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Pierce The Veil

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San Diego post-hardcore romantics enjoying a massive TikTok-era second act — the scene's most swooned-over comeback.

Pierce the Veil formed in San Diego in 2006 around brothers Vic and Mike Fuentes, who had previously played together in the band Before Today; the new name came from a song on Before Today's final album. Bassist Jaime Preciado and lead guitarist Tony Perry joined the following year, rounding out the lineup that recorded the band's debut.

That debut, A Flair for the Dramatic, was written and recorded in Seattle with producer Casey Bates and released in 2007. The band toured constantly behind it, playing Vans Warped Tour dates and package tours alongside A Day to Remember, Chiodos, Emery, All Time Low and Sleeping with Sirens.

Their music sits in post-hardcore, combining screamed and clean vocals, intricate guitar work and pop-leaning choruses, with occasional Latin and acoustic flourishes that reflect the band's San Diego and Mexican-American background.

Selfish Machines, produced by Mike Green, followed in 2010. Collide with the Sky arrived in 2012 as the band's first release for Fearless Records, its single "King for a Day" helping the album debut at No. 12 on the Billboard 200. Misadventures followed in 2016.

They became one of the more prominent bands of the late-2000s and 2010s American post-hardcore scene, touring heavily and building a following alongside peers such as Sleeping With Sirens. After a long gap, the band released The Jaws of Life in 2023, and renewed interest in their older material through social media brought them a substantially larger audience and a return to large-venue touring.

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