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Pierce the Veil is an American rock band from San Diego, California. Formed in 2006, the group was founded by brothers Vic and Mike Fuentes after the disbandment of the group Before Today (formerly Early Times), which was formed out of the San Diego punk rock scene. Pierce the Veil has released three studio albums and has continuously been inducted into several worldwide tours since the release of their debut album, A Flair for the Dramatic in 2007 and Selfish Machines in 2010. A new album, titled Collide with the Sky, was recently announced for release on July 17th, 2012,...
Webb Michael Pierce (August 8, 1921 – February 24, 1991) was one of the most popular American honky tonk vocalists of the 1950s, charting more number one hits than any other country artist during the decade.
His biggest hit was "In the Jailhouse Now," which charted for 37 weeks in 1955, 21 of them at number one. Pierce also charted number one for several weeks' each with his recordings of "Slowly" (1954), "Love, Love, Love" (1955), "I Don't Care" (1955), "There Stands the Glass" (1953), "More and More" (1954), "I Ain't Never" (1959), and his first number one "Wondering," which...
From the musical film Mamma Mia! released on 2008. Both actors performed ABBA covers such as S.O.S., When All Is Said & Done (both together) and Our Last Summer (along with other members of the cast). .
The acoustic rock band Jackopierce was formed by Jack O'Neill and Cary Pierce in their hometown of Dallas, Texas in 1988. Their style focused around vocal harmonies and acoustic guitars which earned the duo a loyal local following and soon began touring the country.
Over the next ten years, Jackopierce toured the world (3 continents, 10 countries, 44 US states) selling out venues everywhere they went. They shared stages with Dave Matthews Band, matchbox twenty, Counting Crows, The Wallflowers, Vertical Horizon, Sheryl Crow, Jewel, Lyle Lovett, No Doubt, Collective Soul, Train, Semisonic and many others. During that time, they sold...
Jeffrey Lee Pierce (June 27, 1958 - March 31, 1996) was one of the founding members of the 1980s punk band The Gun Club, along with Kid Congo Powers (of Kid Congo Powers and the Pink Monkey Birds, who later joined The Cramps. Pierce died in 1996.
In the 1980s Pierce and his band released a number of albums, of which the first one can be regarded as a lasting achievement and one of the best punk albums of the early 1980s: "Fire of Love" contained several songs that won critical acclaim, above all "Sex Beat" and "She's Like Heroin...
