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Refimprove|date=October 2008Infobox musical artist |name=12 Stones|image=|image_size=350px|background=group_or_band|alias=|origin= Mandeville, Louisiana , United States|USA |genre= Alternative rock , post-grunge |years_active=2000& ndash;present|label= Wind-up Records|Wind-up , Universal Music|EMG |associated_acts= Breaking Point (band)|Breaking Point , Evanescence , The Fairwell |website=URL|12stones.com|current_members= Paul McCoy Eric Weaver Aaron Gainer Will Reed|past_members=Justin Rimer Brad Reynolds Mike McManus Kevin Dorr Shawn Wade DJ Stange Greg Trammell Pat Quave Larry Sharp 12 Stones is a post-grunge band that was formed in 2000 in Mandeville, Louisiana . They have sold more than 2 million records.
History
The four band members met in Mandeville, Louisiana , a small suburb north of New Orleans , and within 15 months were signed to a record deal with Wind-up Records . Lead vocalist Paul McCoy was previously featured in the Evanescence single " Bring Me to Life ", which later went on to win a Grammy.Citation needed|date=April 2011 "Shadows" from ''Potter's Field was used in a trailer for the film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest . "Photograph" (also from Potter's Field ) appeared on the 2005 Elektra (2005 film)|Elektra film soundtrack. "My Life" from their self-titled album was featured on the soundtrack of The Scorpion King '' in 2002. "Broken" (also from the self-titled album) served as the official theme song for WWE 's WWE Judgment Day|Judgment Day pay-per-view in May 2002 and "Home" (also from the self-titled album) was the song used for the WWE Desire video for Kurt Angle. The band also recorded the song "Let Go" exclusively for the Daredevil (film)|Daredevil movie soundtrack. Songs "Running out of Pain" and "Back Up" were used on Cheating Death, Stealing Life - The Eddie Guerrero Story .
In November 2009, the band recorded their fourth studio album, with producer David Bendeth . "We Are One", the first single from the new album, was released on April 6. http://tunelab.com/2010/03/24/new-12-stones-single-due-in-april/ The song Premiered on noisecreep http://www.noisecreep.com/2010/03/29/12-stones-we-are-the-one-song-premiere/ on March 29, 2010, the very same day being leaked to radio by WBSX (97.9X) in Wilkes-Barre, PA. It was later announced that, despite the band's original intent to record a full-length album, they would instead be releasing an EP titled The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday which would feature the single "We Are One". The reasoning behind why the band only released an EP even though they had recorded a complete album's worth of material was never fully explored or explained.
Recently, "We Are One" was used by WWE as the theme song for the renegade faction formed by the WWE NXT#Season 1| NXT first season graduates known as The Nexus (Professional wrestling)|The Nexus . The song also was used as the opening to each ACC Network telecast of the 2011 ACC men's basketball tournament. http://www.raycomsports.com/index.php/Latest-News/12-stones-and-raycom-sports-team-up-for-2011-acc-mens-basketball-tournament.html The Washington Capitals NHL hockey team also uses the song in the 2010-2011 season video played at the start of their home games in the Verizon Center.
On August 24, 2010, the band announced that they were leaving Wind-Up after nine years, stating We felt it was time for a change. We have a vision for this band that we feel is best pursued elsewhere. http://tunelab.com/2010/08/24/12-stones-announce-departure-from-wind-up/ On December 30, 2010, 12 Stones announced via Twitter and Facebook that they planned to release a new, full-length album in 2011.
12 Stones then signed a record deal with Executive Music Group. The band will release their new album Beneath The Scars on May 22, 2012 http://loudwire.com/12-stones-new-album-beneath-the-scars-may-22/
Members
;Current
Paul McCoy Lead vocalist|lead vocals (2000present)
Eric Weaver lead guitar , Backing vocalist|backing vocals (2000present)
US http:/ / www.billboard.com/ artist/ 12-stones/ chart-history/ 430884#/ artist/ 12-stones/ chart-history/ 430884 12 Stones Album & Song Chart History Cite web
US Alt
US Christ
US Rock
2002
12 Stones
Released: April 23, 2002
Label: Wind-up Records|Wind-up (13069)
Format: Compact Disc|CD
147
10
2004
Potter's Field
Released: August 24, 2004
Label: Wind-up (13082)
Format: CD
29
2
2007
Anthem for the Underdog
Released: August 14, 2007
Label: Wind-up (50131)
Format: CD
53
14
13
2012
Beneath The Scars
Released: May 22, 2012
Label: EMG
Format: CD
"" denotes a release that did not chart.
Extended plays
Year
EP details
Peak chart positions
US
US Alt
US Christ
US Rock
2010
The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday
Released: July 20, 2010
Label: Wind-up (14253)
Format: music download|DI
103
14
5
30
Singles
Year
Song
US Main Cite web
Album
2002
"Broken"
12 Stones
"The Way I Feel"
"Crash"
2004
"Far Away"
38
''Potter's Field
"Photograph"
2007
"Lie to Me"
24
Anthem for the Underdog
2008
"Anthem for the Underdog"
26
"Adrenaline"
23
2009
"Broken Road"
2010
"We Are One"
30
The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday
"Disappear"
2011
"Bulletproof"
Beneath the Scars
2012
"Worlds Collide"
"Infected"
37
"" denotes a release that did not chart.
Songs in other media
"Broken" was the theme song for Judgment Day (2002)|WWE Judgment Day in 2002.
"My Life" was featured on the soundtrack of The Scorpion King in 2002.
"Crash" was the theme song for World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE Superstar Al Snow in 2001.
"Home" was used for the World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE Desire video for Kurt Angle .
"Running out of Pain" and "Back Up" were used in Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story .
"Back Up" was used as one track for the 2002 video game Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003 .cite web|first=Grooveshark (Jacob Black)|title=Grooveshark|url= http://grooveshark.com/#!/playlist/Tiger+Woods+PGA+Tour+2003+Soundtrack/28103696|accessdate=March 7, 2012|archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/662zk51QI|archivedate=2012-03-09|deadurl=no
"Back Up" was also used for the WWE Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels Hell in a Cell promo.
"Shadows" was used in a trailer for the film '' Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest .
"Photograph" appeared on the Elektra (2005 film)|Elektra movie soundtrack 2005.
"Adrenaline" was used in the '' World's Strongest Man competition.
"Anthem For The Underdog" and "Adrenaline" is featured in the films Never Back Down & Never Surrender (film)|Never Surrender . Also was featured in NASCAR 2011: The Game .
"Anthem For The Underdog" is used as the walk-up batting song for Corey Hart of the Milwaukee Brewers.
"Adrenaline" was used as the Detroit Red Wings 2009 Playoffs song.
"We Are One" is used as the theme song for the former WWE NXT|NXT Rookies faction in WWE, called The Nexus (professional wrestling)|The Nexus .
"We Are One" is used in the opening video montage for the Washington Capitals .
"We Are One" is used as a walk-on song for England|English born- Australia n professional darts player Paul Nicholson (darts player)|Paul Nicholson .
References
Reflist
Allmusic|class=artist|id=p466545/biography|pure_url=yes Band's biography in AllMusic
External links
http://www.12stones.com/ Official site
http://12Stonesspain.net23.net 12 Stones
http://12Stones.ConcertAttack.com 12 Stones on Concert Attack
https://killthe8.com/prontomerch/pages/7425/12_STONES.htm 12 Stones Official Canadian Merchandise Store
12 Stones Category:American post-grunge musical groups Category:Alternative rock groups from Louisiana Category:Musical groups established in 2000
