Hunter Valentine

Hunter Valentine is an alternative rock band formed in 2004 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Hunter Valentine have a moderate fan base in southern Ontario.

Hunter Valentine
Hunter Valentine, at the SXSW festival of Austin, Texas in March 2011
Background information
OriginToronto, Ontario, Canada
GenresIndie rock
Alternative rock
Pop rock
Indie pop
Years active2004–present
LabelsTrue North Records
Tommy Boy
Universal Music
MembersKiyomi McCloskey
Laura Petracca
Aimee Bessada
Leanne Bowes
Past membersAdrienne Lloyd
Somer Bingham
Veronica Sanchez
Websitewww.huntervalentine.com

History

The current members of Hunter Valentine are Kiyomi McCloskey, Laura Petracca, Leanne Bowes and Aimee Bessada. They signed with True North Records in fall 2006, and released their first full-length album, The Impatient Romantic, on April 10, 2007.[1] Hunter Valentine has also been the staff band at Buck's Rock Performing and Creative Arts Camp in New Milford, Connecticut.[2] In the fall of 2009, the band recorded a self-funded 7 song album with Ian Blurton after they were released by True North Records. The band traveled to NYC numerous times hoping to attract attention from labels, and signed with Tommy Boy shortly after. In 2010, they released an EP titled "Lessons From The Late Night", which released in Canada on April 17, and then released worldwide on May 11 of the same year. In 2012, Hunter Valentine's [3] tour was documented on Season 3 of the television series The Real L Word on Showtime.[4] They were the opening act for Cyndi Lauper in 2013 on the North American leg of the She's So Unusual: 30th Anniversary Tour. In July 2014, Hunter Valentine joined the lineup for traveling rock festival Vans Warped Tour, and was featured on VH1's Make or Break: The Linda Perry Project that same summer.

Members

Kiyomi McCloskey

Kiyomi McCloskey is the lead guitarist and vocalist in the band Hunter Valentine. She has cited Neil Young, Rolling Stones, Robert Johnson, Lucinda Williams and Janis Joplin as influences. McCloskey was featured on the third season of the series The Real L Word, a lesbian based TV show on Showtime.

Laura Petracca

Laura Petracca is the drummer in Hunter Valentine. She began playing drums at a very young age, and competed successfully in many local drum competitions. She was inspired by many classic rock and grunge rock artists.

Leanne Bowes

Leanne is the newest bassist for Hunter Valentine, joining in early 2013.

Lisa Bianco

Lisa Bianco plays the guitar and keyboard and joined the band in 2014.

Past members
Bessada in 2017

Aimee Bessada

Aimee played guitar and keyboards in the band. She left Hunter Valentine during the course of the production of Make or Break: The Linda Perry Project in 2014.[5]

Adrienne Lloyd

Adrienne Lloyd began her musical career at a young age. She studied many bass types, but particularly the upright bass performance. She is a classically trained bassist.

Somer Bingham

Somer Bingham plays guitar and keyboards. She met Kiyomi when her band shared a bill with Hunter Valentine at a venue in the East Village in 2008. Somer also fronts her own project, Clinical Trials, a grunge/punk/electro duo based in Brooklyn.

Veronica Sanchez

Veronica, aka Vero, left Hunter Valentine earlier in 2013. She played bass guitar.

Touring Bands

They have toured Southern Ontario with bands such as, The Cliks, Dragonette, Kids on TV, Kelly and the Kelly Girls, Scandalnavia, Clothes Make the Man, Dead Letter Dept., Hexes and Ohs, Drowning Girl, Love Kills, Dance Yourself to Death, Sam Roberts, Sick of Sarah, Social Code, and Queen Caveat. In 2012 they toured with Sum 41 and IAmDynamite, and in 2013 they toured with Cyndi Lauper as her opening act in North America.

Discography

Album

EP

Music videos
Year Song Director(s) Album
2007 Typical RT! The Impatient Romantic
Staten Island Dream Tour
2008 Break This Colin Minihan
2010 The Stalker Taylor Cohen Lessons from the Late Night
Revenge Colin Minihan
2012 Liar Liar Kevin Custer Collide and Conquer
2013 The Pulse Stephen Scott

See also

References
  1. "Hunter Valentine Are Impatient To Release New Album". Chart. 2007-01-03. Archived from the original on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
  2. "Leaving town Hunter Valentine drops everything after signing record deal to work summer camp". Archived from the original on 2009-08-20. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
  3. "Home". huntervalentine.com.
  4. "The Real L Word (Official Series Site) Watch on Showtime".
  5. Bellino, Damien (2014-06-20). "Hunter Valentine Talks Aimee Leaving & Their Make Or Break Experience". VH1. Retrieved 2014-10-20.
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