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| - My Freaky Valentine are an English Pop-Rock or Pop-Punk band, hailing from Coventry, and were formed by school friends Hayley Williams (Guitar/Vocals) and Lewis Mason (Drums/Vocals), under original name, Neckties And Nails. The band cite many influences from different genres, such as strong holding Pop-Rock giants New Found Glory and Jimmy Eat World, to more mid-ranged Pop/Punk bands such as Motion City Soundtrack or The Mascara Story, to broad ends of genre spectrum with bands such as The Get Up Kids, Coheed And Cambria, InMe and Modest Mouse.
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| - My Freaky Valentine are an English Pop-Rock or Pop-Punk band, hailing from Coventry, and were formed by school friends Hayley Williams (Guitar/Vocals) and Lewis Mason (Drums/Vocals), under original name, Neckties And Nails. The band cite many influences from different genres, such as strong holding Pop-Rock giants New Found Glory and Jimmy Eat World, to more mid-ranged Pop/Punk bands such as Motion City Soundtrack or The Mascara Story, to broad ends of genre spectrum with bands such as The Get Up Kids, Coheed And Cambria, InMe and Modest Mouse. In their early days, Neckties And Nails consisted of a six-piece line-up consiting of Hayley Williams on Vocals/Guitars, Lewis Mason on Drums, Lauryn Emmett on Bass, Stefan Smith on Keyboards, Darren Sparks on Lead Guitar, and Daniel Adams on Vocals/Rhythm Guitar. The band proceeded to remove Adams from the line-up due to number issues, and faced drop-outs from Emmett, who left due to not being able to keep up with the live schedule, and Sparks, leaving because of personal differences with certain band members. This left the band as a three piece. Calls were put in, and Williams and Mason were able to persuade old friend Cat Long to join as Bassist, and Mason's previous girlfriend, Emily Magdij to join as second Guitarist. Soon after, the band set up their first club mini-headline tour, and changed their "awful name" to My Freaky Valentine, a name concieved by Drummer/Vocalist Lewis Mason. Soon after, the band wnt into William's basement studio, and wrote and recorded a small set of tracks, including songs such as "Nothing To Lose (Bring It On)", "All I Have Left" (and a song which would later be on the band's debut album) and "Covered In Glitter". Other demos recorded "Too Much Punch" and "Make Me" would then promptly be dropped live, and not resurface for a long while. After putting out an independent self-titled demo, the band found their live demand escalating, and Keyboardist Smith was forced to leave the band due to his demanding studies at college. Williams quickly replaced the gap with friend Josh Lambert, and this line-up would now remain concrete for a long while. Two months later and the band scraped together money to enter a studio to record another session of songs, referred to by the band as "The Sixteen Candles Sessions", after scrapped song "Sixteen Candles", which was the first recorded. The demos for well known early songs such as "A Call To Arms", "Her Looks Will Run Out" and "Firefly" were birthed in these recording sessions, and would later appear on the debut album. The sessions also featured tracks which would return later in the bands career, such as "You're A Shiver" and "It's Not New Years".
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