Therefore, when he moved to Los Angeles, he formed rock bands. As an all-rounded musician, Purdy did not limit himself to what he could do. He took music lessons and joined his high school rock band. Even without an acoustic guitar or Muppet’s drum to practice on, Purdy still could sing and had joined the Sunday school church choir. Seeing how rock musicians would smash their guitars in the mirror, Purdy copied them and ruined his acoustic guitar. He had to take lessons, but Purdy’s attention span was too short to allow him to learn new skills. He still did not give up on music and opted for an acoustic guitar. He revealed that it was thrown in the trash, probably from the noise he made while drumming. Purdy’s grandparents must have recognized his love for music thus, according to Sonic Perspectives, he had a Muppets drum set. Here is all you need to know about Purdy. He had to become a lone survivor and used the music writing process to accept the new reality. He ended up in Black Veil Brides, but soon everything changed when his mental health suffered, and sexual allegations were brought up against him. He dreamed of pursuing different paths, including pro-skating, music, acting and drawing, thanks to his natural gift for athletics and artistry. Growing up in Missouri, the bassist knew that he wanted to move out to California one day. Being an only child, he grew to be independent, and his unique style had his schoolmates looking up to him for fashion and art tips. To me, we should be so lucky…If you’re lucky enough to get what you want, you should pay attention to it, and study it, and live it.Ashley Purdy was brought up by his grandparents after his parents died when he was still very young. I know a lot of band guys who complain about having to give an interview and having to get up early. “If you’re not enjoying what you’re doing, then it’s probably not the right field to go into. Which, he says, is pretty lucky - and he is thankful for the opportunity every day. Now, BVB has a huge following, and Andy has a new solo project in the works. All because Patrick believe in Andy, and because Andy believed enough in himself to stretch the truth.
The video went viral, and, as a result, helped Andy and his band get signed to Standby Records. “For whatever reason, I think maybe he liked my hubris, he agreed to it.” But somehow, Andy says, he convinced Patrick to shoot the video for a low rate.
He offered to direct a music video for Andy if he could get a band and a budget together - neither of which were things the 17-year-old had access to.
The “gentleman” was Patrick Fogarty, a director and cinematographer, who directed music videos. “I happened to run across this gentleman on one of these sets who was also very bored,” he explained, “We would just start to talk, and at one point, he said to me, ‘well, you have a band, right?’ And the reality there was that I did have a band, but the band consisted of me and a bunch of songs I had worked on and written back in Kentucky and Cincinnati, but no actual members.” He was dating a girl who worked in the film industry, and he’d often spend a lot of time just hanging around sets. “I never any other interest except to be on stage, playing music…My one goal from the time I could talk was that I was going to be in a band,” he says. But, in an interview with Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman, Andy explained how the success of that band hinged on one chance meeting, wherein he told one small lie.Īt the time, Andy was a high-school dropout who had moved to LA and had a lot of time on his hands. At just 23 years old, Black Veil Brides founder and vocalist Andy Biersack has achieved the only dream he ever had: He’s in a band.