Year Long Disaster
is a hard rock band from Los Angeles, California. They released their first self-titled album in 2007 on Volcom Entertainment
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History
The band had its beginnings in 2003 when guitarist and singer
Daniel Davies, 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 crack binges
[1]. Over the next 7 months they spent time in
drug rehabilitation and
halfway houses.
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 (unbeknown to the band at the time). Daniel and Rich asked Brad to have a jam. Around that time
Third Eye Blind was asked to play as the Kinks on the show
American Dreams
. Brad 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 9th 2007. They were named one of the best new bands for 2008 in the artists to watch feature in
Rolling Stone Magazine. They most recently 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.
Touring
Year Long Disaster has toured nationally with
Motörhead,
Foo Fighters,
Clutch,
The Riverboat Gamblers,
Totimoshi,
The Sword,
Valient Thorr,
Turbonegro &
The Cult
Year Long Disaster has toured the UK and Europe with
Viking Skull,
Velvet Revolver,
Turbonegro &
Exile Parade.
Discography
- Year Long Disaster (2007) (Volcom Entertainment)
References
- http://www.yearlongdisaster.com/