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Bad Wolves
Bad Wolves live at Rock am Ring 2019
Background information
OriginLos Angeles, California, United States
Genres
Years active2017 (2017)–present
LabelsEleven Seven[4]
Members
  • Tommy Vext
  • John Boecklin
  • Doc Coyle
  • Chris Cain
  • Kyle Konkiel
Websitebadwolvesnation.com

Bad Wolves is an American heavy metal supergroup band[5] formed in 2017. They are best known for their 2018 cover of The Cranberries' 1994 hit "Zombie".

History

Lead vocalist Tommy Vext live at Rock am Ring 2019

Formation and Disobey (2017–2019)

The band consists of vocalist Tommy Vext (ex-Divine Heresy, ex-Snot, ex-Westfield Massacre), drummer John Boecklin (ex-DevilDriver), lead guitarist Doc Coyle (ex-God Forbid), rhythm guitarist Chris Cain (ex-Bury Your Dead, ex-For the Fallen Dreams) and bassist Kyle Konkiel (ex-In This Moment, ex-Scar the Martyr, Vimic).[4] They are managed by Zoltan Bathory of Five Finger Death Punch.[6]

In 2015, Boeklin started writing the music that would become the band's debut album and during 2016 entered AudioHammer Studios with producer Mark Lewis.[7] The band announced that they will release their debut studio album, Disobey, on May 11, 2018.[8] In May 2017, Bad Wolves released their debut single, "Learn to Live".[9] In November 2017, Bad Wolves released their second single, "Toast to the Ghost".[4] On January 18, 2018, they released a third single, which was a cover of "Zombie" (originally by The Cranberries), which charted on multiple Billboard charts.[10][11] The song peaked at number 23 on the Billboard 200, and reached number 9 in Australia.[12] It topped the US Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. The Cranberries singer, Dolores O'Riordan, was supposed to have performed the song with the band, but died prior to recording it.[10] The night of her death, on 15 January 2018, Dolores O'Riordan left a voice message to her friend, Managing Director of E7LG-Europe, Dan Waite, where she offered to "sing on it", on the cover that Waite had previously given O'Riordan to listen to and accredit. TMZ published this voice message on April 05, 2018.[13] Bad Wolves singer Tommy Vext is the only one responsible for this "update" of the song of The Cranberries. A music video was released on February 22.

The band toured with Five Finger Death Punch, Shinedown, Breaking Benjamin, and Starset in the first half of 2018.[14] In October 2018, the band launched a crowdfunding campaign to create a documentary about their formation and rise to fame. The film would be called "Breaking the Band". By the end of the campaign, they had raised under $15,000 of their $65,000 target. Despite this, the band received all the donated money and still intend to create something for the project.[15]

Since their inception, the band has shared the stage with the likes of Five Finger Death Punch, Nickelback, Shinedown, Breaking Benjamin, Papa Roach and Nothing More. They also recently had their cover of 'Zombie' nominated for the iHeartRadio's Rock Song of the Year.[16]

N.A.T.I.O.N. (2019–present)

On July 26, 2019, the band released a new single titled "I'll Be There", followed by another single titled "Killing Me Slowly", a third single titled “Sober”, as well as a fourth single titled "Crying Game" and announced their new album, N.A.T.I.O.N. which was released on October 25, 2019.

Band members

  • Tommy Vext – lead vocals
  • Doc Coyle – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Chris Cain – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Kyle Konkiel – bass, backing vocals
  • John Boecklin – drums

Discography

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[17] 		AUS
[18] 		AUT
[19] 		BEL
(FL)
[20] 		CAN
[21] 		FRA
[22] 		GER
[23] 		NZ Heat.
[24] 		SCO
[25][26] 		SWI
[27]
Disobey 23 9 39 126 23 89 55 9 51 24
N.A.T.I.O.N.
  • Released: October 25, 2019
  • Label: Eleven Seven
  • Format: CD, digital download
 78 46 44 — — — 60 — 88 63

Extended plays

  • False Flags, Volume 1 (2018)
  • False Flags, Volume 2 (2018)
  • Zombie EP (2018)

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[28] 		US
Alt.
[29] 		US
Main.
Rock
[30] 		US
Rock
[31] 		AUS
[18] 		CAN
[32] 		CAN
Rock
[33] 		FRA
[22] 		SCO
[34] 		SWI
[27] 		SWE
[35]
"Zombie" 2018 54 26 1 5 26 47 7 7 28 48 94 Disobey
"Hear Me Now"
(featuring Diamante) 		— — 2 25 — — 45
[40]		 — — — —
"Remember When"[41] — — 1 22 — — — — — — —
"Killing Me Slowly" 2019 — — 1
[42]		 14 — — — — — — — N.A.T.I.O.N.
"—" denotes a single that failed to chart or was not released to that territory.

Promotional singles

List of promotional singles, showing year released and album name
Title Year Album
"Learn to Live" 2017 Disobey
"Toast to the Ghost"
"Better the Devil" 2018
"No Masters"
"I'll Be There" 2019 N.A.T.I.O.N.
"Sober"
"Crying Game"

Music videos

Title Year Director Ref.
"Learn to Live" 2017 Orie McGinness [43]
"Zombie" 2018 Wayne Isham [44]
"Hear Me Now"
(featuring Diamante) 		Ben Guzman [45]
"Remember When" Wayne Isham [41]
"No Masters" Randy Edwards [46]
"I'll Be There" 2019 Bryan Ramirez [47]
"Killing Me Slowly" Nick Peterson [48]
"Sober" 2020 [49]
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References

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  2. ^ "Bad Wolves Release 'Zombie' Cover, Promise Proceeds to Late Cranberries Singer Dolores O'Riordan's Children". Retrieved March 20, 2019.
  3. ^ Senior, Nicholas (May 7, 2018). "Album Review: Bad Wolves - Disobey". New Noise. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
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  5. ^ McGreevy, Ronan (March 23, 2018). "Bad Wolves - from metal hardcore to global success with tribute to Dolores O'Riordan". The Irish Times. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
  6. ^ "ZOMBIE has OFFICIALLY gone Platinum in the USA 🇺🇸". Facebook. August 16, 2018. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
  7. ^ "BAD WOLVES Feat. Former DEVILDRIVER, GOD FORBID, DIVINE HERESY Members: Debut Album Due In Spring". Blabbermouth. November 2, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
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  12. ^ Klancnik, Urban (November 4, 2019). "The Power of New Blood: Newcomer Rock Tours of 2020". Viberate.com. Retrieved November 5, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  16. ^ "Rock Award Winners From iHeartRadio Music Awards | Bodhi | BIG 100". Bodhi. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
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  21. ^ Peak positions on Canadian Albums Chart:
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  30. ^ Peaks on the Mainstream Rock chart:
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  45. ^ "Bad Wolves - Hear Me Now feat. DIAMANTE (Official Video)". Retrieved April 21, 2018 – via YouTube.
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  49. ^ "Bad Wolves - Sober (Official Music Video)". www.youtube.com. YouTube. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
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