3 Inches of Blood
| 3 Inches of Blood | |
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3 Inches of Blood performs at Reds, Edmonton, 2005
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Victoria, British Columbia |
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| Years active | 1999–2015 |
| Labels | Minion, Roadrunner, Century Media |
| Associated acts | Pride Tiger, S.T.R.E.E.T.S, Allfather, Curse of the North, Bison B.C. |
| Website | www.3inchesofblood.com |
| Members |
Cam Pipes Justin Hagberg Shane Clark Ash Pearson |
| Past members | Jay Watts Geoff Trawick Rich Trawick Bobby Froese Sunny Dhak Matt Wood Brian Redman† Alexei Rodriguez Jamie Hooper Nick Cates Byron Stroud Steve Ericson (live/touring only) Aaron "Boon" Gustafson (live/touring only) |
3 Inches of Blood was a Canadian heavy metal band formed in 1999 in Victoria, British Columbia, last consisting of Cam Pipes, Justin Hagberg, Shane Clark, and Ash Pearson, none of whom were original members of the band. They are marked by strong influences from the new wave of British heavy metal movement.
On June 2, 2015, the band announced it would be disbanding following two final shows, which took place on November 7 and 8 at the Commodore Ballroom in their hometown.
The group initially performed with only Jamie Hooper as vocalist before the addition of Cam Pipes. Hooper, Sunny Dhak, and Bobby Froese, along with Geoff Trawick and Rich Trawick filling in on drums and bass, got together to do a one-off reunion gig for an old group of theirs; however, things went so well with writing new material in a traditional metal style that they decided to continue under a new moniker. Rich Trawick's roommate at the time, Steve Bays (Keyboard player for Hot Hot Heat), heard the demo of the band's first recording and suggested having his long time friend Cam Pipes overdub some clean vocals to it. Pipes, who at the age of 10 had sung in his school's choir, overdubbed additional vocals to what became the band's first EP, Sect of the White Worm, in the living room of Trawick and Bays' apartment, and became a permanent band member after the results proved to the rest of the band's liking. Their debut album Battlecry Under a Wintersun was recorded in 2002 and released in cooperation with the Teenage Rampage and Fashion Before Function labels. It was later remastered and re-released by the band under their own label entitled Minion Music. This album had moderate underground success in the Canadian market, with the album charting on national college radio charts and earning a Canadian Independent Music Award for Metal Album of the Year in 2002. The band garnered international exposure when the band's UK distribution label decided to put them on as a support slot for a tour with platinum rock band The Darkness. This exposure gained them much critical attention and acclaim in the world of underground metal, and they were signed by major label subsidiary Roadrunner Records in 2004.
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