Hurt (band) 4462407 225955580 2008-07-16T05:02:31Z Se7ensmatrix1216 6700593 Moved the "ReConsumation to Present" title up above the ReConsumation details. {{Cleanup|date=April 2008}} {{Infobox musical artist |Name = Hurt |Img = Hurt In Little Rock.JPG |Background = group_or_band |Origin = [[Virginia]] |Instruments = Electric/Acoustic [[guitar]], [[bass guitar|bass]], [[drum kit|drums]], [[violin]], [[dobro]], [[piano]], [[lap steel]], [[banjo]] |Genre = [[Avant-garde metal]]<br>[[Alternative metal]]<br>[[Art rock]]<br>[[Hard rock]] |Years_active = [[2000]]–Present |Label = [[Capitol Records]]<br/>Currently unsigned |URL = [http://www.hurtband.com/ Official site] |Current_members = [[J. Loren Wince]]<br/>Evan Johns<br/>[[Paul Spatola]]<br/>Rek Mohr |Past_members=Wil Quaintance</br>Steven Fletcher</br>[[Joshua Ansley]] }} '''Hurt''' (sometimes typeset as '''HURT''') is an [[alternative metal]] band formed in [[2000]] in [[Virginia]] but that is now located out of [[Los Angeles, California]], United States. Signed to [[Capitol Records]], the band has put out two major label albums. The group consists of lead singer [[J. Loren Wince]], guitarist [[Paul Spatola]], and drummer Evan Johns. Bassist Josh Ansley left the band in April 2008 for personal reasons,<ref name=AnsleyResigns>{{cite web | title=Josh Ansley's Letter of Resignation| url=http://hurt.forumsunlimited.com/index.php?act=announce&f=2&id=13}}, April 3, 2008</ref> and was replaced by Rek Mohr (former bassist for the band Leo) in May 2008. The band first released the independent albums ''[[Hurt (Self-Titled)|Hurt]]'' in [[2000]] and ''[[The Consumation]]'' in [[2003]]. Many of the songs from these albums found their way onto their first two major label releases, and ''The Consumation'' was re-mastered as ''[[The Re-Consumation]]'' in [[2008]]. The band received critical (though not commercial) success with their major label debut album, ''[[Vol. 1 (Hurt album)|Vol. 1]]'', released on [[March 21]], [[2006]]. However, their singles "Rapture" and "Falls Apart" did gain minor radio airplay on rock stations in the United States. Their second album was the critically-acclaimed ''[[Vol. II (Hurt album)|Vol. II]]'', released on [[September 25]], [[2007]], and they gained their largest radio rock hit yet with "Ten Ton Brick." ==History== [[Image:J Loren.jpg|thumb|J. Loren Wince is the lead singer of the band HURT.]] ===J. Loren=== Lead singer J. Loren Wince was born in [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]] on [[August 25]], [[1981]]. Soon moving to Virginia, he lived in the remote regions of [[Halifax, Virginia]] and later relocated to [[Culpeper, VA|Culpeper]], enrolling at [[Germanna Community College]] at the age of 14. His parents exposed him to gospel and classical music, and rock and roll was banned from the household. Wince studied to be a classical violinist and began playing at an early age. Wince cites [[Antonio Vivaldi]] as his idol and greatest influence, but also cites Schubert, Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Bach, Verdi, Handel, both Haydns, Grieg, Puccini, Tchaikovsky, Ravel and others as influences in his music. Rock music was "the only feasible method of getting honest compositions to the public without being an "A" list writer" according to J.<ref name=foruminterview>{{cite web | title=Interview with J. Loren by Michael Shoulders | url=http://hurt.forumsunlimited.com/index.php?showtopic=2674&st=0}}, March 30, 2008</ref> His first composition was a march written for brass and strings inspired by the poem "Charge Of the Light Brigade," which he wrote when he was 10. He then wrote the song "Cold Inside" at the age of 13. His first large public show was at 12 as a violinist accompanying a contemporary band.<ref name=foruminterview>{{cite web | title=Interview with J. Loren by Michael Shoulders | url=http://hurt.forumsunlimited.com/index.php?showtopic=2674&st=0}}, March 30, 2008</ref> [[Image:Evan Johns.jpg|left|thumb|Evan Johns is the drummer of the band HURT.]] ===Evan Johns=== Evan Johns, the drummer of HURT, is the son of acclaimed rock producer [[Andy Johns]], who is most notable for his associations with [[Led Zeppelin]], [[Rolling Stones]], and [[Van Halen]]. Evan Johns was raised in the [[Los Angeles]] area and began playing drums at an early age. Alongside his famous father, Evan is also the nephew of music producer [[Glyn Johns]] ([[The Beatles]], [[The Who]], [[Led Zeppelin]] et al.) and cousin of music producer [[Ethan Johns]] (Glyn's son) ([[Ryan Adams]], [[Kings of Leon]] et al.) [[Image:Paul Spatola.jpg|thumb|[[Paul Spatola]] is the lead guitarist of the band HURT.]] ===Paul Spatola=== [[Paul Spatola]], the lead guitarist for HURT, was born in Brooklyn, NY, and moved to Old Bridge, New Jersey. He has been playing piano since he was 5 years old. He played in a band in high school called Social Butterfly with former HURT bassist Josh Ansley. [[Image:RekMohr.jpg|left|thumb|Rek Mohr is the bassist of the band HURT.]] ===Rek Mohr=== Rek Mohr, formerly of the band Leo, joined Hurt in May, 2008, replacing previous Hurt bassist Josh Ansley. Mohr's first performance with the band was held on May 2, 2008 in Johnson City, Tennessee. It has been confirmed that he will be joining HURT as a permanent bassist.<ref>http://hurt.forumsunlimited.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=3029&view=findpost&p=106283 June 14, 2008</ref> ===Forming the Band=== The band was originally comprised of J. Loren Wince, age 15, and Wil Quaintance. They sought players for years until picking up Steven Fletcher to play the bass. The band was named upon conception of the "Self Titled" cd when J. Loren was approximately 17. There have been 9 bassists, 5 of which were permanent members. There have been 2 lead guitarists and 2 drummers including the current Evan Johns.<ref name=foruminterview>{{cite web | title=Interview with J. Loren by Michael Shoulders | url=http://hurt.forumsunlimited.com/index.php?showtopic=2674&st=0}}, March 30, 2008</ref> ==The First Albums== ==="Self-Titled"=== This album was written and performed solely by J. Loren, with programming on "Confession" by Jonathan Minis. It was made in 2000 and approximately 1,200 copies of it were issued to the public. While not much is known about this album, the ''recorded'' version of the song "Yearn" has been played live. However due to lack of familiarity with the song, it has not been ''performed'' live to the public. The songs Unkind, U-Bleed, Better, Summers Lost and Abuse of SID have appeared on other albums. At this time, there are no details as to whether any of the other tracks will be released in the future. There are also no intentions of re-releasing this album, such as what was done with "The Consumation/Re-Consumation." As J. Loren states, "It was poorly done and actually diminishes from the intentions behind the songs."<ref name=foruminterview>{{cite web | title=Interview with J. Loren by Michael Shoulders | url=http://hurt.forumsunlimited.com/index.php?showtopic=2674&st=0}}, March 30, 2008</ref> ===The Consumation=== "The Consumation" album was written and performed by J. Loren Wince, with Wil Quaintance on drums, Shawn Sawyer on bass and given credits on the song "Unclean," with Brian Winshell on Engineering for "House of Cards" and "Velvet Rolls Royce." This album was released in 2003 in J. Loren's home state of Virginia, with approximately 2000 sold, and around 3000 promos and full albums distributed for free. There is a noted mistake on the back of the original album sleeve, where it is missing the song "Cold Inside." This was not intentional. Due to a lack of sleep over the course of a 6-month period, the track listing was the last thing to be done on the album and was simply overlooked.<ref name=foruminterview>{{cite web | title=Interview with J. Loren by Michael Shoulders | url=http://hurt.forumsunlimited.com/index.php?showtopic=2674&st=0}}, March 30, 2008</ref> Later, someone who was trying to help promote the band asked if he could print additional copies of "The Consumation" for sale in his stores. J. Loren agreed to this. The second edition printing differed from the original version with a simplified color scheme and amateur mastering done at the duplication plants studio. It was not a concern to the band that he was making money off of their album, considering he took a risk himself on printing albums for their up and coming band, until later when these copies started turning up on eBay. The band found out that their fans were bidding an average of $170 for each copy as they were auctioned off one at a time.<ref name=foruminterview>{{cite web | title=Interview with J. Loren by Michael Shoulders | url=http://hurt.forumsunlimited.com/index.php?showtopic=2674&st=0}}, March 30, 2008</ref> A passage of poetry was removed from a song which was then entitled "Way It Was." The song was renamed "Somnambulist" by Wil Quaintance until the album could be finished and the poem, entitled "The Consumation Premise," could be appropriately re-inserted. The song was changed back to "Way It Was.".<ref name=foruminterview>{{cite web | title=Interview with J. Loren by Michael Shoulders | url=http://hurt.forumsunlimited.com/index.php?showtopic=2674&st=0}}, March 30, 2008</ref> ==Discovery== The band (with the original line-up) was discovered by Tom Lewis, an ex-Universal Records A&R who quit his position to manage the band somewhere around 2005. The show was at a The Continental in New York, where a friend of Tom's, Jay Silverman, passed the band's CD on to him..<ref name=foruminterview>{{cite web | title=Interview with J. Loren by Michael Shoulders | url=http://hurt.forumsunlimited.com/index.php?showtopic=2674&st=0}}, March 30, 2008</ref> After the initial contact with lead singer J. Loren, it was another 8 months until they heard from Tom again. They met up with Tom and his company (Metropolitan Hybrid) and the journey began.<ref name=allaccess>{{cite web | title=Interview with HURT by Scott Stratton | url=http://www.allaccessmagazine.com/vol4/issue03/hurt.html}}</ref> The band went to record its demo to help find a record label. After undisclosed issues with the current drummer for the band, session drummer Evan Johns asked if he could be a part of the recording, which J. agreed to.<ref name=hitrock>{{cite web | title=Interview with J. Loren of HURT by Tim Nydell | url=http://www.hitrockbottom.org/hurt.html}}, December 29, 2007</ref> In the process of trying to shop around for a major label, the bass player at the time decided it would be best if he quit the band, at which time they began to seek out his replacement, former [[Streetlight Manifesto]] bassist Josh Ansley.<ref name=hitrock>{{cite web | title=Interview with J. Loren of HURT by Tim Nydell | url=http://www.hitrockbottom.org/hurt.html}}, December 29, 2007</ref> When asked about how he became part of the band, Paul Spatola has been quoted as saying that he received a phone call from Josh Ansley, saying he should fly to New York and try out for the band, as they where looking for guitarists. Paul states, "A month later I didn’t hear anything and I said 'I just gotta fly out there.'" His first performance with the band was at a night club called 'The Mint,' at which time, Paul intended on being with the band for a few days but ended up staying for two weeks. The first day he tried out for the band, and with a little help from Tom Lewis, J. Loren was convinced to bring Paul into the band as the lead guitarist.<ref name=allaccess>{{cite web | title=Interview with HURT by Scott Stratton | url=http://www.allaccessmagazine.com/vol4/issue03/hurt.html}}</ref> The next day, the band played a showcase in New York, at which time they had spoken with several record companies including Columbia, Interscope, Island, Universal, Virgin and Atlantic, but nothing came of these conversations.<ref name=allaccess>{{cite web | title=Interview with HURT by Scott Stratton | url=http://www.allaccessmagazine.com/vol4/issue03/hurt.html}}</ref> Initially, Capitol Records had purchased the album, Vol. I, from the band at cost which was approximately 100k. No other apparent changes other than signing the recordings rights to them took place.<ref name=foruminterview>{{cite web | title=Interview with J. Loren by Michael Shoulders | url=http://hurt.forumsunlimited.com/index.php?showtopic=2674&st=0}}, March 30, 2008</ref> ==Major Label Albums== ===Vol. I and Vol. II=== Both Vol. I and Vol. II were recorded together, and the plan initially was to have them come out immediately, but at the time they had just been signed to Capitol and that was too much of an investment for a major label to put out a dual-CD and the touring to support it. Instead, they took the time to re-record Vol. II and improved upon it.<ref>{{cite web | title=Hurt Elevate Worn Road Of Hard Rock by Brett Hickman | url=http://www.staticmultimedia.com/music/features/hurt_elevate_worn_road_of_hard_rock}}, Oct. 21, 2007</ref> Vol. I was released on March 21, 2006, and can be found on Capitol Records. The album was Produced by Eric Greedy, with Executive Producer Janelle Lewis. Lyrics by J. Loren Wince. Musical performances by J. Loren Wince (vocals, guitar, violin), Evan Johns (drums, piano), Josh Ansley (bass, backing vocals) and Paul Spatola (guitar, backing vocals). This album has produced three singles including "Rapture," "Falls Apart" and "Danse Russe." Vol. II was released on September 25, 2007, and can be found on Capitol Records. The album was Produced by Eric Greedy with J. Loren Wince (vocals, guitar, violin, banjo), Evan Johns (drums), Josh Ansley (bass) and Paul Spatola (guitar, dobro, piano). The album has seen two singles, "Ten Ton Brick" and "Loded," a popular selection from a poll taken on the band's forums. ==The Re-Consumation to Present== The Re-Consumation album was released on February 19, 2008, as a means to complete the foretold story contained within "The Consumation" ...and also to save fans a bunch of money. This album was edited by J. Loren Wince, adding three files as a new recordings, while the other two edits had been recorded at the time of conception and intentionally withheld for the specific purpose of its re-release. The song "Somnambulist" was renamed to "Way it Was" simply because it was always to be named that since it was written. States J. Loren, "The song is a vignette into a moment from the past which could not be completed in the present. This is why Mr. Quaintance chose its temporary name for me. This is the only song in my repertoire which I did not name."<ref name=foruminterview>{{cite web | title=Interview with J. Loren by Michael Shoulders | url=http://hurt.forumsunlimited.com/index.php?showtopic=2674&st=0}}, March 30, 2008</ref> On April 3, 2008, Hurt bassist Joshua Ansley announced via the band's forums & Myspace that he would be leaving the band to pursue his dreams in the field of Acting/Writing/Directing.<ref name=AnsleyResigns>{{cite web | title=Josh Ansley's Letter of Resignation| url=http://hurt.forumsunlimited.com/index.php?act=announce&f=2&id=13}}, April 3, 2008</ref> On May 12, 2008, Capitol Records informed the band that they would be dropping Hurt from their label. Although no official reason was given, Loren suspects that it was for "purely financial" reasons. <ref name=bandreleased>{{cite web | title=Music comes first - even without record label | url=http://www.al.com/entertainment/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/entertainment/1210842924268780.xml&coll=1}}, May 15, 2008</ref> Touring will continue as planned. ==Unreleased Songs== '''CONNECTSets''' #"Falls Apart" #"Shallow" #"Rapture" #"Danse Russe" [Also Known As Danse Russe (Raw Mix)] The CONNECTSets songs are part of a digital download from many of the online music stores such as Amazon. These songs were recorded in studio, and sound much like the versions that are performed at live shows. '''OTHERS''' #"Rapture" (Studio Acoustic) #"Falls Apart" (Studio Acoustic) #"Danse Russe" (Studio Acoustic) #"Unkind" (Acoustic) #"Better" (Demo) #"Incomplete" #"Yearn" #"Talking to God" (Alternative Mix) #"Danse Russe" (WCCC Acoustic) #"On the Radio" (Alternative Mix) All the songs here, except for Incomplete, were put on HURT's official MySpace page at one point or another, with some able to be downloaded. Acoustic versions of Ten Ton Brick, Alone With The Sea, Talking To God and Assurance have surfaced but none of them have been officially released. The song titled "Incomplete" is an unreleased song that, to this point, has only been performed live. Several live versions of this song have been recorded by fans, but no official release of this song exists. ---- == Discography == '''Studio Albums''' {| class="wikitable" |- ! rowspan="2"| '''Album''' ! rowspan="2"| '''Date''' ! rowspan="2"| '''Label''' ! colspan="2"| '''Peak Chart Position'''<ref name=albumchart>{{cite web | title=Billboard Hurt Albums Chart History (2008) | url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=711315&model.vnuAlbumId=1078199|accessdate=2008-02-07}}</ref> |- ! width="86"| <small>[[Billboard 200]]</small> ! width="86"| <small>[[Top Heatseekers]]</small> |- | ''[[Hurt (Self-Titled)]]'' | 2000 | (self released) ! - ! - |- | ''[[The Consumation]]'' | 2003 | (self released) ! - ! - |- | ''[[Vol. 1 (Hurt album)|Vol. 1]]'' | [[March 21]], [[2006]] | [[Capitol Records]] ! # 175 ! # 7 |- | ''[[Vol. II (Hurt album)|Vol. II]]'' | [[September 25]] [[2007]] | [[Capitol Records]] ! # 101 ! # 1 |- |} '''Other Albums''' {|class="wikitable" ! rowspan="1"| '''Release''' ! rowspan="1"| '''Title''' ! rowspan="1"| '''Label''' |- |[[2007]] |[[The Blackmarket EP]] |(self released) |- |[[2008]] |[[The Re-Consumation]] |[[Adrenaline Music]] |- |} '''Singles''' {| class="wikitable" ! rowspan="2"| '''Year''' ! rowspan="2"| '''Title''' ! colspan="3"| '''Chart positions'''<ref>{{cite web | title=Billboard Hurt Singles Chart History (2008) | url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Singles&model.vnuArtistId=711315&model.vnuAlbumId=1078199|accessdate=2008-02-07}}</ref> ! rowspan="2"| '''Album''' |- ! <small>US [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]]</small> ! <small>US [[Modern Rock Tracks chart|Modern Rock]]</small> ! <small>US [[Mainstream Rock Tracks chart|Mainstream Rock]]</small> |- | 2006 | "Rapture" ! - ! - ! #17 | ''[[Vol. 1 (Hurt album)|Vol. 1]]'' |- | 2006 | "Falls Apart" ! - ! - ! #16 | ''Vol. 1'' |- |2007 | "Ten Ton Brick" ! - ! #28 ! #6 | ''[[Vol. II (Hurt album)|Vol. II]]'' |- |2008 | "Loded" ! - ! - ! #33 | ''Vol. II'' |- |} ==Members== ===Current=== *J. Loren Wince - vocals, guitar, violin, banjo <small>([[2000]]-present)</small> *[[Paul Spatola]] - lead guitar, backing vocals, dobro, piano <small>([[2004]]-present)</small> *Rek Mohr - bass <small>([[2008]]-present)</small> *Evan Johns - drums, piano <small>([[2004]]-present)</small> ===Former=== *Steven Fletcher - bass <small>([[2000]]-[[2004]])</small> *[[Joshua Ansley]] - bass, backing vocals <small>([[2004]]-[[2008]])</small> *Wil Quaintance - drums <small>([[2000]]-[[2004]])</small> == References == {{Reflist}} ==External links== ===Official=== *[http://www.hurtband.com/ Hurt's Official Website] *{{MySpace-music|hurt|Hurt}} *[http://hurt.forumsunlimited.com/ Hurt's Official Fan Forum] *[http://www.hurtmerch.com/ Hurt Merchandise] *[http://www.capitolrecords.com/artists/home.aspx?artistID=921585 Capitol Records Page] *[http://www.hurt.fi/ Hurt's Official Finnish Website] *{{purevolume | id = hurtmusic | label = Hurt}} ===Interviews=== *J. Loren Interview on Crusher Magazine, Apr. 2008 [http://www.crushermagazine.com/features4_08/feathurt.htm link] *Hurt acoustic performance on UGO.com, Apr. 2008 [http://www.ugo.com/music/raw/?cur=hurt link] *J. Loren Interview on the HURT Forums, Mar. 2008 [http://hurt.forumsunlimited.com/index.php?showtopic=2674&st=0 link] *J. Loren Interview on SHOUT! Music Webzine, Feb. 2008 [http://www.a-pathetic.net/zine/archives/431 link] *J. Loren interview on Rock Bottom.org, Dec. 2007 [http://www.hitrockbottom.org/hurt.html link] *Paul Spatola Interview on Ultimate Guitar.com, Nov. 2007 [http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/hurt_people_compare_us_to_pink_floyd_for_some_reason.html link] *J. Loren Interview on Type 3 Media, Oct. 2007 [http://www.type3media.com/interviews/jloreninterview10032007.html link] *Josh Ansley Interview on Type 3 Media, Oct. 2007 [http://www.type3media.com/interviews/joshansleyinterview10112007.html link] *Paul Spatola Interview on Lancaster Online, Oct. 2007 [http://local.lancasteronline.com/4/210429 link] *J. Loren Interview on Rockin Music Reviews, Oct. 2007 [http://www.rockinmusicreviews.com/interviews2/hurt.html link] *J. Loren Interview on Vindy.com, Oct. 2007 [http://www.vindy.com/content/entertainment/290519516213300.php link] *J. Loren and Paul Spatola interview on Revenant Media, Sept. 2007 [http://www.revenantmedia.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1209&Itemid=37 1] [http://www.revenantmedia.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1210&Itemid=37 2] *Hurt interview on All Access Magazine.com, 2006 [http://www.allaccessmagazine.com/vol4/issue03/hurt.html link] [[Category:Musical groups established in 2000]] [[Category:American alternative metal musical groups]] [[Category:2000s music groups]] [[Category:Post-grunge groups]] [[Category:Capitol Records artists]] [[Category:Avant-garde metal musical groups]] [[de:Hurt (Band)]] [[fi:Hurt]] [[pl:Hurt (amerykańska grupa muzyczna)]] {{Navbox Musical artist | name = Hurt | title = [[HURT (band)|Hurt]] | background = group_or_band | above = '''J. Loren Wince'''{{·}} '''[[Paul Spatola]]'''{{·}} '''Rek Mohr'''{{·}} '''Evan Johns'''<br>Joshua Ansley{{·}} Steven Fletcher{{·}} Wil Quaintance | group1 = Studio Albums | list1 = ''[[Hurt (Self-Titled)]]'' {{·}} ''[[The Consumation]]'' {{·}} ''[[Vol. 1 (Hurt album)|Vol. 1]]'' {{·}} ''[[Vol. II (Hurt album)|Vol. II]]'' | group2 = Other Albums | list2 = ''[[The Blackmarket EP]]''{{·wrap}} ''[[The Re-Consumation]]'' | group3 = Singles | list3 = "Rapture"{{·wrap}} "Falls Apart"{{·wrap}} "Ten Ton Brick"{{·wrap}} "Loded" }}