The Bled is a post-hardcore band from Tucson, Arizona. Formed in 2001, they soon established a name for themselves in their home town, playing many shows and often to sold out audiences. Eventually they signed to Fiddler Records and released one album through them - Pass The Flask. The band toured extensively in support of this album. However, before recording started for their second album, original bass player, Mike Celi, left the band. He was replaced by Darren Simoes. The band is currently signed to Rise Records and through them, released their fourth album, Heat Fetish in 2010. They have toured alongside such bands as Slipknot, Alexisonfire, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Thrice, Midtown, The Used, My Chemical Romance, Underoath, Senses Fail, and AFI. The Bled’s very first headlining tour was shared with Protest the Hero of Canada.

Bands usually seek to do one of two things: define their genre, or defy their genre. However, since bursting out of Tucson, AZ in 2001 with their unique mix of hardcore brutality and an eclectic musical palette, The Bled have done both. Taking cues from their peers in the burgeoning hardcore scene of the time—bands like Refused and The Dillinger Escape Plan — The Bled quickly became one of a handful of bands who set the standard for the genre. But with the release of the Found in the Flood— the band’s second full-length and first for Vagrant Records — The Bled have set themselves apart from the hordes of bands joining the hardcore fray, in the process forging their own place in the musical spectrum.

Band members:
James Muñoz - vocals
Jeremy Talley - guitar
Ross Ott - guitar
Darren Simoes - bass
Mike Pedicone - drums