Night Horse

Night Horse
Origin	Los Angeles, USA
Genres	Hard Rock
Years active	2008 – Present
Labels	Tee Pee Records
Associated acts	Ancestors Bluebird TheStart Snot
Website	Night Horse's Official Site
Members
Sam James Velde Justin Anthony Maranga Gregory Hill Buensuceso Nicholas Lee D'Itri Jamie Miller
Past members
Brandon James Pierce

Night Horse is a five-piece hard rock band residing in Los Angeles, CA.

Biography

Night Horse began in late January 2008. Their early work was under the moniker The Mother Fucking Razorbacks, a name that Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead coined after meeting them in front of Hollywood's Hustler store. The band had come together to play straight forward rock n roll music. Vocalist Sam Velde was recommended to the group, who were actively seeking a front man. After having disbanded his former band Bluebird and spent the past few years developing his eclectic record label Cold Sweat Records, Sam was eager to rejoin the ranks of the rockers.

Soon after the lineup was set the band changed their name. With the idea of music being a thing of the night, and a 'swift kick and a gallop' to the heart brought the name Night Horse. Songs were written, performed live, and recorded, all over the short course of a few months.^[1] The band's song "Come Down Halo" is featured in the soundtrack of the video game "MLB 10: The Show."

Influences

The 5-piece initially bonded over a common love of bands like the Alice Cooper Group, early Aerosmith, Van Halen, Sir Lord Baltimore and ZZ Top. Over time the group developed a sound equally informed by such bands as The Allman Brothers Band, Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, Thin Lizzy, Cactus, early blues-rock like Freddy King, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, and more modern rock bands like Soundgarden.^[2]

Band members

• Sam James Velde - vocals
• Justin Anthony Maranga - lead guitar, rhythm guitar, slide guitar, backing vocals
• Gregory Hill Buensuceso - lead guitar, rhythm guitar
• Nicholas Lee D'Itri - bass
• Jamie Miller - drums

Discography

LPs

• The Dark Won't Hide You (2008) (Tee Pee Records)
• Perdition Hymns (2010) (Tee Pee Records)

Singles

• Night Horse / Dirty Sweet split 7" (2009) (Tee Pee Records)
• Night Horse / The High Saints split 7" (2009) (Tee Pee Records)
• Night Horse / Sea of Air split 7" (2009) (Tee Pee Records)

References

1. ^ Night Horse's bio
2. ^ Night Horse's myspace page (see influences)

External links

• Night Horse's Myspace
• Night Horse's page at Tee Pee Records
• Night Horse review in Abort Magazine
• Night Horse review at Ground Control
• Night Horse review in CSUN's Daily Sundial
• Night Horse review in Impose Magazine
• Night Horse article in Eureka, CA Times-Standard
• Night Horse article in Sacramento Bee