Fire & Flesh
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| Background information | |
| Origin | East Bay Area, CA |
| Genres | METAL |
| Years active | 2013–present |
| Labels | None |
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Fire & Flesh (also known as F&F) is an American metal band from the San Francisco Bay Area. The band was formed in late 2013 after frontman, Justin Nieto, decided to turn what was initially a solo project, into full-fledged band, upon completion of the debut EP "Origins". Justin put out an ad seeking members to audition and met bassist Gabriel Viella when he responded. The two met to chat, and Gabriel introduced Justin to guitarist Alex Menendez, and the lineup began to take form. It was decided that with members now in the band, it was appropriate to write and record another EP immediately. The band entered the recording studio shortly after to record the 2nd EP "Vengeance".
The band was threatened with legal action in 2014 and 2015 by two separate production companies for participating in shows but refusing to “pay to play” despite initially agreeing to the terms. The band had purposely crafted the situation in an effort to make a bold statement against the popular unethical practice by many venues and promoters. They continue to speak out against it.
In early 2016, the band sparked some controversy online by releasing a demo track entitled “Barrel of a Gun”, that they had written about mass shootings. The song was written in reference to an incident that occurred on the final stretch of their 2015 winter tour. On October 1, the band was trekking through the middle of the night in Oregon heading to the next city on the tour. Tired from driving all night, the band decided to pull over and park the RV in the parking lot of a community college that they had spotted on the GPS map. Upon arriving at the school parking lot at 5am, a decision was made that they were better off just finishing the drive to the next city and parking somewhere there to avoid being woken up by school security and being kicked out. The school was Umpqua Community College, and just a few hours after the band's decision to just continue on to the next city, there was a tragic mass shooting that left 9 people dead and many others injured. Justin wrote the lyrics to the song from a shooters perspective in an effort to paint a lyrical picture of what may be going through the mind of a killer when they decide to pull off such an evil act. The band used sound clips gathered from the 1999 Columbine massacre, and other school shootings, for the intro of the song and the bridge. The band was ridiculed by many for being “insensitive” to the tragedy and accused of making a mockery of it.
To date, F&F have self-released 2 cd’s, 5 music videos and 4 singles. They toured the west coast of America in 2015 and have played numerous shows in CA. The young band has been compared to the likes of many iconic metal acts.
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