The Bravery
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The Bravery is an American rock
band from New York City
that consists of Sam Endicott
(lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Michael Zakarin
(lead guitar [also known as Moose], backing vocals), John Conway
(keyboards, backing vocals), Mike Hindert (bass, backing vocals), and Anthony Burulcich (drums, backing vocals). Their music is a synthesis of both post-punk revival
and New Wave
.
in Poughkeepsie, New York in the late 1990s. As freshmen, their musical partnership began inauspiciously, playing local bars in mock-ska band Skabba the Hut, which also included CSI: Miami
star Jonathan Togo
. The three went on to play together in numerous bands and recording projects, including new wave outfit Conquistador
. Upon moving to New York City in early 2000s, Endicott switched from bass guitar to vocals and began writing music that would later become "The Bravery".
Guitarist Michael Zakarin joined after answering an advert in a local paper, and brought with him bassist Mike Hindert, a classmate of his from Georgetown University
in Washington, DC. Drummer Anthony Burulcich was living in Boston, Massachusetts where he had studied percussion at Berklee College of Music
. After the death of his sister, Burulcich moved back to his childhood home in Long Island
New York to be with his family. On the day Burulcich was moving, while driving with his belongings in a U-Haul
truck, Endicott called him. Endicott and Burulcich were introduced by mutual friends from the New York band Bishop Allen
. Though Burulcich is the official drummer for the band, the majority of the debut album was drummed by Steven Lourie.
The band played their first gig at the Stinger Club in Brooklyn in November 2003. To promote their local shows, they manufactured 1,000 posters and 3 song cd samplers containing the songs "An Honest Mistake", "No Brakes" and "Public Service Announcement". Both items featured the iconic “Phoenix” image by New York artist C. Finley. The same artwork later became the cover of The Bravery’s debut album. The band self promoted themselves by handing out CDs and postering the Lower East Side
of Manhattan
and Brooklyn
. The band also promoted themselves on the internet and were one of the first bands on MySpace
to have a profile. Their MySpace profile pointed to the thebravery.com where the same 3 songs were available as downloadable MP3
s.
. The Bravery played every Thursday at 10pm in May 2004. Every show sold out and garnered the attention of many record labels. Around the same time, the band received their first radio airplay on the show 'Alter Ego' hosted by Paul Driscoll on the Boston's WFNX
. Aaron Axeleson at Live 105
in San Francisco and Zane Lowe
at BBC Radio 1
in the UK, also downloaded the MP3 of "An Honest Mistake" from thebravery.com. With three major radio stations around the world playing the MP3 of "An Honest Mistake" and sold out shows in New York, The Bravery signed in August 2004 to Island Def Jam in the United States and Loog Records
in the UK.
For the month of November 2004, The Bravery moved to the Stoke Newington
part of London. The band imported their residency idea to London playing every Thursday at The Metro Club in SOHO
. The band toured the entire UK, France and Holland between Thursdays. The band also opened shows for Yeah Yeah Yeahs
and Razorlight
.
Loog Records released the Unconditional EP, a limited edition 3 song EP on CD and 12” vinyl containing the songs “Unconditional”, “No Brakes” and “Out of Line”. NME wrote, “Unconditional already has the time-worn feel of an indie classic.” The cover was taken from C. Finley’s oil on canvas named “Colab.” “Unconditional” received heavy airplay on Radio 1 and XFM London
. The band made their TV performance debut on Later with Jools Holland
. The band’s first NME
feature, contained the headline "Raging Hedonists," and exposed their reputation for drinking and partying.
The Bravery played New Year's Eve of 2005 at the Motherfucker Party in New York City. Bassist Mike Hindert was almost arrested for stripping naked and exposing his genitalia, displaying a painted smiley face and the words “Happy New Years”.
The Village Voice
proclaimed the Bravery to be "New York's Official Next Big Thing", while MTV
and Rolling Stone
hailed them as an artist to watch. The band were also tipped in the BBC News website's Sound of 2005 poll as 2005's most promising act.
", was released in the UK on February 28, 2005 and debuted at # 7 on the UK Singles Chart. The single reached # 12 on the US Modern Rock Chart. The CD single contained the b-side “Hey Sunshiney Day.” The 7” Vinyl contained the b-side “Hot Pursuit (Duet Version),” a duet with lead singer Sam Endicott and Gillian Conway (sister of keyboard player John Conway). The Bravery’s second single, "Fearless
" was released in the UK on May 23, 2005. The single's slim line CD featured a cover of "An Cat Dubh" by U2
as the b-side. The b-side for the 7" vinyl was a cover of The Cars
' "It's All I Can Do
". The DVD single contained the Fearless Video as well as Live Footage of "No Brakes" recorded at club Koko
in London on March 1, 2005. C. Finley’s artwork entitled "Lady With A Blunt" was used as the cover art. The "Unconditional" single was released in the UK on August 29, 2005. The slim line CD single contained a Michael Brauer
radio Mix as the A-side and a Benny Benassi
dance remix as the b-side. The remix reached the top 10 on the UK dance charts. The Maxi single contained the b-sides "Oh, Glory" and "An Honest Mistake" remix by Superdiscount. The CD was enhanced with the video for "Unconditional". "Phoenix Girl", an acrylic and graphite drawing on paper by C. Finley’s was used for the cover art.
The Bravery
, was released on March 14, 2005 in the UK (March 29, 2005 in the US). It debuted #5 on the UK Album Chart and #15 on the Irish Chart. C. Finley’s painting “Phoenix” was used as the cover art. The first 10,000 copies in the UK were made with a silver foil cover and a black embossed Phoenix. The band was featured on the cover of the March 12th issue of NME
. The album was released in Europe on April 4, 2005. The band was featured on the cover of the French music magazine Magic
. Australia released the album on May 4. “An Honest Mistake” became a top ten hit on Triple J
radio in Australia.
On May 28, 2005, The Bravery played three shows in one day taking a helicopter from Homelands festival in Winchester, to Birmingham for Duran Duran's concert at the Birmingham City football ground, and then on to London. The Bravery’s last show of the day was the first of three sold out headlining shows at the Astoria. On June 14, 2005, The Bravery supported the opening night of U2’s European tour in Manchester, UK. During The Bravery’s opening song "Rites of Spring", the power failed on stage. The band left the stage coming back 10 minutes later, only to have the power shut off again. Bono wrote a letter to the band thanking them, stating "P.S. If you ever need anything, call Edge, Adam or Larry". The Bravery went on to support other European dates for U2 including a sold out 90,000 capacity Croke Park concert in Dublin on June 27. The Bravery played at Glastonbury Festival
on June 26, 2005. Their set was due to be aired live on BBC Three
in the daytime, but had to be shown well after the watershed, as bass guitarist Mike Hindert stripped naked on stage due to the hot weather and threw himself into the drumkit to end their set. A photo of Mike "Dirt" Hindert’s bum on stage with 40,000 people in the distance was featured in the following issue of the NME and Blender Magazine where Mike was quoted as saying "A bottle of Jager will usually do that to you. It wasn't the best showing of my life. I should get a girl to fluff me beforehand". Dirt’s nakedness is now immortalized on film in Julien Temple
’s Glastonbury The Film
. Throughout 2005, The Bravery sold out headlining shows all over the world and played some of the largest festivals including SXSW, Coachella Music Festival, Glastonbury
and Lollapalooza
. In November and December 2005 and January through March 2006, the band was the supporting act for Depeche Mode
on their Touring the Angel
world tour. The tour traveled all over the US, UK and Europe.
radio stations received the CD pro for The Bravery’s first single "Time Won't Let Me Go
" the same week as the band played in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and the SXSW festival. The single reached the Alternative Top Ten Hit in America.
On May 22, 2007, The Bravery’s second album The Sun and the Moon was released, debuting at number 24 on the US album charts. Endicott describes the new album as a departure from the synth-heavy sound of their debut. The cover and artwork are candid photographs taken by Jo McCaughey and Drew King. Sam Endicott and art designer Andy West, took a newsprint/collage approach to the layout of the album. The Bravery's second single "Believe
" reached number 4 on the US Alternative Charts in April 2008, eleven months after the original release of the album. "Believe" stayed at number 4 for six weeks, becoming the band's biggest radio hit to date.
Two weeks before the release, The Bravery played a number of special shows in New York City, including two secret shows on May 8 at Arlene's Grocery
, the very club that the band credits as the club where they were discovered. The Bravery toured extensively in the US, headlining dates until June. The band headed to Europe on their own headlining tour, stopping to play in Oxegen
and T in the Park
festivals. Between July and September, The Bravery supported Incubus
on their outdoor amphitheatre summer tour. The band then supported The Smashing Pumpkins
on their US theatre tour. In October, The Bravery headed to Mexico where they played Motorkr Festival in Mexico City. They finished 2007 headlining more dates in the US.
iTunes
announced The Bravery as the first artist ever to pre-release a different song every week prior to the album release. On February 19, 2008, the first single, a rerecording of "Believe" debuted on iTunes. A song a week followed: "This Is Not the End" was released on February 26, "Bad Sun" on March 4 and "The Ocean" on March 11.
While on the road, The Bravery continued working on "The Moon" recording on the back of their tour bus, in hotels and dressing rooms. In December 2007, The Bravery headed back into their New York City home studios to finish up their more raw and electronic version of the songs. In January 2008, The band announced the new release of The Sun and the Moon Complete
, a two-disc set featuring "The Sun" (the original Brendan O’Brien produced 12 songs) and "The Moon" (the same exact 12 songs, in the same order, but re-imagined and re-worked by the band). The Sun and the Moon Complete was released on March 18, 2008. A new album cover and packaging accompany the two-disc set. The Bravery's single "Believe" reached number four on the Modern Rock Charts during the week of April 13, 2008. It is the highest chart position for the band in the United States. "Believe" stayed at number 4 for six weeks.
After a disagreement with the band's UK label, The Sun and The Moon was never released in the UK. Endicott addressed the issue for the first time in public during a feature in the November 4, 2009 issue of the NME. "The big thing was the BBC counted us as the best new band of the year and at that point our label lost its shit. We got off a plane in London and there were billboards of us on the highway. Suddenly we weren't this indie band, we were the Spice Girls!" The band has since been in a legal battle with their UK label over the rights of The Sun and The Moon and the band's future releases.
, and that new tunes were "already taking shape". Throughout summer 2009, The Bravery performed songs from their forthcoming third studio album at various shows, including those whilst supporting Green Day
on their 21st Century Breakdown North American Tour. These include 'Hatefuck' and 'Red Hands and White Knuckles'.
In a Billboard feature, Enidcott describes the new album as "more like the first record (in 2005) in that there's a lot of electronics on it, but it still sounds very human. It's also like the first record in that it's a party album. It's uptempo, fun music, although it does have a range of things. There are slower, dreamy songs, and our bass player (Mike Hindert) wrote a song ('She Is So Bendable') that sounds like a '50s ballad."
First single "Slow Poison" debuted on the September 8, 2009. Sam called into these morning shows to debut The Bravery's new single. KROQ – Los Angeles, WRXP – New York, WFNX – Boston, The End – Seattle, 91X – San Diego, The Edge – Phoenix. The video for "Slow Poison" premiered on AOL Spinner Friday November 6, 2009. Another video directed by bass player Mike Hindert for the song "Sugar Pill," was released on November 19, 2009.
On October 1, 2009, The Bravery leaked a video for their new song "Hatefuck" via the band's myspace page. The disturbing video was directed by bass player Mike Hindert and depicts a sadomasochistic scene where the female character wearing a gas mask cuts a vagina into the male character using a knife. Mermaid dolls then enter into the orifice.
The Bravery headlined an entire North American tour prior to the Stir the Blood
, December 1, 2009 release. Fans were able to meet the band after pre-ordering the album. An iTunes pre-order for the album began on Tuesday, November 10. New song "I Am Your Skin" was made available to download when pre-ordering the album.
Like "The Sun and The Moon," "Stir the Blood" was not released in the UK due to a legal battle with the UK label.
On June 2, 2010 a brand new Bravery song entitled "Ours" was released on The Twilight Saga: Eclipse: Soundtrack
through Atlantic Records
. This was the first Bravery song to be released in the UK since their certified gold debut album in 2005.
On December 9, 2010 the band announced a UK tour and London Residency for February 2011. The band's social media sites stated "The group, whose last UK album release was their Gold-selling, Top 5 debut in 2005, have resolved a legal dispute with their former record label and will go on to release a new single and album following a residency at London’s Hoxton Bar and Kitchen and further UK shows."
album, including the single and title track "She Wolf
" and "Men In This Town." She Wolf peaked at number one in Latin America, two in Germany, Ireland, Italy, Estonia and Spain, number three in Switzerland and Austria, number four in the UK, France and Greece, number five in Canada and Belgium, number six in Finland, number nine in Japan as well as number eleven in the US. The third song "Devoción" is featured on Shakira's 2010 Spanish album Sale El Sol
. Bravery drummer Anthony Burulcich plays drums on Shakira's song "Tu Boca" on the album Sale El Sol.
Endicott, Hill and artist Santigold co-wrote "Monday Morning" a song for the new Christina Aguilera
album "Bionic." Dan Martin of the NME
wrote in his album review of Bionic, "Perhaps best of all is ‘Monday Morning.' Written with Santigold and The Bravery’s Sam Endicott, it’s a Day-Glo disco jam that sounds like Gwen Stefani doing ‘Borderline’."
and the trailer for the 2011 film No Strings Attached.
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Rock music
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band from New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
that consists of Sam Endicott
Sam Endicott
Sam Endicott is the lead singer of the The Bravery.- History :Endicott grew up in Brookmont a Washington, DC, suburb of Bethesda, Maryland...
(lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Michael Zakarin
Michael Zakarin
Michael Zakarin is the lead guitarist for The Bravery, a band that originated in New York City.He is also left handed and plays the guitar left-handed as well. He plays a Fender Jazzmaster and a Gibson Les Paul Custom....
(lead guitar [also known as Moose], backing vocals), John Conway
John Conway
John Conway may refer to:* John Horton Conway, mathematician at Princeton University. Popularly known for Conway's Game of Life* John B. Conway, mathematician, functional analyst, George Washington University...
(keyboards, backing vocals), Mike Hindert (bass, backing vocals), and Anthony Burulcich (drums, backing vocals). Their music is a synthesis of both post-punk revival
Post-punk revival
The post-punk revival was a development in alternative rock of the late 20th and early 21st centuries in which bands took inspiration from the original sounds and aesthetics of garage rock of the 1960s and post-punk and New Wave of the late 1970s...
and New Wave
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
.
Formation and rising fame: (2003)
Frontman-songwriter Sam Endicott and keyboardist John Conway were classmates at Vassar CollegeVassar College
Vassar College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, in the United States. The Vassar campus comprises over and more than 100 buildings, including four National Historic Landmarks, ranging in style from Collegiate Gothic to International,...
in Poughkeepsie, New York in the late 1990s. As freshmen, their musical partnership began inauspiciously, playing local bars in mock-ska band Skabba the Hut, which also included CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation....
star Jonathan Togo
Jonathan Togo
Jonathan Togo is an American actor best known for his role in CSI: Miami as Ryan Wolfe.-Childhood:Jonathan Frederick Togo was born in Rockland, Massachusetts, the son of Sheila, unemployed and Michael Togo, a graphic designer...
. The three went on to play together in numerous bands and recording projects, including new wave outfit Conquistador
Conquistador
Conquistadors were Spanish soldiers, explorers, and adventurers who brought much of the Americas under the control of Spain in the 15th to 16th centuries, following Europe's discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus in 1492...
. Upon moving to New York City in early 2000s, Endicott switched from bass guitar to vocals and began writing music that would later become "The Bravery".
Guitarist Michael Zakarin joined after answering an advert in a local paper, and brought with him bassist Mike Hindert, a classmate of his from Georgetown University
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...
in Washington, DC. Drummer Anthony Burulcich was living in Boston, Massachusetts where he had studied percussion at Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music, located in Boston, Massachusetts, is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known primarily as a school for jazz, rock and popular music, it also offers college-level courses in a wide range of contemporary and historic styles, including hip...
. After the death of his sister, Burulcich moved back to his childhood home in Long Island
Long Island
Long Island is an island located in the southeast part of the U.S. state of New York, just east of Manhattan. Stretching northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island contains four counties, two of which are boroughs of New York City , and two of which are mainly suburban...
New York to be with his family. On the day Burulcich was moving, while driving with his belongings in a U-Haul
U-Haul
U-Haul International, Inc. is an American equipment rental company, based in Phoenix, Arizona, that has been in operation since 1945. The company was founded by Leonard Shoen U-Haul International, Inc. is an American equipment rental company, based in Phoenix, Arizona, that has been in operation...
truck, Endicott called him. Endicott and Burulcich were introduced by mutual friends from the New York band Bishop Allen
Bishop Allen
Bishop Allen is an American indie rock band from Brooklyn, New York. The band's core members are Justin Rice and Christian Rudder, who are supported both on stage and in the studio by a rotating cast of musical collaborators...
. Though Burulcich is the official drummer for the band, the majority of the debut album was drummed by Steven Lourie.
The band played their first gig at the Stinger Club in Brooklyn in November 2003. To promote their local shows, they manufactured 1,000 posters and 3 song cd samplers containing the songs "An Honest Mistake", "No Brakes" and "Public Service Announcement". Both items featured the iconic “Phoenix” image by New York artist C. Finley. The same artwork later became the cover of The Bravery’s debut album. The band self promoted themselves by handing out CDs and postering the Lower East Side
Lower East Side
The Lower East Side, LES, is a neighborhood in the southeastern part of the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is roughly bounded by Allen Street, East Houston Street, Essex Street, Canal Street, Eldridge Street, East Broadway, and Grand Street....
of Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
and Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
. The band also promoted themselves on the internet and were one of the first bands on MySpace
MySpace
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to have a profile. Their MySpace profile pointed to the thebravery.com where the same 3 songs were available as downloadable MP3
MP3
MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
s.
Unconditional EP: (2004)
After a few months of headlining and selling out small clubs, The Bravery booked a residency at the Lower East side club Arlene’s GroceryArlene's Grocery
Arlene's Grocery is a bar and music venue in the Lower East Side, Manhattan. It is located at 95 Stanton Street, and has been a bar/venue since 1996....
. The Bravery played every Thursday at 10pm in May 2004. Every show sold out and garnered the attention of many record labels. Around the same time, the band received their first radio airplay on the show 'Alter Ego' hosted by Paul Driscoll on the Boston's WFNX
WFNX
WFNX is a New England commercial alternative rock radio station. The station began broadcasting on Monday, April 11, 1983. It was one of the first American commercial stations to play alternative rock and has become a leading radio station for breaking new alternative music.WFNX broadcasts on 101.7...
. Aaron Axeleson at Live 105
KITS
KITS is a San Francisco, California, USA-based radio station broadcasting at 105.3 MHz. The station is owned by CBS Radio and programs a modern rock format. The station also broadcasts on HD channel L2, locally on Comcast cable channel 986, and is streaming online.-Hot Hits:The station's...
in San Francisco and Zane Lowe
Zane Lowe
Zane Lowe also known as 'Zipper', is a radio DJ and television presenter. He was born in New Zealand and grew up in Auckland, where he was a presenter on the local music station Max TV, before moving to England...
at BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
in the UK, also downloaded the MP3 of "An Honest Mistake" from thebravery.com. With three major radio stations around the world playing the MP3 of "An Honest Mistake" and sold out shows in New York, The Bravery signed in August 2004 to Island Def Jam in the United States and Loog Records
Loog Records
Loog Records is a British independent record label. Loog was created by former NME editor James Oldham in 2003. It is named after former Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham...
in the UK.
For the month of November 2004, The Bravery moved to the Stoke Newington
Stoke Newington
Stoke Newington is a district in the London Borough of Hackney. It is north-east of Charing Cross.-Boundaries:In modern terms, Stoke Newington can be roughly defined by the N16 postcode area . Its southern boundary with Dalston is quite ill-defined too...
part of London. The band imported their residency idea to London playing every Thursday at The Metro Club in SOHO
Soho
Soho is an area of the City of Westminster and part of the West End of London. Long established as an entertainment district, for much of the 20th century Soho had a reputation for sex shops as well as night life and film industry. Since the early 1980s, the area has undergone considerable...
. The band toured the entire UK, France and Holland between Thursdays. The band also opened shows for Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Yeah Yeah Yeahs are an American indie rock band formed in New York City in 2000. The group is composed of vocalist and pianist Karen O, guitarist and keyboardist Nick Zinner, and drummer Brian Chase. They are complemented in live performances by second guitarist David Pajo, who joined as a touring...
and Razorlight
Razorlight
Razorlight are a UK based indie rock band formed in 2002. They are primarily known in the UK, having topped the charts with the 2006 single "America" and its parent self-titled album, their second...
.
Loog Records released the Unconditional EP, a limited edition 3 song EP on CD and 12” vinyl containing the songs “Unconditional”, “No Brakes” and “Out of Line”. NME wrote, “Unconditional already has the time-worn feel of an indie classic.” The cover was taken from C. Finley’s oil on canvas named “Colab.” “Unconditional” received heavy airplay on Radio 1 and XFM London
Xfm London
Xfm London is a commercial radio station in the United Kingdom owned by Global Radio and broadcasts on 104.9 FM in London, on digital radio via 30 DAB multiplexes across the country, Sky, TalkTalk TV and Virgin Media....
. The band made their TV performance debut on Later with Jools Holland
Later with Jools Holland
Later... with Jools Holland is a contemporary British music television show hosted by Jools Holland. A spin-off of The Late Show, it has been running in short series since 1992 and is a part of BBC Two's late-night line-up, usually at around 11pm to 12 midnight...
. The band’s first NME
NME
The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...
feature, contained the headline "Raging Hedonists," and exposed their reputation for drinking and partying.
The Bravery played New Year's Eve of 2005 at the Motherfucker Party in New York City. Bassist Mike Hindert was almost arrested for stripping naked and exposing his genitalia, displaying a painted smiley face and the words “Happy New Years”.
The Village Voice
The Village Voice
The Village Voice is a free weekly newspaper and news and features website in New York City that features investigative articles, analysis of current affairs and culture, arts and music coverage, and events listings for New York City...
proclaimed the Bravery to be "New York's Official Next Big Thing", while MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
and 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...
hailed them as an artist to watch. The band were also tipped in the BBC News website's Sound of 2005 poll as 2005's most promising act.
The Bravery: (2005–2006)
The Bravery’s first single "An Honest MistakeAn Honest Mistake
"An Honest Mistake" is the debut single by New York City-based American indie/alternative rock band The Bravery. The song is the lead track on the band's self-titled debut album The Bravery as well. It was released in the UK on February 28, 2005 and charted as high as #7 in the UK Singles Chart...
", was released in the UK on February 28, 2005 and debuted at # 7 on the UK Singles Chart. The single reached # 12 on the US Modern Rock Chart. The CD single contained the b-side “Hey Sunshiney Day.” The 7” Vinyl contained the b-side “Hot Pursuit (Duet Version),” a duet with lead singer Sam Endicott and Gillian Conway (sister of keyboard player John Conway). The Bravery’s second single, "Fearless
Fearless (The Bravery song)
"Fearless" is the second single from American indie rock band The Bravery's eponymous debut album. It was released in the UK on 23 May 2005 and charted at #43. The b-side is a cover of the U2 song "An Cat Dubh"...
" was released in the UK on May 23, 2005. The single's slim line CD featured a cover of "An Cat Dubh" by U2
U2
U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music...
as the b-side. The b-side for the 7" vinyl was a cover of The Cars
The Cars
The Cars are an American rock band that emerged from the early New Wave music scene in the late 1970s. The band consisted of lead singer and rhythm guitarist Ric Ocasek, lead singer and bassist Benjamin Orr, guitarist Elliot Easton, keyboardist Greg Hawkes and drummer David Robinson...
' "It's All I Can Do
It's All I Can Do
"It's All I Can Do" is a song by the American rock band The Cars. It is the third track from their 1979 album Candy-O. It was written by the band's lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Ric Ocasek, and features the bassist, Benjamin Orr, on vocals...
". The DVD single contained the Fearless Video as well as Live Footage of "No Brakes" recorded at club Koko
Camden Palace
KOKO is a nightclub in a former theatre in Camden Town, London, England, at the bottom of Camden High Street close to Mornington Crescent tube station. Until 2004 it was called the Camden Palace. The building is considered to have some architectural significance and is a Grade II listed...
in London on March 1, 2005. C. Finley’s artwork entitled "Lady With A Blunt" was used as the cover art. The "Unconditional" single was released in the UK on August 29, 2005. The slim line CD single contained a Michael Brauer
Michael Brauer
Michael Brauer is a New York-based mix engineer whose credits encompass a wide range of genres, and include The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Coldplay, John Mayer, Ash, My Morning Jacket, Ben Folds, Dream Theater, The New Radicals, Change, Fountains of Wayne, David Poe, Wilco, Alpha...
radio Mix as the A-side and a Benny Benassi
Benny Benassi
Marco Benassi , better known as Benny Benassi, is a Grammy Award winning Italian disc jockey and record producer of electro house music. He is best known for his 2002 summer club hit "Satisfaction"...
dance remix as the b-side. The remix reached the top 10 on the UK dance charts. The Maxi single contained the b-sides "Oh, Glory" and "An Honest Mistake" remix by Superdiscount. The CD was enhanced with the video for "Unconditional". "Phoenix Girl", an acrylic and graphite drawing on paper by C. Finley’s was used for the cover art.
The Bravery
The Bravery (album)
The Bravery is the self-titled debut album by New York alternative rock band The Bravery, released in March 2005. It peaked at #18 on the U.S. charts and at #5 on the U.K. charts....
, was released on March 14, 2005 in the UK (March 29, 2005 in the US). It debuted #5 on the UK Album Chart and #15 on the Irish Chart. C. Finley’s painting “Phoenix” was used as the cover art. The first 10,000 copies in the UK were made with a silver foil cover and a black embossed Phoenix. The band was featured on the cover of the March 12th issue of NME
NME
The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...
. The album was released in Europe on April 4, 2005. The band was featured on the cover of the French music magazine Magic
Magic (music magazine)
Magic is a French music magazine which is released on a monthly basis. It was formed out of the ashes of a small fanzine produced by music aficionados from France in 1995. The magazine's target readership is composed of young adults, students and young professionals who are keen to pursue the...
. Australia released the album on May 4. “An Honest Mistake” became a top ten hit on Triple J
Triple J
triple j is a nationally networked Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 30. The government-funded station is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...
radio in Australia.
On May 28, 2005, The Bravery played three shows in one day taking a helicopter from Homelands festival in Winchester, to Birmingham for Duran Duran's concert at the Birmingham City football ground, and then on to London. The Bravery’s last show of the day was the first of three sold out headlining shows at the Astoria. On June 14, 2005, The Bravery supported the opening night of U2’s European tour in Manchester, UK. During The Bravery’s opening song "Rites of Spring", the power failed on stage. The band left the stage coming back 10 minutes later, only to have the power shut off again. Bono wrote a letter to the band thanking them, stating "P.S. If you ever need anything, call Edge, Adam or Larry". The Bravery went on to support other European dates for U2 including a sold out 90,000 capacity Croke Park concert in Dublin on June 27. The Bravery played at Glastonbury Festival
Glastonbury Festival
The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, commonly abbreviated to Glastonbury or even Glasto, is a performing arts festival that takes place near Pilton, Somerset, England, best known for its contemporary music, but also for dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret and other arts.The...
on June 26, 2005. Their set was due to be aired live on BBC Three
BBC Three
BBC Three is a television network from the BBC broadcasting via digital cable, terrestrial, IPTV and satellite platforms. The channel's target audience includes those in the 16-34 year old age group, and has the purpose of providing "innovative" content to younger audiences, focusing on new talent...
in the daytime, but had to be shown well after the watershed, as bass guitarist Mike Hindert stripped naked on stage due to the hot weather and threw himself into the drumkit to end their set. A photo of Mike "Dirt" Hindert’s bum on stage with 40,000 people in the distance was featured in the following issue of the NME and Blender Magazine where Mike was quoted as saying "A bottle of Jager will usually do that to you. It wasn't the best showing of my life. I should get a girl to fluff me beforehand". Dirt’s nakedness is now immortalized on film in Julien Temple
Julien Temple
Julien Temple is an English film, documentary and music video director. He began his career with short films featuring the Sex Pistols, and has continued with various off-beat projects, including The Great Rock And Roll Swindle, Absolute Beginners and a documentary film about Glastonbury.-Temple...
’s Glastonbury The Film
Glastonbury (film)
Glastonbury is a 2006 rockumentary film directed by Julien Temple which details the history of the Glastonbury Festival from 1970 to 2005. It is the third attempt to make a film about the festival...
. Throughout 2005, The Bravery sold out headlining shows all over the world and played some of the largest festivals including SXSW, Coachella Music Festival, Glastonbury
Glastonbury Festival
The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, commonly abbreviated to Glastonbury or even Glasto, is a performing arts festival that takes place near Pilton, Somerset, England, best known for its contemporary music, but also for dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret and other arts.The...
and Lollapalooza
Lollapalooza
Lollapalooza is an annual music festival featuring popular alternative rock, heavy metal, punk rock and hip hop bands, dance and comedy performances, and craft booths. It has also provided a platform for non-profit and political groups. The music festival hosts more than 160,000 people over a...
. In November and December 2005 and January through March 2006, the band was the supporting act for Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke...
on their Touring the Angel
Touring the Angel
Touring the Angel was a 2005/2006 concert tour by English electronic group Depeche Mode in support of the act's 11th studio album, Playing the Angel, which was released in October 2005....
world tour. The tour traveled all over the US, UK and Europe.
The Sun and the Moon and the remix edition: (2007–2008)
US modern rockModern rock
Modern rock is a rock format commonly found on commercial radio; the format consists primarily of the alternative rock genre...
radio stations received the CD pro for The Bravery’s first single "Time Won't Let Me Go
Time Won't Let Me Go
"Time Won't Let Me Go" is a song by American alternative rock band The Bravery and is featured on their second album The Sun and the Moon. The song was also released as the first single from that album on March 27, 2007, in the United States . In the United Kingdom, the song was released as a...
" the same week as the band played in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and the SXSW festival. The single reached the Alternative Top Ten Hit in America.
On May 22, 2007, The Bravery’s second album The Sun and the Moon was released, debuting at number 24 on the US album charts. Endicott describes the new album as a departure from the synth-heavy sound of their debut. The cover and artwork are candid photographs taken by Jo McCaughey and Drew King. Sam Endicott and art designer Andy West, took a newsprint/collage approach to the layout of the album. The Bravery's second single "Believe
Believe (The Bravery song)
"Believe" is the second single from the rock band The Bravery's second album The Sun and the Moon. It is the highest charting Modern Rock single for the band, reaching number four. A remixed version of the song appears on The Sun and the Moon Complete....
" reached number 4 on the US Alternative Charts in April 2008, eleven months after the original release of the album. "Believe" stayed at number 4 for six weeks, becoming the band's biggest radio hit to date.
Two weeks before the release, The Bravery played a number of special shows in New York City, including two secret shows on May 8 at Arlene's Grocery
Arlene's Grocery
Arlene's Grocery is a bar and music venue in the Lower East Side, Manhattan. It is located at 95 Stanton Street, and has been a bar/venue since 1996....
, the very club that the band credits as the club where they were discovered. The Bravery toured extensively in the US, headlining dates until June. The band headed to Europe on their own headlining tour, stopping to play in Oxegen
Oxegen
Oxegen is an annual music festival in Ireland held since 2004, sponsored by Heineken. As of 2007, 2008, 2009, the festival has been cited as Ireland's biggest music festival. And by 2009, the festival is cited as the greenest festival, being a 100% carbon neutral event in Ireland. It was previously...
and T in the Park
T in the Park
T in the Park is a major British music festival that has been held annually since 1994. It is named after its main sponsor, the brewing company Tennents. It was originally held at Strathclyde Park, Lanarkshire but since 1997 has been held at a disused airfield in Balado, Kinross-shire...
festivals. Between July and September, The Bravery supported Incubus
Incubus (band)
Incubus is an American rock band from Calabasas, California. The band was formed in 1991 by vocalist Brandon Boyd, lead guitarist Mike Einziger, and drummer Jose Pasillas while enrolled in high school and later expanded to include bassist Alex "Dirk Lance" Katunich, and Gavin "DJ Lyfe" Koppell;...
on their outdoor amphitheatre summer tour. The band then supported The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins are an American alternative rock band that formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1988. Formed by Billy Corgan frontman and James Iha , the band has included Jimmy Chamberlin , D'arcy Wretzky , and currently includes Jeff Schroeder Mike Byrne , and Nicole Fiorentino The Smashing...
on their US theatre tour. In October, The Bravery headed to Mexico where they played Motorkr Festival in Mexico City. They finished 2007 headlining more dates in the US.
iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
announced The Bravery as the first artist ever to pre-release a different song every week prior to the album release. On February 19, 2008, the first single, a rerecording of "Believe" debuted on iTunes. A song a week followed: "This Is Not the End" was released on February 26, "Bad Sun" on March 4 and "The Ocean" on March 11.
While on the road, The Bravery continued working on "The Moon" recording on the back of their tour bus, in hotels and dressing rooms. In December 2007, The Bravery headed back into their New York City home studios to finish up their more raw and electronic version of the songs. In January 2008, The band announced the new release of The Sun and the Moon Complete
The Sun and the Moon Complete
The Sun and the Moon Complete is a remix album by New York-based rock band The Bravery. Disc 1 features the original album released in 2007 and Disc 2 features the same songs as the 2007 album in the same order, re-imagined and re-worked by the band....
, a two-disc set featuring "The Sun" (the original Brendan O’Brien produced 12 songs) and "The Moon" (the same exact 12 songs, in the same order, but re-imagined and re-worked by the band). The Sun and the Moon Complete was released on March 18, 2008. A new album cover and packaging accompany the two-disc set. The Bravery's single "Believe" reached number four on the Modern Rock Charts during the week of April 13, 2008. It is the highest chart position for the band in the United States. "Believe" stayed at number 4 for six weeks.
After a disagreement with the band's UK label, The Sun and The Moon was never released in the UK. Endicott addressed the issue for the first time in public during a feature in the November 4, 2009 issue of the NME. "The big thing was the BBC counted us as the best new band of the year and at that point our label lost its shit. We got off a plane in London and there were billboards of us on the highway. Suddenly we weren't this indie band, we were the Spice Girls!" The band has since been in a legal battle with their UK label over the rights of The Sun and The Moon and the band's future releases.
Stir the Blood: (2009–2010)
Keyboardist John Conway posted on the band's blog that The Bravery were in the studio with producer John Hill, who has previously worked with Santogold and M.I.A.M.I.A. (artist)
Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam , better known by her stage name M.I.A. , is an English singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, painter and director of Sri Lankan Tamil descent. Her compositions combine elements of hip hop, electronica, dance, alternative and world music. M.I.A...
, and that new tunes were "already taking shape". Throughout summer 2009, The Bravery performed songs from their forthcoming third studio album at various shows, including those whilst supporting Green Day
Green Day
Green Day is an American punk rock band formed in 1987. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tre Cool...
on their 21st Century Breakdown North American Tour. These include 'Hatefuck' and 'Red Hands and White Knuckles'.
In a Billboard feature, Enidcott describes the new album as "more like the first record (in 2005) in that there's a lot of electronics on it, but it still sounds very human. It's also like the first record in that it's a party album. It's uptempo, fun music, although it does have a range of things. There are slower, dreamy songs, and our bass player (Mike Hindert) wrote a song ('She Is So Bendable') that sounds like a '50s ballad."
First single "Slow Poison" debuted on the September 8, 2009. Sam called into these morning shows to debut The Bravery's new single. KROQ – Los Angeles, WRXP – New York, WFNX – Boston, The End – Seattle, 91X – San Diego, The Edge – Phoenix. The video for "Slow Poison" premiered on AOL Spinner Friday November 6, 2009. Another video directed by bass player Mike Hindert for the song "Sugar Pill," was released on November 19, 2009.
On October 1, 2009, The Bravery leaked a video for their new song "Hatefuck" via the band's myspace page. The disturbing video was directed by bass player Mike Hindert and depicts a sadomasochistic scene where the female character wearing a gas mask cuts a vagina into the male character using a knife. Mermaid dolls then enter into the orifice.
The Bravery headlined an entire North American tour prior to the Stir the Blood
Stir the Blood
Stir the Blood is the third album by New York-based rock band The Bravery. The album was released on December 1, 2009, and features the single "Slow Poison".-Production:...
, December 1, 2009 release. Fans were able to meet the band after pre-ordering the album. An iTunes pre-order for the album began on Tuesday, November 10. New song "I Am Your Skin" was made available to download when pre-ordering the album.
Like "The Sun and The Moon," "Stir the Blood" was not released in the UK due to a legal battle with the UK label.
Live at the Wiltern Theater: (2010–present)
"Live At The Wiltern Theater" is the Bravery's first live album and concert film. The iTunes exclusive was released on June 8, 2010 and chronicles the Bravery's sold out performance at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles from November 5, 2009. The digital only release features all 18 songs from the show including the band's hits, "An Honest Mistake," "Believe," "Time Won't Let Me Go," "Unconditional," and "Slow Poison." The official iTunes review states "it’s obvious that the NYC quintet has a symbiotic relationship with their audience — the more the crowd gives, the more the band delivers."On June 2, 2010 a brand new Bravery song entitled "Ours" was released on The Twilight Saga: Eclipse: Soundtrack
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (soundtrack)
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse is the soundtrack album to the film The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. It is the third soundtrack in the film's chronology, and was released on June 8, 2010. The soundtrack was once again co-produced by Alexandra Patsavas, the music supervisor for the previous two films...
through Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...
. This was the first Bravery song to be released in the UK since their certified gold debut album in 2005.
On December 9, 2010 the band announced a UK tour and London Residency for February 2011. The band's social media sites stated "The group, whose last UK album release was their Gold-selling, Top 5 debut in 2005, have resolved a legal dispute with their former record label and will go on to release a new single and album following a residency at London’s Hoxton Bar and Kitchen and further UK shows."
Collaborations
While recording the Bravery's Stir The Blood album, Sam Endicott and John Hill co-wrote three songs for the new ShakiraShakira
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...
album, including the single and title track "She Wolf
She Wolf (song)
She Wolf is a song by Colombian singer–songwriter Shakira taken from her third English-language studio album of the same name. Shakira wrote and produced the track with John Hill, and Sam Endicott...
" and "Men In This Town." She Wolf peaked at number one in Latin America, two in Germany, Ireland, Italy, Estonia and Spain, number three in Switzerland and Austria, number four in the UK, France and Greece, number five in Canada and Belgium, number six in Finland, number nine in Japan as well as number eleven in the US. The third song "Devoción" is featured on Shakira's 2010 Spanish album Sale El Sol
Sale el Sol
Sale el sol is the seventh studio album by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira, released on October 19, 2010. The album cover was released on August 31, 2010...
. Bravery drummer Anthony Burulcich plays drums on Shakira's song "Tu Boca" on the album Sale El Sol.
Endicott, Hill and artist Santigold co-wrote "Monday Morning" a song for the new Christina Aguilera
Christina Aguilera
Christina María Aguilera is an American recording artist and actress. Aguilera first appeared on national television in 1990 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The Mickey Mouse Club from 1993–1994...
album "Bionic." Dan Martin of the NME
NME
The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...
wrote in his album review of Bionic, "Perhaps best of all is ‘Monday Morning.' Written with Santigold and The Bravery’s Sam Endicott, it’s a Day-Glo disco jam that sounds like Gwen Stefani doing ‘Borderline’."
In other media
The song "Ours" features on The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (soundtrack)The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (soundtrack)
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse is the soundtrack album to the film The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. It is the third soundtrack in the film's chronology, and was released on June 8, 2010. The soundtrack was once again co-produced by Alexandra Patsavas, the music supervisor for the previous two films...
and the trailer for the 2011 film No Strings Attached.
- The Bravery recorded a cover of The Smashing PumpkinsThe Smashing PumpkinsThe Smashing Pumpkins are an American alternative rock band that formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1988. Formed by Billy Corgan frontman and James Iha , the band has included Jimmy Chamberlin , D'arcy Wretzky , and currently includes Jeff Schroeder Mike Byrne , and Nicole Fiorentino The Smashing...
song "Rocket". The song was released on a cover mount CD for Spin Magazine and on iTunesITunesiTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
as a downloadable single. - The single "UnconditionalUnconditional (song)"Unconditional" was the third single by New York City-based indie/alternative rock band The Bravery. It is also a track on the band's self-titled debut album, The Bravery. It was released in the UK on 29 August 2005 and charted at number 49 in the UK Singles Chart...
" appeared on the video game Ultimate BandUltimate BandUltimate Band is a music video game for the Nintendo DS & Wii. It is developed by Fall Line Studios, and published by Disney Interactive Studios.-Gameplay:...
. It also appeared in Tony Hawk's American Wasteland. - The song "BelieveBelieve (The Bravery song)"Believe" is the second single from the rock band The Bravery's second album The Sun and the Moon. It is the highest charting Modern Rock single for the band, reaching number four. A remixed version of the song appears on The Sun and the Moon Complete....
" appeared in the fourth season of Prison BreakPrison BreakPrison Break is an American television serial drama created by Paul Scheuring, that was broadcast on the Fox Broadcasting Company for four seasons, from 2005 until 2009. The series revolves around two brothers; one has been sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit, and the other devises an...
, in the film Henry Poole Is HereHenry Poole is HereHenry Poole Is Here is a 2008 American drama film directed by Mark Pellington. The screenplay by Albert Torres focuses on a dying man whose religious neighbor insists the water stain on the side wall of his house is an image of Jesus Christ....
, on Gossip GirlGossip Girl (TV series)Gossip Girl is an American teen drama television series based on the book series of the same name written by Cecily von Ziegesar. The series was created by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, and premiered on The CW on September 19, 2007...
episode "The Wild BrunchThe Wild Brunch"The Wild Brunch" is the second episode of the CW television series Gossip Girl. Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage wrote the episode; it was directed by Mark Piznarski...
", in the first season of ReaperReaper (TV series)Reaper is an American television series that focuses on Sam Oliver, a "reaper" who works for the Devil by retrieving souls that have escaped from Hell.The series originally ran on the CW from September 25, 2007 to May 26, 2009....
, on MoonlightMoonlight (TV series)Moonlight was an American paranormal romance television drama created by Ron Koslow and Trevor Munson, who was also executive producer for all episodes with Joel Silver, Gerard Bocaccio, Gabrielle Stanton and Harry Werksman. The series follows private investigator Mick St...
episode "Arrested Development",can be played on the game "Band HeroBand HeroBand Hero is a spinoff video game as part of the Guitar Hero series of music video games, released by Activision on November 3, 2009, for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii and Nintendo DS consoles...
", and heard on the soundtrack of "Madden NFL 08Madden NFL 08Madden NFL 08 is the 2008 edition of the American football video game series published by EA Sports and developed by EA Tiburon. It is the 19th installment in the Madden NFL video game franchise. It features Titans star quarterback Vince Young on the cover. San Diego Chargers defensive end Luis...
". - The song "An Honest MistakeAn Honest Mistake"An Honest Mistake" is the debut single by New York City-based American indie/alternative rock band The Bravery. The song is the lead track on the band's self-titled debut album The Bravery as well. It was released in the UK on February 28, 2005 and charted as high as #7 in the UK Singles Chart...
" (original) was featured on the video game MVP Baseball 2005MVP Baseball 2005MVP Baseball 2005 is a baseball video game developed and published by Electronic Arts. It features former Boston Red Sox left fielder Manny Ramirez on its game cover. The game features full Major League Baseball, Minor League Baseball, and Major League Baseball Players Association licenses. It...
and appeared in the HeroesHeroes (TV series)Heroes is an American science fiction television drama series created by Tim Kring that appeared on NBC for four seasons from September 25, 2006 through February 8, 2010. The series tells the stories of ordinary people who discover superhuman abilities, and how these abilities take effect in the...
season 4 premiere, "OrientationOrientation (Heroes)"Orientation" is the first episode of the fourth season of the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes and the sixtieth episode overall. The episode aired in the US on September 21, 2009...
". - The song "An Honest Mistake (Superdiscount Remix)" was featured on the video game Burnout RevengeBurnout RevengeBurnout Revenge is the fourth video game in the Burnout series of racing games, released for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox on September 13, 2005 and Xbox 360 on March 7, 2006, alongside the PlayStation Portable and Nintendo DS title Burnout Legends....
. - The song "An Honest Mistake was featured on the PS2 game "True Crime - New York City".
- The song "Swollen Summer" was featured on the video game Gran Turismo 4Gran Turismo 4is a racing simulator for the Sony PlayStation 2 which was developed by Polyphony Digital. It was released on December 28, 2004 in Japan and Hong Kong , February 22, 2005 in North America , and March 9, 2005 in Europe , and has since been re-issued under Sony's 'Greatest Hits' line...
and in the movie Yes ManYes Man (film)Yes Man is a 2008 comedy film directed by Peyton Reed, written by Nicholas Stoller, Jarrad Paul and Andrew Mogel and starring Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel, Bradley Cooper, John Michael Higgins, Rhys Darby, Maile Flanagan, Danny Masterson, and Terence Stamp...
. - The song "Time Won't Let Me GoTime Won't Let Me Go"Time Won't Let Me Go" is a song by American alternative rock band The Bravery and is featured on their second album The Sun and the Moon. The song was also released as the first single from that album on March 27, 2007, in the United States . In the United Kingdom, the song was released as a...
" appeared in the TV show Las VegasLas Vegas (TV series)Las Vegas was an American television series broadcast by NBC from September 22, 2003 to February 15, 2008. The show focuses on a team of people working at the ficticional Montecito Resort & Casino dealing with issues that arise within the working environment, ranging from valet parking and...
, season 5, episode 5, Run Copper Run. - The song "Time Won't Let Me Go" appeared in the commercial for the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers playoff game
- The song "Time Won't Let Me Go" appeared in the ending credits of the film Never Back DownNever Back DownNever Back Down is a 2008 action film starring Sean Faris, Amber Heard, Cam Gigandet, and Djimon Hounsou. It was theatrically released on March 14, 2008. The film's respective tagline is "Win or lose.....
which also featured "Above and Below" - The song "The Ocean" appeared on Grey's AnatomyGrey's AnatomyGrey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series created by Shonda Rhimes. The series premiered on March 27, 2005 on ABC; since then, seven seasons have aired. The series follows the lives of interns, residents and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital in...
season 4, episode 3 "Let the Truth Sting". - The song "I Am Your Skin" appeared in the ChuckChuck (TV series)Chuck is an action-comedy/spy-drama television program from the United States created by Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak. The series is about an "average computer-whiz-next-door" named Chuck, played by Zachary Levi, who receives an encoded e-mail from an old college friend now working for the Central...
Season 3 Episode 17 "Chuck Versus the Living DeadChuck Versus the Living Dead"Chuck Versus the Living Dead" is the 17th episode of the third season of Chuck. It was originally aired May 17, 2010. Chuck has another dream which he interprets as indicating Daniel Shaw may actually be alive. Tension mounts as he, Sarah, and Casey search for the truth surrounding Shaw's supposed...
" . - The song "Public Service Announcement" appeared in a promotional commercial for the series Rescue MeRescue Me (TV series)Rescue Me is an American television drama series that premiered on the FX Network on July 21, 2004, and concluded on September 7, 2011. The series focuses on the professional and personal lives of a group of New York City firefighters in the fictitious Ladder 62 / Engine 99 firehouse.The show...
. - The song "FearlessFearless (The Bravery song)"Fearless" is the second single from American indie rock band The Bravery's eponymous debut album. It was released in the UK on 23 May 2005 and charted at #43. The b-side is a cover of the U2 song "An Cat Dubh"...
" appeared at the end of the US-American and German Version of the Movie Night Watch (2004 film)Night WatchA Night Watch is a lookout, guard or patrol at night, in a nautical, military or police context; see Watchman .Night Watch or Nightwatch as a proper name may refer to:-Art:...
. - In 2009, Seattle emcee Macklemore producerHip hop productionHip hop production is the creation of hip hop music. Though the term encompasses all aspects of hip hop music, it's most commonly used to refer to the instrumental, non-lyrical aspects of hip hop. This means that hip hop producers are the instrumentalists involved in a work...
Ryan Lewis sampledSampling (music)In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a different sound recording of a song or piece. Sampling was originally developed by experimental musicians working with musique concrète and electroacoustic music, who physically...
the Bravery's song "Believe" for "Crew Cuts," a track that was an ode to 80's pop culture on their critically acclaimed project, The VS. EP. - In the popular game World of Warcraft there is an Alliance ship named "The Bravery" with "Angelina Soluna" as the ship's captain
- The song "Ours" recently appears in the 2011 Need for SpeedNeed for SpeedNeed for Speed is a series of racing video games published by Electronic Arts and developed by several studios including Canadian-based company EA Black Box and British-based Criterion Games...
game Shift 2: UnleashedShift 2: UnleashedShift 2: Unleashed is a racing video game, the 17th title in the Need for Speed franchise. It was developed by Slightly Mad Studios and published by Electronic Arts...
.
Studio albums
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UK UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
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| 2005 | The Bravery The Bravery (album) The Bravery is the self-titled debut album by New York alternative rock band The Bravery, released in March 2005. It peaked at #18 on the U.S. charts and at #5 on the U.K. charts....
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| 2007 | The Sun and the Moon The Sun and the Moon The Sun and the Moon is the second album by New York-based rock band The Bravery. The album was produced by Brendan O'Brien and released in the United States on May 22, 2007 .... DVD A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions.... ), LP |
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| 2009 | Stir the Blood Stir the Blood Stir the Blood is the third album by New York-based rock band The Bravery. The album was released on December 1, 2009, and features the single "Slow Poison".-Production:... Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment... |
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Live albums
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| 2010 | Live at the Wiltern Theater
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Remix albums
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| 2008 | The Sun and the Moon Complete The Sun and the Moon Complete The Sun and the Moon Complete is a remix album by New York-based rock band The Bravery. Disc 1 features the original album released in 2007 and Disc 2 features the same songs as the 2007 album in the same order, re-imagined and re-worked by the band....
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Singles
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| US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
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IRL Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured... |
UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
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| 2005 | "An Honest Mistake An Honest Mistake "An Honest Mistake" is the debut single by New York City-based American indie/alternative rock band The Bravery. The song is the lead track on the band's self-titled debut album The Bravery as well. It was released in the UK on February 28, 2005 and charted as high as #7 in the UK Singles Chart... " |
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| "Fearless Fearless (The Bravery song) "Fearless" is the second single from American indie rock band The Bravery's eponymous debut album. It was released in the UK on 23 May 2005 and charted at #43. The b-side is a cover of the U2 song "An Cat Dubh"... " |
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| "Unconditional Unconditional (song) "Unconditional" was the third single by New York City-based indie/alternative rock band The Bravery. It is also a track on the band's self-titled debut album, The Bravery. It was released in the UK on 29 August 2005 and charted at number 49 in the UK Singles Chart... " |
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| 2007 | "Time Won't Let Me Go Time Won't Let Me Go "Time Won't Let Me Go" is a song by American alternative rock band The Bravery and is featured on their second album The Sun and the Moon. The song was also released as the first single from that album on March 27, 2007, in the United States . In the United Kingdom, the song was released as a... " |
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Believe (The Bravery song)
"Believe" is the second single from the rock band The Bravery's second album The Sun and the Moon. It is the highest charting Modern Rock single for the band, reaching number four. A remixed version of the song appears on The Sun and the Moon Complete....
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Music videos
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| 2004 | "Unconditional" | Tyler Oliver | US version: party |
| 2005 | "An Honest Mistake" | Mike Palmieri | |
| "Fearless" | Diane Martel Diane Martel Diane Martel is a music video director and choreographer.-Choreographer:1989*Bloodhounds of Broadway 1991*"Shiny Happy People" - R.E.M... |
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| "Unconditional" | Paul Gore Paul Gore Paul Gore is a British ice hockey player from Luton, England. He is a defenceman and head coach for ENL Southern A League team, Milton Keynes Thunder. Gore took over the role as player–head coach after several seasons as assistant to previous head coach Michael Knights... |
UK version: bugs, crows and horses | |
| 2006 | "No Brakes" | Tyler Greco | |
| 2007 | "Time Won't Let Me Go" | Collin,Brad & Brian Palmer | |
| 2008 | "Believe" | Goodtimes & Sam Endicott Sam Endicott Sam Endicott is the lead singer of the The Bravery.- History :Endicott grew up in Brookmont a Washington, DC, suburb of Bethesda, Maryland... |
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| 2009 | "Hatefuck" | Mike Hindert | |
| "Slow Poison" | Ryan Honey & Orion Tait | ||
| "Sugar Pill" | Mike Hindert |