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Winner of the Battle of the Bands at Ziggy's in Winston Salem, Sat July 22, 2006
Boone, a long time hotbed for college rock, is ready to send their latest entry, The Influence, out into the modern rock culture."
-Randy Kelly, ASU Programs Coordinator
"The Influence never fails to bring a croud, put on a kickass show, and make sure everybody has a great time!"
-Chris Mentlewski, Klondike Cafe
"A bangin' good time!"
-Patrick May, Black Cat Burritos
"We hired The Influence for our Band benefit concert for Alzhiemers. They put on a great show and we raised over a thousand dollars! I would recommend them to anyone!"
-Matt Bethal, Tau Kappa Epsilon - some NC peeps
The band has the girls singing along with them on every song! Even if for some reason you dont like the Kick Ass radio hits, you will love mingling with their crowd of Hotties!
-John Rush - Murphy's
out of over 1,000 bands, The Influence has made it into the top ten of the zippo hot tour national battle of the bands! - Zippo
ZIPPO HOT TOUR SEMI-FINALISTS 2006 - The Influence
Discography
We have released several CDs under different names. Our most current album is called Now and Then . Priorities and Praying for Rain have recieved airplay on 90.5 WASU. Walk Away, Your Song, and Yo Mama have gotten air play on New Rock 106.5 The End. Yo Mama is currently in rotation on Kiss 95.1. We are currently in the process of writing new material and plan on releasing a new album in the late summer of 2008. Much more of our music and pictures are available at www.myspace.com/valorbound
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Bio
Valor Bound started in Boone, NC when they were students at Appalachian State. The band started off under the name The Influence and went on to come in 2nd place in The Zippo Hot Tour Battle of the Bands in 2006. (First place went on tour with Papa Roach.) After some time playing and some copywriting issues, the band was forced to change it's name to Valor Bound. It basically means "with honor." Under this new name, VB released their debut album in the spring of 2007 and since that time has sold their first 1000 copies and has played all over North and South Carolina as well as Virginia and Georgia. The band continues to play in music clubs as well as bars all around the region with National Acts such as The Pat McGee Band and Simple Plan. Keep your eyes out for the up and coming sophmore album!
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