NineLeftDead

Artist: Nine Left Dead Hail From: Amber, OK Song: 'Put Your Guns Down' Album: 'The Wrong Things' Sounds Like: Theory of a Deadman, Sevendust, Hinder In Their Words: "This song was inspired by a jail fight that occurred while Jared and I worked as maximum security prison guards – if you can't back it up, you better put your guns down." -- ...

We've heard a lot of interesting band formation stories here at Noisecreep, but we can safely say that Nine Left Dead's tale takes the cake. The Oklahoma hard rock outfit got its start in 2008 when frontman Travis Jones met bassist Jared Ellis while they were both working as prison guards at a maximum-security penitentiary...