Valencia (band)

Valencia
Valencia performing at The Berkeley Cafe in Raleigh, North Carolina on July 24, 2005
Background information
Origin	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Genres	Alternative rock, pop punk
Years active	2004–2011, 2016–present
Labels	I Surrender, Columbia
Members	Shane Henderson Dan Pawlovich George Ciukurescu Brendan Walter
Past members	JD Perry Maxim Soria Sean Mundy

Valencia is an American alternative rock band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Valencia met by playing local shows together around the tri-state area in separate bands. George Ciukurescu and JD Perry grew up together; attending elementary school, high school, and their first year of college. They joined a band in 2001 called The Capgun Heroes with Brendan Walter and former members Sean Mundy and Ryan O'Hara. Shane Henderson sang in the band Attracted to Miss and Max played drums in The Emphasis. They formed the band that is known today as Valencia in 2004. The band is named after the wife of the protagonist, Valencia, in the book by Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five. In 2005 Valencia signed to I Surrender Records after the label's owner, Midtown's drummer Rob Hitt, heard their demo tape.

After playing the Warped Tour in 2005, they released their first album, This Could Be a Possibility, in October 2005, which was re-released in September 2006. The album has received mixed reviews. In 2006, the band was named SPIN Band of the Day and was a finalist for Band of the Year, but lost to Nightmare of You. In May 2006 the band stopped touring because of the death of Shane's girlfriend. In July 2006 Valencia traveled to Japan to play the Fuji Rock Festival. In 2007 the band toured with Boys Like Girls, The Audition and All Time Low in the U.S. Valencia also toured with We the Kings, The Cab, Charlotte Sometimes, and Sing it Loud in April 2008.