Bullets and Octane
Bullets and Octane, Copyright Sony BMG/RCA
Background information
Origin	Orange County, California, USA
Genre(s)	Alternative Rock
Years active	2004 – Present
Label(s)	Sony BMG/RCA Records Criterion Records
Associated acts	Ultrafink, Adair
Website	Official website
Members
Gene Louis Ty Smith James Daniel Brent Clawson
Former members
Skye Jane Jack Tankersley Nate Large Matt Rainwater

Bullets and Octane are a punk influenced, gritty rock band originally from St. Louis, Missouri and now based in Southern California (as Referenced in the song "Cancer California"). The band has been touring in Europe and North America since December 31, 2000, playing as a support band for Avenged Sevenfold, Social Distortion, Bad Religion, Eagles of Death Metal and Flogging Molly amongst others, as well as headlining for a few months in 2006. Image File history File links Bullets_and_Octane. ... Official website: http://www. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Alternative rock (also called alternative music[1] or simply alternative) is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Bertelsmann is a transnational media corporation founded in 1835, based in G tersloh, Germany. ... RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony BMG Music Entertainment. ... Adair is a post-hardcore band from St. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article about a musical group, band, singer, musician, album, or song does not make it clear whether the subject meets the WikiProject Music criteria for importance. ... James Daniel is the lead guitarist for rising Californian hard rock band Bullets and Octane. ... Brent Clawson is the bassist for Californian hard rock band Bullets and Octane. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Nickname: Gateway City, Gateway to the West, or Mound City Location in the state of Missouri Coordinates: Country United States State Missouri County Independent City Mayor Francis G. Slay (D) Area    - City 66. ... Downtown Los Angeles Skyline Southern California, also colloquially referred to as SoCal, is an informal name for the megalopolis and nearby desert that occupies the southern-most quarter of the U.S. state of California. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Avenged Sevenfold, sometimes abbreviated to A7X, is a heavy metal/hard rock, and formerly metalcore, band from Huntington Beach, California. ... Social Distortion (often known as Social D or SxDx) is a punk band that originally formed in 1978 by frontman Mike Ness. ... Bad is a hardcore punk/punk rock band that was originally formed in Southern California in 1980 by Jay Bentley (bass), Greg Graffin (vocals), Brett Gurewitz (guitars) and Jay Ziskrout (drums). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Flogging Molly is a seven-piece Irish American Celtic punk band, that formed in Los Angeles and is currently signed under SideOneDummy Records. ...

History

In 2003 Bullets and Octane released an EP, called One Night Stand Rock N' Roll Band, In 2004, they released their first album The Revelry on Criterion Records, (Later Re-Released on Ares Records), which featured some remastered/re-recorded tracks off their first EP. Their latest album, In the Mouth of the Young, was released in April 2006 on the bands first Major Record label, Sony BMG/RCA Records. The band also released a cover of Billy Idol's "Rebel Yell" for a Local So-Cal Sampler and an unreleased original B-Side "Mannequin" Which appears to be from the "Revelry" days, has since leaked onto the Internet. The band toured with the Family Values Tour 2006, along with such bands as Dir en grey, a Japanese rock band that is slowly becoming increasingly popular in the US, Korn, Flyleaf, and Deftones. While this marked the first time opening up to such a large (and new type of) audience, It also marked the first time the band played in Eastern Canada, at the Toronto, Ontario, Canada stop of the tour (none of the bands' material is distributed in Canada, so there are a select few people in the country that know of/listen to the band). They have played one show in Vancouver in 2005 while opening for Avenged Sevenfold. They were later asked to join Avenged Sevenfold on the rest of Avenged's City Of Evil Tour. EP can stand for: EP is the IATA code for Iran Aseman Airlines Extended play, a music recording (usually consisting of several tracks, but shorter than a typical album) European Parliament, the parliamentary body of the European Union Evolutionary psychology, a belief that psychology can be better understood in light... Bullets and Octane are a punk influenced, gritty rock band originally from St. ... In the Mouth of the Young is an album by the band Bullets and Octane. ... Bertelsmann is a transnational media corporation founded in 1835, based in G tersloh, Germany. ... RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony BMG Music Entertainment. ... Billy Idol (born William Michael Albert Broad, 30 November 1955 in Middlesex) is an English hard rock/new wave musician. ... Confederate Soldiers Charge at the Battle of Shiloh The rebel yell (sometimes called the Pibroch of the Confederacy) was a battle cry used by Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War. ... Downtown Los Angeles Skyline Southern California, also colloquially referred to as SoCal, is an informal name for the megalopolis and nearby desert that occupies the southern-most quarter of the U.S. state of California. ... The Family Values Tour was created by the band Korn in 1998 to be an annual Hard Rock/Metal tour. ... Dir en grey is a Japanese rock band formed in 1997. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Korn (sometimes typeset as KoЯn to fit their logo) is a Grammy Award-winning band from Bakersfield, California. ... Flyleaf is an alternative metal Christian band from Texas. ... Deftones are a Grammy award-winning experimental rock band from Sacramento, California. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages None Flower White Trillium Tree Eastern White Pine Bird Common Loon Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation  - House seats  - Senate seats 106 24 Area Total... Avenged Sevenfold, sometimes abbreviated to A7X, is a heavy metal/hard rock, and formerly metalcore, band from Huntington Beach, California. ... Avenged Sevenfold, sometimes abbreviated to A7X, is a heavy metal/hard rock, and formerly metalcore, band from Huntington Beach, California. ... City of Evil is Avenged Sevenfolds third full-length album. ...

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"Caving In" Music Video

Bullets filmed their new video for the song "Caving In" off of there new album on October 29th, 2006. The video was written and directed by Nick Lambrou (Goldfinger, The Used, Adair). The video is currently in the final stages of editing. Nick Lambrou (born 1983 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, USA) is an American music video director/editor. ... Goldfinger is the seventh novel in Ian Flemings James Bond series. ... The Used are a rock band from Orem, Utah, with two gold albums. ... Adair is a post-hardcore band from St. ...

Current members

The four members of Bullets and Octane are as follows:

• Lead Singer: Gene Louis
• Lead Guitarist: James Daniel
• Bassist: Brent Clawson
• Drummer: Ty Smith.

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Former Members

• Guitars: Skye Jane
  
• Guitars: Jack Tankersley
  
• Guitars: Nate Large
  
• Drums: Matt Rainwater

Discography

• One Night Stand Rock N' Roll Band (EP) (2003)
• The Revelry (2004)
• In the Mouth of the Young (2006)

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Trivia

• Bullets and Octane's Music has appeared in a few video games to date including "Pirates" being in the game "MX vs. ATV Unleashed" and "I Ain't Your Savior" was in the game WWE Smackdown Vs Raw 2007.
• The song "Save Me Sorrow" was played during a video montage at Wrestlemania 22.

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External links

• Official homepage
• MySpace Profile