She Wants Revenge is a Los Angeles group active from 2005 to 2020, centred on Justin Warfield and Adam Bravin. Warfield handles vocals, guitar and keyboards, while Bravin plays bass and keyboards. Their live line-up also includes Thomas Froggatt on guitar and Scott Ellis on drums, and the wider membership listed for the group includes Jason Payne.

Sound and style

The group is usually described as post-punk, darkwave, new wave, indie and alternative, with a sound that also falls under indie rock and rock. Their music uses electronics such as synths and drum machines, and draws on alternative rock, new wave and 1980s gothic rock. The band has said it makes dance music rather than straightforward rock, and it is often grouped with darkwave for its atmospheric style.

Releases and collaborations

She Wants Revenge releases three albums: their self-titled debut in 2006, This Is Forever in 2007, and Valleyheart in 2011. They also contribute a cover of “Kindnap the Sandy Claws” to a re-release soundtrack of The Nightmare Before Christmas. The group appears on the track “Time” with Timbaland.

Activity and label history

After parting ways with Geffen/Interscope in 2008, the band runs its own label, Perfect Kiss Records, and uses it for the EP Save Your Soul. A second EP, Up and Down, follows in 2009. The group is associated with Flawless Records.

After the band

Following She Wants Revenge, Adam continues work in Love, Ecstasy and Terror, also known as lovexterror.