Stillwell is an American
rock
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band formed by
Q-Unique
Anthony Quiles (born June 27, 1972), better known by his stage name Q-Unique, is an American rapper, record producer and a member of rap group Arsonists and the hard rock band StillWell. He also contributed vocals for dance/hip-hop group C+C ...
from
The Arsonists and Kings Bounty,
Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu from
Korn
Korn (stylized as KoЯn) is an American nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, originally formed in 1993 by James Shaffer, James "Munky" Shaffer, Reginald Arvizu, Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu and David Silveria, who were members of the band ...
, and
Wuv from
P.O.D. The band has released three albums and one EP. They released their third studio album, ''Supernatural Miracle'', on September 18, 2020.
History
Stillwell formed in early 2006, quickly entering the studio, and putting out their first single, "Killing Myself to Live" in October 2007. Since then, the band has been off-and-on recording their first album, although Fieldy's involvement in Korn is thought to play a factor in the long recording process.
The band released their first album, a CD/DVD package, titled ''Dirtbag in 2011''. They have released several trailers for the album, which can be seen on
YouTube
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.
StillWell were confirmed to be opening for Korn during the second leg of the ''
Music as a Weapon V'' Tour. Along with this news, several tracks were confirmed to appear on ''Dirtbag'', such as "Golden Ticket", "Magnetic Daze", and a
cover of
Led Zeppelin
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's "
Whole Lotta Love
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".
''Dirtbag'' became available to download on
iTunes
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on April 2, 2011. It was released in physical format on May 10, 2011. "You Can't Stop Me" has also been released as the album's lead single. A
music video
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for "You Can't Stop Me" premiered on August 10, 2011, directed by Sébastien Paquet, Scott Keyzers, and Joshua Allen.
StillWell released their album entitled ''
Raise It Up'' on November 13, 2015, that contained songs including "Mess I Made" and "Raise It Up".
Style
William Ruhlmann, writing for
AllMusic
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, said that "Stillwell helpfully calls its music 'street metal,' which seems to be a combination of
rap and
heavy metal, but for the most part on ''Dirtbag'', it sounds like a conventional, straightforward
hard rock
Hard rock or heavy rock is a heavier subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and Distortion (music), distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the Garage rock, garage, Psychedelic rock, psychedelic and blues ...
group".
Members
; Current members
*
Q-Unique
Anthony Quiles (born June 27, 1972), better known by his stage name Q-Unique, is an American rapper, record producer and a member of rap group Arsonists and the hard rock band StillWell. He also contributed vocals for dance/hip-hop group C+C ...
– vocals
(2006–present), guitars
(2018–present)
*
Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu – bass
(2006, 2018–present), guitars
(2011–2018)
*
Noah "Wuv" Bernardo – drums
(2006–present)
; Former members
* Pablo "Spider" Silva – bass
(2006–2018)
Discography
Studio albums
Extended plays
Music videos
References
External links
Official websiteOfficial Facebook account*
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Hard rock musical groups from California
American rap metal musical groups
American alternative metal musical groups
American alternative rock groups
Korn solo projects