Jump to content

Drew Fulk

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Instant Comma (talk | contribs) at 23:38, 10 December 2020 (→‎Early years). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Drew Fulk
Fulk in 2016
Fulk in 2016
Background information
Also known asWZRD BLD
Born (1987-05-01) May 1, 1987 (age 37)
Kernersville, North Carolina, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
Years active2008–present
Websitewzrdbld.com

Drew Fulk (born May 1, 1987), also known as WZRD BLD, is an American songwriter and producer based in Los Angeles. He has worked with artists such as Lil Wayne, Bullet for My Valentine, Ice Nine Kills, Beartooth, Lil Peep, Yelawolf, Motionless in White, I Dont Know How But They Found Me, and Bad Wolves. In the summer of 2019, he started his own publishing company, In the Cut Publishing, through BMG.

Life and career

Early years

Fulk was born in Kernersville, North Carolina, where he attended Wesleyan Christian Academy in High Point. After high school he was accepted into the Bryan Business School at UNCG majoring in Economics. During this time he built and opened his first recording studio, Think Sound.[1] In North Carolina, Fulk worked with artists such as Motionless in White,[2] Cane Hill, For All Those Sleeping,[3] and Chris Lane.

2014–present

In late 2014, Fulk relocated to Los Angeles and started to work under the moniker "WZRD BLD" (pronounced "Wizard Blood"). He has worked with Ice Nine Kills, Bullet for My Valentine, Fear Factory,[4][5] Fit for a King, Bad Wolves, Lil Xan, Yelawolf, Moon Taxi, Pop Evil, I Prevail, among others. In 2018, Fulk had his first No. 1 rock song with Pop Evil's lead single "Waking Lions", and in early 2019 he achieved his second No. 1 rock song with Bad Wolves single "Remember When". In mid-2019, Fulk started his own publishing company, In the Cut Publishing, through BMG, where he focuses on signing rock-focused writers and producers.

Commercial success

  • Crown the Empire's third album Retrograde debuted at No. 1 on Top Rock Album Charts on Billboard and No. 15 on Billboard Top 200 selling over 18,000 units its first week on August 13, 2016.[9]
  • I Prevail's debut album Lifelines debuted at No. 3 on Alternative Album Charts on Billboard and No. 15 on Billboard Top 200 selling over 21,000 units its first week on October 21, 2016.[10]

Selected discography

Year Artist Album title Label Credits Chart position
2020 Pop Evil Versatile eOne Producer, Mixer, Writer "Breath Again"
2020 Fever 333 Bite Back Roadrunner Records Producer, Writer
2020 Fit for a King The Path Solid State Records Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Writer
2020 Make Them Suffer How to Survive a Funeral Rise Records Producer, Co-Writer
2020 Kris Wu Testing UMC Producer, Writer "Throwback"
2020 Dance Gavin Dance Afterburner Rise Records Producer
2019 Lil Wayne Ethika RGB3 Mixtape[13] Ethika, Inc. Producer, Writer "Sleepless"
2019 Bad Wolves N.A.T.I.O.N. Eleven Seven Records Producer, Writer "Killing Me Slowly", "Sober", "Learn To Walk Again" No. 1 on US Mainstream Rock Radio
2019 Lil Xan Baby You Love Me Xanarchy Music Writer, Mixer, Mastering
2019 Nothing,Nowhere Bloodlust Fueled by Ramen Producer, Writer "Beautiful Life"
2019 Crystal Lake Helix SharpTone Records Mixer
2019 Wage War Pressure Fearless Records Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Co-Writer
2019 Crown the Empire Sudden Sky Rise Records Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Co-Writer "Blurry" No. 1 on Octane (Sirius XM)
2019 Motionless in White Disguise Roadrunner Records Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Co-Writer "Another Life" No. 1 on Octane (Sirius XM)
2019 The Brave Aura UNFD Mixer, Mastering No. 42 on Australian Digital Albums[14]
2018 Lil Peep Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 2 Columbia Records Additional Production, Writer "Runaway", "Sex W My Ex", "Fingers"
2018 I Dont Know How But They Found Me 1981 Extended Play Fearless Records Producer, Mixer, Writer "Do It All The Time", "Bleed Magic"
2018 Can't Swim This Too Won't Pass Pure Noise Records Mixer, Additional Production
2018 Memphis May Fire Broken Rise Records Mixer, Additional Production
2018 Ice Nine Kills The Silver Scream Fearless Records Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Writer "Savages" No. 1 on Octane (Sirius XM)
2018 Beartooth Disease Red Bull Records Writer "You Never Know", "Believe"
2018 Fit for a King Dark Skies Solid State Records Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Writer
2018 Chelsea Grin Eternal Nightmare Rise Records Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Writer
2018 Bullet for My Valentine Gravity Spinefarm Records Writer "Not Dead Yet", "Coma"
2018 As I Lay Dying "My Own Grave" Self-released Producer
2018 Bad Wolves Disobey Eleven Seven Records Writer "Remember When" No. 1 on US Mainstream Rock Radio

No. 1 Mainstream Rock Song 2019

2018 Crossfaith Ex Machina UNFD Producer
2018 The Plot in You Dispose Fearless Records Producer, Engineer, Mixer
2018 Cane Hill Too Far Gone Rise Records Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Writer
2018 Pop Evil Pop Evil eOne Records Writer "Waking Lions" No. 1 on US Mainstream Rock Radio
2017 Void of Vision Disturbia UNFD Producer, Mixer, Engineer
2017 We Came as Romans Cold Like War SharpTone Records Producer, Engineer, Writer
2017 Crossfaith Freedom UNFD Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Writer
2017 Motionless in White Graveyard Shift Roadrunner Records Producer, Engineer, Writer
2017 Miss May I Shadows Inside SharpTone Records Producer, Engineer, Writer
2017 Emmure Look at Yourself SharpTone Records Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Writer
2016 Young Guns Echoes Wind-up Records Writer "Mad World"
2016 I Prevail Lifelines Fearless Records Additional Production, Engineer, Writer
2016 Crown the Empire Retrograde Rise Records Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Writer
2016 Cane Hill Smile Rise Records Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Writer
2016 The White Noise Aren't You Glad? Fearless Records Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Writer
2016 Failure Anthem First World Problems Razor & Tie Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Writer
2015 Cane Hill S/T Rise Records Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Writer
2015 Fear Factory Genexus Nuclear Blast Vocal Producer[15]
2014 Motionless in White Reincarnate Fearless Records Writer "Reincarnate"[2]
2014 For All Those Sleeping Incomplete Me Fearless Records Pre-Production, Writer[3]
2012 Motionless in White Infamous Fearless Records Writer "Devil's Night"

References

  1. ^ "Wzrd Bld". Facebook.com. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c Gregory Heaney. "Reincarnate". AllMusic.
  3. ^ a b "For All Those Sleeping - Incomplete Me". Discogs.
  4. ^ "CONCERT PHOTOS and INTERVIEW: FEAR FACTORY". RockRevolt Mag.
  5. ^ "Fear Factory - Genexus". Discogs.
  6. ^ "Motionless in White". billboard.com.
  7. ^ "We Came as Romans". billboard.com.
  8. ^ James Christopher Monger. "We Came as Romans". AllMusic.
  9. ^ "Crown the Empire". Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  10. ^ "I Prevail". Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  11. ^ https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8257623/pop-evil-mainstream-rock-songs-godsmack-shinedown
  12. ^ https://www.billboard.com/music/ice-nine-kills/chart-history/billboard-200/song/1102057
  13. ^ "Premiere: Listen to Lil Wayne's "Sleepless" Off Ethika's 'RGB 3' Mixtape". Complex. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
  14. ^ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Digital Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. April 15, 2019. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  15. ^ "Genexus". AllMusic.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Drew_Fulk&oldid=993505543"