Band of the Month (September) - Fighting The Villain (English)

Here they are! After all your voting you have decided that the Band of the Month in September is... Fighting The Villain!




Fighting The Villain is an alternative rock band from Hayward, California. Fronted by female singer Caitlyn Mae together with Miguel Perez (Guitar), Cisco Estrada (Guitar), Danny Brown (Drums) and Travis Knutz (Bass).




Starting out making video game music, Fighting the Villain started as a group of friends from high school, bored with the usual drama. At the start of 2008 is when the band got serious and they released their first EP “Turn to the Ruins”, a two tracks EP with "What´s Left" and "Turning Heel". They got a spot on The Vans Warped Tour in San Francisco, and it seemed like this was just the beginning. Aaron Axelsen, Music Director of Live 105 got hold of their EP and immediately gave them airplay. Their single “What’s Left” became the top 5 most requested song in September, October, and November of 2008. The band got offered to play Live 105’s BFD, one of the biggest annual music festivals in the Bay Area, on June 6, 2009 along with many well known bands such as; The Offspring, 311 and The Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

Following the buzz that they were receiving, they signed to Popsmear Records and in 2009 the band recorded their sophomore EP titled “First Impression”.




1. Empty Handshakes
2. Decisions (Of the Unchanged and Undecided)
3. First Impressions : The Final Showdown
4. What´s Left
5. A Memory Lost In Time


Since then the band has been getting a great amount of support. They have been getting numerous amounts of airplay from radio stations all over the US, from NY, OH, NC and of course CA. In December of ’09, the band released their first music video for their first single “What’s Left”





With touring being planned for all 2010 and with new material coming out later that year, 2010 is the year for Fighting The Villain to break out of the Bay Area scene and unleash their talent on the world.


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MySpace : http://myspace.com/fightingthevillain

Twitter : http://twitter.com/ftvband

Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/pages/FIGHTING-THE-VILLAIN/115360285142089?ref=ts

YouTube : http://youtube.com/ftvbayarea


Band of the Month (June) : Not Advised
Band of the Month (July) : New Years Day
Band of the Month (August) : Tonight Alive
Band of the Month (September) : Fighting The Villain