- Current Members (as of January 2009):
Jimmy Gnecco (vocals, guitar)
Static (guitar)
Locke (guitar, keys)
Race (bass)
Past Members
Tony Angerson
A.C. Barnett
James Bray
Greg Calvert
Anthony DeMarco
Zambia Greene
Scott Greco
Dave Milone
Pit Orbach
Darrin Verpuit
- Ours' new website (as of January 2009) boasts a stream of their entire discography.
- Race, Ours' bass player, used to play guitar for the band, before switching to bass.
- Before he joined Ours as a guitarist, Static was a cook.
- Jimmy Gnecco and Race both were "raw food vegans" for a while. Jimmy was vegan for 11 years, but has started eating meat again for health reasons.
- Ours shows are hot. Literally. They often request that the air conditioning be turned off, because it negatively affects a singer's voice.
- Ours' songs "Live Again," "Get Up," "Moth," and "Black" from the 2008 album Mercy (Dancing for the Death of an Imaginary Enemy) were released on MySpace before being heard anywhere else. They also released a CD Sampler that included "Ran Away to Tell the World," "Mercy," and "Murder" in December of 2007. The LP was finally released on April 15, 2008, nearly seven years after the release of their second album.
- Jimmy Gnecco was not a guitar tech for Jeff Buckley, as is commonly thought. The pair were friends, and Jeff was a great inspiration to Jimmy.
- The only cover song to appear on an Ours record is "Femme Fatale" by The Velvet Underground which appears on their 2002 LP Precious. Ours also has a B-side cover of "Bohemian Rhapsody" that accompanied their first EP, 2001's Distorted Lullabies.
- At age sixteen, Ours vocalist Jimmy Gnecco got his first tattoo; he has gotten many more since then.
- Ours has stated that they are supporters of peer-to-peer music sharing services as it is a way for their music to get exposure. Their main focus is to reach a large audience.
- Jimmy Gnecco has stated that he wishes he had written "Quicksand" or "The Man Who Sold the World" by David Bowie.
- Ours' vocalist Jimmy Gnecco has very little vocal training. He trained for about seven sessions, but could not afford to train anymore.
- Ours' vocalist Jimmy Gnecco has stated that though music is his career, he also enjoys movies, running, and spending time with his children.
- Ours' vocalist Jimmy Gnecco's favorite album of all-time is Achtung Baby by U2. His favorite song is "Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty.
- Album: Mercy (Dancing for the Death of an Imaginary Enemy)
Release Date: April 15, 2008
Label: American
Tracks:
"Mercy"
"Worst Things Beautiful"
"Ran Away to Tell the World"
"Black"
"Moth"
"Murder"
"God Only Wants You"
"Live Again"
"Willing"
"Saint"
"Lost"
"Get Up"
- Album: Precious
Release Date: November 5, 2002
Label: DreamWorks Records
Tracks:
"Kill the Band"
"Realize"
"Leaves"
"Places"
"Outside"
"In a Minute"
"Femme Fatale"
"Broken"
"Chapter 2 (Money)"
"If Flowers Turn"
"Disaster in a Halo"
"Red Colored Stars"
- Album: Distorted Lullabies
Release Date: May 15, 2001
Label: DreamWorks Records
Tracks:
"Fallen Souls"
"Drowning"
"I'm A Monster"
"Sometimes"
"Miseryhead"
"Here Is The Light"
"Medication"
"Dancing Alone"
"Bleed"
"Dizzy"
"Meet Me In The Tower"
"As I Wander"
- Album: Sour
Release Date: 1994
Label: Beatnik Records
Tracks:
"Dracula's Bride"
"Lotti Di"
"The Mean Between Extremes"
"Trust Is Dead"
"The Norm"
"Emotional Wreck"
"Use Me"
"Ours"
"My Friend Bill"
"So Mean"
"I Think"
"The Instinct I've Been Taught"
"All They Know"
- Jimmy Gnecco: That’s why the album is called Precious. Because it was anything but precious. It sounds like we made it up on the spot, and yet, the performances are solid. That’s exciting to us.
- Jimmy Gnecco: Eventually, I began to write these epic songs that were more about feeling, with a lot of sonic elements. I’d always write two guitar parts that played against each other to build tension, with the drums pounding on toms to create a circular, tribal feeling. Sometimes it’s more important to me to make a sound than to write a pop song.
