Year Long Disaster
Encyclopedia
Year Long Disaster is a Stoner rock
band from Los Angeles
, California
.
(son of Dave Davies
of The Kinks
) met bassist Rich Mullins
of Karma to Burn
in a Hollywood grocery store; at the time Mullins was having drug problems and was homeless. Within a week, the two were friends, living in an apartment together, often going on drinking or cocaine binges. Over the next seven months they spent time in drug rehabilitation
and halfway house
s.
In November 2004, they went to the Scene Bar in Glendale, California
to see a band called Hours and Minutes with drummer Brad Hargreaves
of Third Eye Blind
fame (unbeknownst to the band at the time). Davies and Mullins asked Hargreaves to have a jam. Around that time Third Eye Blind
was asked to play as the Kinks on the show American Dreams
. Hargreaves was intrigued with the fact that Davies was son of the Kinks' real-life lead guitarist, and the two became friends and continued jamming under the name of Year Long Disaster. They eventually started gigging locally in Los Angeles and caught the eye of Mark Needham, producer for The Killers. They then recorded an EP and began touring nationwide, increasing in popularity. In 2007 they signed a recording contract with Volcom Entertainment and release their debut full length album. The self-titled release hit the stores on October 9, 2007. They were named one of the best new bands for 2008 in the artists to watch feature in Rolling Stone
Magazine. Additionally, they won the Yahoo!
User's Choice for the month of December 2007.
In 2008 Year Long Disaster appeared on the Iron Maiden tribute album Maiden Heaven with a cover of Iron Maidens first single Running Free
. On August 17, 2009, it was confirmed that the band had begun working on their second album. Titled Black Magic; All Mysteries Revealed it was released March 8, 2010. The band parted with drummer Hargreaves, due to his ongoing commitment to Third Eye Blind, later that same year, replacing him with Karma To Burn's Rob Oswald.
In June 2010, Year Long Disaster toured Europe with all three members of Karma To Burn
as part of the band. With Davies next joining Karma To Burn
on a July–August tour of Europe, the two groups seemed to be sharing identical lineups. After providing vocals for selections on Karma To Burn's next two studio albums, Appalachian Incantation and V, Davies opted out of the band in 2011. With Mullins fully focused on Karma To Burn, the status of Year Long Disaster is unclear.
, Clutch
, The Riverboat Gamblers
, Totimoshi
, The Sword
, Valient Thorr
, Turbonegro
, CKY
& The Cult
.
Year Long Disaster has toured the UK and Europe with Viking Skull
, Velvet Revolver
, Turbonegro
& Exile Parade
.
Stoner rock
Stoner rock or stoner metal is a subgenre of heavy metal, combining elements of psychedelic rock, blues rock, traditional heavy metal and doom metal. Stoner rock is typically slow-to-mid tempo and features a bass-heavy sound, melodic vocals, and 'retro' production...
band from Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
, 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...
.
History
The band had its beginnings in 2003 when guitarist and singer Daniel DaviesDaniel Davies (musician)
Daniel Davies, son of Dave Davies of The Kinks, is an English and American singer, guitarist and songwriter.He is best known for his work in the rock band Year Long Disaster as front man and lead guitarist...
(son of Dave Davies
Dave Davies
David Russell Gordon "Dave" Davies is an English rock musician best known for his role as lead guitarist and vocalist for the English rock band The Kinks....
of The Kinks
The Kinks
The Kinks were an English rock band formed in Muswell Hill, North London, by brothers Ray and Dave Davies in 1964. Categorised in the United States as a British Invasion band, The Kinks are recognised as one of the most important and influential rock acts of the era. Their music was influenced by a...
) met bassist Rich Mullins
Rich Mullins (bassist)
Rich Mullins is the bassist of the malternative, desert rock band Karma To Burn and the rock band Year Long Disaster. Both of which share the band mate Daniel Davies He is known for his slouched gait whilst playing his bass...
of Karma to Burn
Karma to Burn
Karma to Burn, sometimes known as K2B, is a desert rock/stoner metal band from Morgantown, West Virginia comprising guitarist William Mecum, bassist Rich Mullins, and drummer Rob Oswald...
in a Hollywood grocery store; at the time Mullins was having drug problems and was homeless. Within a week, the two were friends, living in an apartment together, often going on drinking or cocaine binges. Over the next seven months they spent time in drug rehabilitation
Drug rehabilitation
Drug rehabilitation is a term for the processes of medical or psychotherapeutic treatment, for dependency on psychoactive substances such as alcohol, prescription drugs, and so-called street drugs such as cocaine, heroin or amphetamines...
and halfway house
Halfway house
The purpose of a halfway house, also called a recovery house or sober house, is generally to allow people to begin the process of reintegration with society, while still providing monitoring and support; this is generally believed to reduce the risk of recidivism or relapse when compared to a...
s.
In November 2004, they went to the Scene Bar in Glendale, California
Glendale, California
Glendale is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2010 Census, the city population is 191,719, down from 194,973 at the 2000 census. making it the third largest city in Los Angeles County and the 22nd largest city in the state of California...
to see a band called Hours and Minutes with drummer Brad Hargreaves
Brad Hargreaves
Bradley William Hargreaves is an American drummer. He is currently the drummer for the alternative bands Third Eye Blind and Year Long Disaster.- Career :...
of Third Eye Blind
Third Eye Blind
Third Eye Blind is an American alternative rock band formed in the early 1990s in San Francisco. The songwriting duo of Kevin Cadogan and Stephan Jenkins signed the band's first major label recording contract with Elektra records in 1996 resulting in two multi platinum albums. The band's lineup...
fame (unbeknownst to the band at the time). Davies and Mullins asked Hargreaves to have a jam. Around that time Third Eye Blind
Third Eye Blind
Third Eye Blind is an American alternative rock band formed in the early 1990s in San Francisco. The songwriting duo of Kevin Cadogan and Stephan Jenkins signed the band's first major label recording contract with Elektra records in 1996 resulting in two multi platinum albums. The band's lineup...
was asked to play as the Kinks on the show American Dreams
American Dreams
American Dreams is an American television comedy-drama program broadcast on the NBC television network, produced by Once A Frog and Dick Clark Productions in association with Universal Network Television and NBC Studios...
. Hargreaves was intrigued with the fact that Davies was son of the Kinks' real-life lead guitarist, and the two became friends and continued jamming under the name of Year Long Disaster. They eventually started gigging locally in Los Angeles and caught the eye of Mark Needham, producer for The Killers. They then recorded an EP and began touring nationwide, increasing in popularity. In 2007 they signed a recording contract with Volcom Entertainment and release their debut full length album. The self-titled release hit the stores on October 9, 2007. They were named one of the best new bands for 2008 in the artists to watch feature in Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
Magazine. Additionally, they won the Yahoo!
Yahoo!
Yahoo! Inc. is an American multinational internet corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, United States. The company is perhaps best known for its web portal, search engine , Yahoo! Directory, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Groups, Yahoo! Answers, advertising, online mapping ,...
User's Choice for the month of December 2007.
In 2008 Year Long Disaster appeared on the Iron Maiden tribute album Maiden Heaven with a cover of Iron Maidens first single Running Free
Running Free
"Running Free" was the first single released by Iron Maiden, released on 8 February 1980 on the 7" 45 rpm vinyl record format. It was written by Steve Harris and Paul Di'Anno...
. On August 17, 2009, it was confirmed that the band had begun working on their second album. Titled Black Magic; All Mysteries Revealed it was released March 8, 2010. The band parted with drummer Hargreaves, due to his ongoing commitment to Third Eye Blind, later that same year, replacing him with Karma To Burn's Rob Oswald.
In June 2010, Year Long Disaster toured Europe with all three members of Karma To Burn
Karma to Burn
Karma to Burn, sometimes known as K2B, is a desert rock/stoner metal band from Morgantown, West Virginia comprising guitarist William Mecum, bassist Rich Mullins, and drummer Rob Oswald...
as part of the band. With Davies next joining Karma To Burn
Karma to Burn
Karma to Burn, sometimes known as K2B, is a desert rock/stoner metal band from Morgantown, West Virginia comprising guitarist William Mecum, bassist Rich Mullins, and drummer Rob Oswald...
on a July–August tour of Europe, the two groups seemed to be sharing identical lineups. After providing vocals for selections on Karma To Burn's next two studio albums, Appalachian Incantation and V, Davies opted out of the band in 2011. With Mullins fully focused on Karma To Burn, the status of Year Long Disaster is unclear.
Touring
Year Long Disaster has toured North America with Motörhead, Foo FightersFoo Fighters
Foo Fighters is an American alternative rock band originally formed in 1994 by Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl as a one-man project following the dissolution of his previous band. The band got its name from the UFOs and various aerial phenomena that were reported by Allied aircraft pilots in World War...
, Clutch
Clutch (band)
Clutch is an American rock band from Germantown, Maryland, formed in 1990. The band's first release was an EP entitled Pitchfork, which debuted in October 1990. Their first studio album, Transnational Speedway League, was released three years later in 1993. To date, Clutch has released nine studio...
, The Riverboat Gamblers
The Riverboat Gamblers
The Riverboat Gamblers are a punk rock band originally from Denton, Texas but now residing in Austin, Texas. They are currently signed to Volcom Entertainment.Their song "Don't Bury Me...I'm Still Not Dead" is featured in the video game Rock Band 3....
, Totimoshi
Totimoshi
Totimoshi is an American alternative rock band based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since 2007, it publishes music under the Volcom Entertainment label.-Style and reception:...
, The Sword
The Sword
The Sword is an American heavy metal band that formed in Austin, Texas, in 2003. Since its inception the band has comprised vocalist and guitarist John D. Cronise, guitarist Kyle Shutt and bassist Bryan Richie, and currently includes touring drummer Jimmy Vela following Trivett Wingo's departure in...
, Valient Thorr
Valient Thorr
-History:Valient Thorr began playing together in 2000. Their first show was on Easter of 2001. They released two demos, "Raw" and "We Come From The Morning Star"...
, Turbonegro
Turbonegro
Turbonegro is a Norwegian punk rock band that was initially active from 1989 to 1998, and later reformed in 2002. Their style combines glam rock, punk rock and hard rock into a style the band describes as "deathpunk"....
, CKY
CKY
CKY may refer to:*CKY , a rock band from Pennsylvania; CKY referring to "Camp Kill Yourself".**CKY , a series of videos released by Bam Margera, named after his brother's band...
& The Cult
The Cult
The Cult are a British rock band that was formed in 1983. They gained a dedicated following in Britain in the mid 1980s as a post-punk band with singles such as "She Sells Sanctuary", before breaking mainstream in the United States in the late 1980s as a hard rock band with singles such as "Love...
.
Year Long Disaster has toured the UK and Europe with Viking Skull
Viking Skull
Viking Skull is a 5-piece heavy metal band, originating in the UK.-History:Viking Skull was formed in 2002, by Raging Speedhorn members Gordon Morison, Darren Smith and Frank Regan, along with their Guitar Tech, Roddy Stone, and Merchandiser, Waldie....
, Velvet Revolver
Velvet Revolver
Velvet Revolver is an American hard rock supergroup consisting of former Guns N' Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan, and Matt Sorum, alongside Dave Kushner formerly of punk band Wasted Youth. Stone Temple Pilots vocalist Scott Weiland was Velvet Revolver's lead singer from their formation until...
, Turbonegro
Turbonegro
Turbonegro is a Norwegian punk rock band that was initially active from 1989 to 1998, and later reformed in 2002. Their style combines glam rock, punk rock and hard rock into a style the band describes as "deathpunk"....
& Exile Parade
Exile Parade
- Formation :The band formed in the summer of 2006. After hearing the band's early demos on MySpace, Owen Morris called the former Oasis guitarist Paul Arthurs, who had been playing the demos on his BBC Manchester Music show. Not long after the stamp of approval from Arthurs, he and Morris went to...
.