The Bled

The Bled
The Bled performing on the Projekt Revolution Tour on September 1, 2007 at First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre in Tinley Park, Illinois.
Background information
Origin	Tucson, Arizona, United States
Genres	Mathcore, post-hardcore
Years active	2001–2012
Labels	Rise Vagrant Fiddler Sunset Alliance
Associated acts	Coma Prevail
Website	facebook
Members	Robbie Burbidge James Muñoz Shane Sheffer Josh Skibar Jeremy Ray Talley
Past members	Mike Celi Adam Goss Brad Murray Ross Ott Mike Pedicone Darren Simoes

The Bled was an American mathcore band from Tucson, Arizona formed in 2001. They released four albums, Pass the Flask, Found in the Flood, Silent Treatment, and Heat Fetish before disbanding in 2011.

The Bled formed in 2001 under the name "The Radiation Defiance Theory" but changed the name because they felt it was too lengthy. Their music style was largely influenced by hardcore punk bands such as Refused, metalcore bands such as Cave In, and the mathcore band The Dillinger Escape Plan. After being a band for only two months, the band released an EP titled His First Crush with Ride the Rocket Records and Sunset Alliance, and released a self-titled EP a year later, both of which featured Adam Goss on vocals. The Bled quickly began to build a name for themselves in Tucson, Arizona, and started to play sold out shows.

After achieving local success, The Bled caught the attention of Fiddler Records and later got signed. A day before the band started to record their debut album Pass the Flask, vocalist Adam Goss quit the band and suggested James Muñoz as a replacement. The rest of the band felt that Muñoz was a much better fit than Goss, and he became a permanent member of the band. Pass the Flask was released in July 2003 and the band toured doghounds relentlessly in support of it. This also marked the first time The Bled left Arizona to tour as a band. The album demonstrated The Bled's skills in both a lyrical sense and music sense as the band incorporated a wide variety of genres including metalcore, mathcore, melodic hardcore, and post-hardcore. The album was also a major success within the hardcore community.