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Artist
Villain of the Story
12+ albums
post-hardcoremetalcorealternative metalhardcoreamerican
about
Villain of the Story is a metalcore band based out of Minnesota that was put together from the minds of Sam Fassler (We are the Blog! / Insomniac) and Andrew Bart (ex Out Came the Wolves). They hand picked Christian Grey (vocals), Logan Bartholomew (vocals/bass), and Cody Pauly (guitar) for their experience within the local scene, having been in previous bands. The 2 wanted to help manage a new band just for sake of seeing where it went. The then incomplete band went into the studio with Johnny Franck (ex Attack Attack! vocalist) in October of 2013, to record 2 singles as a test run to see how well the band would do. When they returned home they added Sam "Bonnie" Bonati on drums. Villain of the Story had their first show as an opener for Alesana on "The Decade Tour" on March 29th, 2014. After receiving attention from their 2 singles, VOTS decided to go back into the studio in early April to record a debut EP. During their second trip to the studio they recorded a cover of NSYNC's "Pop", which was debuted on Johnny Franck's personal YouTube channel on June 18th. On May 11th, the band opened for the likes of Dance Gavin Dance and Capture the Crown as part of the "Acceptance Speech" tour as their second show. Logan then moved from vocals and bass to just vocals, and they added Sean Wayne on bass. The new VOTS landed a spot on "The Allstars Tour 2014" opening for bands such as I See Stars, The Acacia Strain, and Like Moths to Flames. Bonnie left the band in early August d
