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The Valley Arena
12+ albums
alternative rockpost-hardcoreangsty
about
The Valley Arena is a band of a dying breed. If you can think back far enough--back before Hot Topic and the Warped Tour--there were groups who played challenging and innovative guitar-based music just to play. Sure, The Valley Arena's kindred spirits, Drive Like Jehu and Burning Airlines, never sold a ton of records nor were plastered on teenage girls' lockers, but their music continues to inspire and evolve, long after their members have hung up their instruments. The Valley Arena is that kind of band. Formed in Long Beach, CA in 2003, the foursome--singer/guitarist Warren Woodward, guitarist/vocalist Chris Stevens, bassist Dave South, and drummer Mike Nielson--paid their dues with other bands working the SoCal circuit (Mike and Chris first played together at the age of 13), but the first time the four attempted to combine their separate pursuits as one entity, things instantly clicked. A mere few months after their inception, the group completed what would become their first full-length, Take Comfort in Strangers. Produced by Jason Cupp (The Elected, Finch, Val Emmich) while the band were still unsigned, the debut recalled D.C. darlings Fugazi and Q And Not U, the darker undertones of the first generation of post-punk and art-punk with a hint of mid-'90s Touch And Go Records-style aggression. Shortly after the completion of Take Comfort... the band was approached with a record deal offer by New Jersey's Eyeball/Astro Magnetics Records. Since the 2005 release of thei
