Welcome To The Official Death Valley Website!!
Meet The Band
Who We Are
Nick Bales
Lead Singer
Nick was born in the small town of Springport Indiana. He grew up in a family of musicians, including his father who is a choir teacher, so he's been singing since he could talk. Being surrounded by music his whole life instilled in him a deep love of music that he hopes to share with as many people that will listen. In music, Nick looks up to James Bales (his father), Chris Cornell, Elton John, Layne Staley, Robert Plant, and Zack de la Rocha. Nick loves the show One Piece and above all else his wife.
Nathan Bales
Drummer
Nathan was born in the small town of Springport Indiana. He grew up in a family of musicians, including his father who is a choir teacher. He has been around music his whole life. Nathan is a 3rd generation drummer in his family. He started at age 7 with lessons from Fred Bales (1st generation). He developed a deep passion from music by going to shows at a young age. Nathan Looks up to Thomas Bales (2nd generation) as a role model.
Zachary Cargile
Bassist
Zach was born in Muncie, Indiana and grew up with a dad that loved the Beatles and heavy metal, and a mom that loved Stevie Nicks. He grew up listening to almost everything. At about 10 years old he saw a marching band for the first time, solidifying his love of music and performance. He started playing bass in his senior year of high school, being inspired by the late Cliff Burton of Metallica. Cliff was a pioneer, he didn't have the cleanest technique but he made his bass sing in a way nobody else could. Zach is also a collector of Transformers, toys based on the 1986 animated movie.
William Jolly
Lead Guitar
Will is Indiana born and raised, hailing from Westfield. He's been in music since elementary school and picked up the guitar at 11 years old. It was Tool's Adam Jones who got him to take guitar serieously and, with influence of other guitarists like Bill Kelliher, Kirk Windstien, and Matt Pike, he's become the riff master general he is today. Apart from his love of guitars, Will has a deep love of vintage British amps, specifically Hiwatt, Sound City, Orange, and Matamp.
