Nights Like These is an American

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band from

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Biography

In 2006, Nights Like These released their debut, ''

The Faithless ''The Faithless'' is the debut full-length album by Nights Like These. It was released on June 13, 2006 by Victory Records Victory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It operates a music publishing company calle ...

'', to overall positive reviews on

Victory Records Victory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several record labels. It has featured many prominent artists including Thur ...

. They released their most recent album ''

Sunlight at Secondhand ''Sunlight at Secondhand'' is the second full-length album by Nights Like These, released on Victory Records. It has less of a heavy metal sound than its predecessor, ''The Faithless''. Critical reception AllMusic AllMusic (previously known ...

'' on October 16, 2007, again on Victory Records. In 2008, the band went on hiatus for the first part of the year. It was later announced (via the band's Myspace) that drummer Patrick Leatherwood had left the band due to other commitments. The band announced that they were planning to scale back on touring and albums, as opposed to taking on a full-time touring schedule with yearly albums. The Victory Records website has taken off Nights Like These from their "Artist" page, this has since started a fire storm of rumors that the band and Victory have separated. On July 15, 2008, Nights Like These posted a Myspace blog confirming their split with Victory and their new drummer Todd Pasterniak. It was announced on October 5, 2009 on Myspace that members of Nights Like These were working on a new musical endeavor under the name Panther Piss. A release party for their 7" was held on March 6. As of 2013 the band is back together, playing a variety of shows in their hometown of Memphis.

Band members

*Billy Bottom - vocals (2003-2008, 2013–present) *Matt Qualls − guitar, vocals *Derren Saucier − guitar *Sebastian Rios − bass, backing vocals (2003-2008, 2013–present) *Patrick Leatherwood- drums, backing vocals (2003-2008, 2013–present)

Past members

*Anthoney Carter - guitar (2003-200?) *Buddy Forbess - guitar (200?-200?) *Todd Pasterniak - drums (2008)

Albums

* ''The Only Clown I'm Down With Is Gacy'' (3-track EP, 2004) - Limited release * ''God City Sessions'' - Unreleased (2005) * ''

'' (2006, Victory) * ''

'' (2007, Victory) * ''Old Youth Culture'' (2015, Self Released)

References

External links

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MySpace pageVictory RecordsSmith Seven Records
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