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Infobox musical artist | name = She Wants Revenge| image = She Wants Revenge em concerto.jpg| caption = She Wants Revenge Live in Orlando FL.| image_size =| landscape = Yes| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Los Angeles , California , United States | genre = Alternative rock Darkwave Post-punk revival cite web| title=6/27: Get to know She Wants Revenge | publisher= azcentral.com (The Arizona Republic) |author = Senft, Michael | url= http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/music/articles/2010/06/17/20100617she-wants-revenge-scottsdale.html | accessdate=2010-09-12cite web| title=She Wants Revenge - Love, Sex and Synthesizers | publisher=Regen Magazine |author = Cleinman, Daria | url= http://www.regenmag.com/Interviews-305-She-Wants-Revenge.html | accessdate=2010-09-12 Indie Rock http://www.stubhub.com/she-wants-revenge-tickets/ | years_active = 2005present| label = Perfect Kiss Flawless Records|Flawless Geffen Records|Geffen / Interscope Records|Interscope (20052008) Universal Music Group|Universal Records | associated_acts =| website = http://www.shewantsrevenge.com/ shewantsrevenge.com| current_members = Justin Warfield Adam Bravin|"Adam 12" Bravin Jason Payne | past_members = She Wants Revenge is an United States|American musical duo, based in San Fernando Valley , California . The group's debut album She Wants Revenge (album)|She Wants Revenge was released in early 2006, with three singles to follow (" These Things ," a video featuring Shirley Manson from Garbage (band)|Garbage , "Out of Control," and " Tear You Apart " for which the video was directed by Joaquin Phoenix ). The band has sold more than 300,000 records in the US. The band's second album, This Is Forever (She Wants Revenge album)|This Is Forever , was released on October 9, 2007.
The group's third album, entitled Valleyheart , was released on May 23, 2011.
History
The band toured extensively through 2006 with synthpop band Depeche Mode http://thetrainingground.blogspot.com/2006/03/she-wants-revenge-depeche-mode-tour.html She Wants Revenge & Depeche Mode Tour Dates and Placebo (band)|Placebo . http://www.livedaily.com/news/10595.html Placebo to play US shows with She Wants Revenge
In 2007, the group was featured on the track "Time" with Timbaland . In a recent interview, Adam Bravin told Suicide Girls that She Wants Revenge has a lot of unreleased potential b-sides, like "Love to Sleep," which they'd like to share. Adam added that the band would like to tour with their heroes The Cure and Bauhaus (band)|Bauhaus . http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/Adam+Bravin+of+She+Wants+Revenge/ Suicide Girls Interview Recently, they have been released from their contract with the label Geffen/Interscope, according to a MySpace bulletin. The group formed their own label, Perfect Kiss, formerly an imprint, in 2008.
Their EP, Save Your Soul , was released to iTunes on May 13, 2008. http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum? id=279662065 Save Your Soul iTunes Download Link The EP contained four tracks: "Save Your Soul," "A Hundred Kisses," "Sugar," and "Sleep." The group has formed a fan club and participated in the 2008 Nylon magazine|Nylon summer tour. Their song "Tear You Apart" appeared in the first season of the TV show Fringe (TV series)|Fringe (episode 18, "Midnight") and in the movie Number 23 starring Jim Carrey .
An EP titled Up and Down (She Wants Revenge EP)|Up and Down , was released via iTunes on September 22, 2009. http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum? i=331049683& id=331049447& s=143441& uo=6 Up and Down iTunes Download Link At the end of their current tour to promote the release of Up and Down , She Wants Revenge will begin working on their third LP album|studio album , http://www.facebook.com/group.php? gid=2209077151& ref=ts Facebook Page; "Recent News" Section which will revisit the dark roots of their first album. http://lostinreviews.com/2009/10/swr-bottleneck/ Interview with Adam Bravin at The Bottleneck, October 3rd 2009
A new video titled "Take The World" was released February 7, 2011, prior to the release of their first single, "Must Be The One". The video was band member Adam Bravin's directorial debut. Filming for "Must Be The One" began on February 8, and was released in March. Valleyheart , the band's third studio album, was released on May 23, 2011. http://www.facebook.com/OfficialSheWantsRevenge/posts/159342027457503 Official Facebook Post: Valleyheart http://twitter.com/shewantsrevenge SWR Twitter
Genre
Due to a broad array of musical influences, and a reluctance to stick to a single genre of music, http://www.myspace.com/shewantsrevenge She Wants Revenge (genre: Other) and Influences She Wants Revenge's genre is often disputed.
Considered part of the post-punk revival movement of the 00s, the group have been compared to Joy Division or Interpol (band)|Interpol in the music press because both vocalists ( Paul Banks and Justin Warfield ) have similarities to the baritone vocal range of Ian Curtis . However, Justin Warfield has stated many times his band is more electronically based http://www.subculturemagazine.com/interviewdetails.php? id=31 Interview with Justin Warfield often referring to She Wants Revenge as " electronic dance music|Dance Music ." http://m.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/Jun/09/on-stage-showbox-she-wants-revenge-free-at-last/ http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1549036/20061229/she_wants_revenge.jhtml
Musically, their influences range from the dance of 1980s acts like New Order , Depeche Mode and The Psychedelic Furs to the alternative rock groups of the 1990s, such as Pulp (band)|Pulp , My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine and Sonic Youth to the darker rock bands of the New Wave music|New Wave and post-punk movements such as Bauhaus (band)|Bauhaus , Danse Society , and The Sisters of Mercy http://www.myspace.com/justinhell Justin Warfield's MySpace: Influences who helped create the aesthetics of the original gothic rock genre.Allmusic|class=explore|id=style/d387|pure_url=yes Goth rock
Justin Warfield speaks about the umbrella term darkwave which has been applied to She Wants Revenge's music: cquote|... Dark wave to me is darker than what we do, I mean honestly I just consider it dancy rock n roll: not like rock n roll like early Rolling Stones|Stones dancy rock n roll, but certainly rock n roll like dance . Sure we've said before it's like dance music|dark dance because that's an easy way for people to wrap their hands around it. If you want to get more specific, yeah it's dark. http://www.helloooooo.com/2009/10/music-friday-interview-she-wants-revenge/ October 2009 Interview in Audio
Band members
Lead members
Justin Warfield lead vocals|vocals , guitar , Keyboard instrument|keyboards
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She Wants Revenge Category:Electronic music duos Category:Darkwave musical groups Category:Musical groups from California Category:Musical groups established in 2005 Category:Post-punk revival music groups Category:Alternative rock groups from California
