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THE VIOLET

Quagmires of Piss & Bullshit

About Me

The Violet has been around since early 2006 and started out originally as a metalcore formation. Since the start they have been playing shows non-stop (75 shows in two years time) and supported bands such as Boy Sets Fire, The Chariot, Architects, Janez Detd, El Guapo Stuntteam, Face Tomorrow, The Setup, The Sedan Vault, Sparkle Of Hope, Campus and many, many more…

In the meantime they have traded their metalcore approach towards music for a more (southern) rock vibe, whilst still maintaining their hardcore-ethic.

With a new singer in the ranks, The Violet can be loosely compared to bands like Every Time I Die, Maylene & The Sons Of Disaster and He Is Legend with a twist of Norma Jean, if you will…

Having just released an EP/CD entitled 'Quagmires Of Piss And Bullshit... The Violet is back!

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Member Since: 11/13/2005
Band Website: myspace.com/thevioletfew
Band Members:
Steve // Vocals
Kristof // Guitar
Sander // Guitar
Jelle // Drums
Jo // Bass
Influences: Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster, Every Time I Die, He is Legend, Norma Jean, Gallows, Darkest Hour, Megadeth, Mastodon, Pantera, The Bronx, Guns n’ Roses, ZZ Top, Kyuss, Thin Lizzy, Deep Purple, ...
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My Blog

the violet: myspace talent of the week @ cutting edge

The VioletMoerassen van zeik en koeienstront.. The Violet gaat nu al twee jaar mee. Kristof Meekers - het ijsboerke uit de regio Noord-Limburg - zag zijn vorige band Lost in Rhone uiteenspatten en hok...
Posted by THE VIOLET on Sat, 03 May 2008 02:28:00 PST

"QUAGMIRES OF PISS AND BULLSHIT" ONLINE

Yep Folks!As you might have noticed, we put all the songs (except for one actually) that will be featured on "Quagmires Of Piss And Bullshit" on here. Nothing much else to tell you guys and girls.. Ju...
Posted by THE VIOLET on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:52:00 PST

apes on tapes revisited pt5 - the mix

Rob and myself have locked ourselves in the studio for a few evenings to get all the pieces in the puzzle to connect nicely. (in the meantime there’s already a rough and short preview online for...
Posted by THE VIOLET on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:27:00 PST

apes on tapes revisited pt4 - finishing up

In the meantime we have recorded all steve’s vocals, and today had some fun doing backings. We’d like to thank Dries, Tijs, Rik, Karsten, Ilse, Celine and Elise for lending us their beauti...
Posted by THE VIOLET on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:28:00 PST

apes on tapes revisited pt3 - doin’ vox

yes, ladies and gents, we have finally arrived at the vocal stage of our recording effort. Since Rob is resorting to playing with his kids more than turning knobs, i’ve been pressing ’reco...
Posted by THE VIOLET on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 06:05:00 PST

apes on tapes revisited pt2

so yes.. we've finished the instrumental part of the record once again.. needless to say that by doing it over it sounds even better than before (at least to us, for now).we'll post some pictures of o...
Posted by THE VIOLET on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST

apes on tapes revisited pt1

yesterday we went back to the apes on tapes studio to re-record all the guitars.sander and me completed all the rhythm tracks and left the leads and solo's for today. jo will also slap his bass licks ...
Posted by THE VIOLET on Sun, 10 Feb 2008 02:59:00 PST

back in full effect

we're delighted to inform you that we're a 5-piece rock-outfit again. we have found a new singer by the name of steve (with whom i played in lost in rhone) and will be hitting the stage with him for t...
Posted by THE VIOLET on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:09:00 PST

filip’s departure

filip left the band for personal reasons, which we as a band can understand. we won't be posting reasons on here as they will all eventually be subject to speculations and such. ask filip if you reall...
Posted by THE VIOLET on Sat, 24 Nov 2007 03:35:00 PST

STUDIO REPORT day 5

saturday oct. 13thThe instrumental part of our EP is done. We had some champagne, and went on to play a show in Herk. So basically we added Sander's last songs, redid the whole bass parts, and I slapp...
Posted by THE VIOLET on Sun, 14 Oct 2007 03:09:00 PST