand tour, and the supporting act to Underoath
Underoath
Underoath is an American Christian metalcore band from Tampa, Florida. Founded by Dallas Taylor and Luke Morton on November 30, 1997 in Ocala, Florida, subsequently its additional members were from Tampa, Florida...
on their June 2007 Australian tour.
dB Magazine called the electrifying experience “Truly breath-taking”. Following the tour, The Valley had a break to write new material and record Burning at the Mistake
Burning at the Mistake
Burning at the Mistake is the second EP of the Australian post-hardcore/metal band The Valley. It debuted at No. 12 on the Australian Independent Charts.-Track listing:#"Nonpareil"#"Apparently I'm Walking A Narrow Path"#"If You Woke This Morning"...
.
The Valley headlined their first national tour with The Amity Affliction
The Amity Affliction
The Amity Affliction is an Australian post-hardcore band from Gympie, Queensland formed in 2002.The band's current line-up is Joel Birch , Ahren Stringer , Ryan Burt and Troy Brady...
and appeared at Soundfest 2006 in Canberra with "From Autumn To Ashes
From Autumn to Ashes
From Autumn to Ashes was a NY melodic hardcore band that formed in Long Island in 2000. While the band had gone through many line-up changes, the members include Francis Mark , Scott Gross , Benjamin Perri , Brian Deneeve , Mike Pilato , Rob Lauritsen , and Jeff Gretz From Autumn to Ashes was a NY...
, The Bled
The Bled
The Bled is a hardcore band from Tucson, Arizona. The group formed in 2001, originally under the name "The Radiation Defiance Theory", but changed it because of its length...
and Parkway Drive. The Valley's EP "Burning At The Mistake" debuted at # 12 in the Australian Singles Charts, staying in the top 20 for two weeks.
The Valley recently returned home from a successful tour over in New Zealand, playing to thousands of people over the two week tour.
The Valley left Crusade Records / Modern Music Sony BMG and travelled to the USA in June 2007 to showcase to some record labels, upon return to Australia in December 2007, The Valley announced that the band is no longer, and each member is going onto other things. Currently James Taylor is playing in a band in Brisbane (now recording in the US), Wayne Presley has moved on over to the US, and Sonny started his own band The Closer, who where based in Sydney, New South Wales. Ash has gone on to pursue a career in the porn industry and pursue his keen interest in 'the body beautiful' pumping iron. Sonny and Troels, ex The Amity Affliction
The Amity Affliction
The Amity Affliction is an Australian post-hardcore band from Gympie, Queensland formed in 2002.The band's current line-up is Joel Birch , Ahren Stringer , Ryan Burt and Troy Brady...
recently recorded The Closer's debut record in Virginia with Grammy nominated producer Michael 'Elvis' Baskette, but got em nowhere. Sonny has also opened his own recording studio named STL in Sydney, and is currently Producing the latest Angelas Dish
Angelas Dish
Angelas Dish is an Australian indie pop band from the Central Coast of New South Wales, formed in 2004. The four-piece currently consists of songwriting duo, brothers Michael and Joshua Harris, teamed up with bassist Peter Clarke and drummer Christopher Allison...
record.
Releases
- 2005: A Small Misunderstanding Leads to DisasterA Small Misunderstanding Leads to DisasterA Small Misunderstanding Leads to Disaster is the debut EP of the Australian post-hardcore/metal band The Valley.- Track listing :#"Pretty Words Kill Me"#"Sorry When You're Smiling"#"Luke Perry Killed My Ego"#"I Tied It In With Vision"...
- 2006: Burning at the MistakeBurning at the MistakeBurning at the Mistake is the second EP of the Australian post-hardcore/metal band The Valley. It debuted at No. 12 on the Australian Independent Charts.-Track listing:#"Nonpareil"#"Apparently I'm Walking A Narrow Path"#"If You Woke This Morning"...
External links
- Official website
- The Valley at MySpaceMySpaceMyspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
- The Valley at PurevolumePureVolumePureVolume was the first independently run website of its type, allowing for the upload and stream of music files. It was created in 2003 by Jennifer Welch , in conjunction with the Unborn Media team; Brett Woitunski, Nate Hudson, and Mitchell Pavao; all from the University of...