Artist description 12 horse is a Three piece Rock/Fusion act from the Philadelphia area..

Music Style Rock,Fusion

Musical Influences Gov't Mule, KingsX, Clutch

Similar Artists Gov't Mule, KingsX, alice in chains,

Artist History 12HORSE was formed in the fall of 1997 as a side project of guitarist Shawn McCloskey & bassist Chris Carroll. Together, with a common love of free form jamming, they decided to start having impromptu jam sessions with various drummers around the Philadelphia area. Constant touring often put 12HORSE on the back burner, until September of 1999 when it seemed that by fate Carroll & McCloskey's band dissolved. 12HORSE now had time to jam and even began writing songs for a demo. Dominic Cole became the full time drummer of 12HORSE when he left his band The Loners, thus completing the trio's line-up The band signed on with booking agents Mole Management & began to play around the Philadelphia & New York area. Known for there long sets with a mix of originals & covers as well as some free form jamming, the band began to pack the clubs and started to be in more demand. Offered a tour in Daytona Fl. at Bikeweek, 12HORSE traveled the two thousand miles to start a spring tour and in turn made their first East Coast road trip from Daytona to Philly,playing 20 dates from Daytona up to philly in the south. With a growing fan base the need was felt for an album so, 12HORSE recorded an EP entitled "Live @ the Matthews". The band followed the successful EP with a studio EP in September of 2000 entitled "In A Time of Drunk'n Horses" both recorded by engineer Dave Matthews. The two EP's have sold well over 1500 copies each in the few short months they have been available, and are now available at MP3.com/12horse In October of 1999 the 12HORSE website went up at horseband.com (http://www.horseband.com) as well as the MP3.com/12HORSE page. 12HORSE have managed to not only reach the top of MP3's charts with several songs, but have also been played on over 150 Internet radio stations. As well as being voted Philadelphia # 1 Orginal band twice on the national Barstar Poll. 12HORSE are currently shopping their EP's to record labels, looking to record and release a full-length album. To date the band has been touring the Daytona, Fl., Atlanta, Ga, Baltimore, Md & New York areas as well. They returned this year to Bikeweek in Daytona in 2001, and will be appearing at biketoberfest in October of 2001. 12HORSE are members of the Just Plain Folks Organization and each year plays a Tri-State Songwriters Mini-tour With JPF.12HORSE was formed in the fall of 1997 as a side project of guitarist Shawn McCloskey & bassist Chris Carroll. Together, with a common love of free form jamming, they decided to start having impromptu jam sessions with various drummers around the Philadelphia area. Constant touring often put 12HORSE on the back burner, until September of 1999 when it seemed that by fate Carroll & McCloskey's band dissolved. 12HORSE now had time to jam and even began writing songs for a demo. Dominic Cole became the full time drummer of 12HORSE when he left his band The Loners, thus completing the trio. The band signed on with booking agents Mole Management & began to play around the Philadelphia & New York area. Known for there long sets with a mix of originals & covers as well as some free form jamming, the band began to pack the clubs and started to be in more demand. Offered a tour in Daytona Fl. at Bikeweek, 12HORSE traveled the two thousand miles to start a spring tour and in turn made their first East Coast road trip from Daytona to Philly, playing 28 dates from Daytona up to Philly , this tour has become a yearly event ever since. With a growing fan base the need was felt for an album so, 12HORSE recorded an EP entitled "Live @ the Matthews". The band followed the successful EP with a studio EP in September of 2000 entitled "In A Time of Drunk'n Horses" both recorded by engineer Dave Matthews. The two EP's have sold well over 1900 copies each in the few short months they have been available, and are now available at MP3.com/12horse In October of 1999 the 12HORSE website went up at horseband.com (http://www.horseband.com) as well as the MP3.com/12horse page. 12HORSE have managed to not only reach the top of MP3's charts with several songs, but have also been played on over 170 Internet radio stations and currently have been downloaded over 24,900 times this year alone. 12HORSE has also been voted Philadelphia's # 1 Original band twice on the national BarStar.com Poll 12HORSE are currently shopping their EP's to record labels, and are recording their first full-length album for release in early 2002. To date the band has been touring the Daytona, Fl., Atlanta, Ga, Durham, NC, Baltimore, Md, Los Angeles, Ca & New York areas. 12HORSE are members of the Just Plain Folks Organization and each year plays a Tri-State Songwriters Mini-tour with JPF. 12HORSE have been Nominated for "Best Hard Rock Song " of 2001 for their single "Darkest Days" and traveled to L.A. to perform at the JPF showcase in Nov. of 2001.

Group Members Shawn McCloskey-Guitar/Vocals Chris Carroll-Bass/VocalsDom Cole-Drums

Albums Live @ the Matthews, In a Time Of Drunk'n Horses

Location Philadelphia, PA - USA

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