The Cherry Valence

The Cherry Valence
Origin	Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Genres	Garage rock
Years active	1998 - present
Labels	Estrus Records Flapping Jet Bifocal Media
Associated acts	Birds of Avalon The Dragstrip Syndicate
Members
Jamie Williams Brian Quast Nick Whitley Erik Sugg Charles Story
Past members
Cheetie Kumar Paul Siler

The Cherry Valence is an American garage rock band from Raleigh, North Carolina. The group's sound is indebted to 1970s hard rock, and the group has the unusual distinction of two members who switch off on lead vocals and drums. They formed in 1998 and toured relentlessly across the US, releasing their first recording (a 7") in 1999. Two LPs for Estrus Records followed before bassist Siler and guitarist Kumar left the group to form Birds of Avalon in 2004. Adding new members to the group, they released a third full length on Bifocal Media in mid-2005.

Cherry Valence is a reference to the character from The Outsiders (novel), a 1967 novel by S. E. Hinton, subsequently made into the 1983 film of the same name.

Members

Current members

• Jamie Williams - guitar
• Brian Quast - drums, vocals, keyboards
• Nick Whitley - drums, vocals
• Erik Sugg - guitar
• Charles Story - bass

Former members

• Cheetie Kumar - guitar
• Paul Siler - bass

Discography

• The Cherry Valence (Estrus Records, 2001)
• Riffin' (Estrus, 2002)
• Revival EP (Flapping Jet, 2002)
• TCV3 (Bifocal Media, 2005)

References

• Cherry Valence at Allmusic
• Review, Independent Weekly
• Review, PopMatters