The Loved Ones

The Loved Ones

The Loved Ones are a punk rock band from Philadelphia, United States, active from 2003 to the present. The group forms around Dave Hause on vocals and guitar, Michael Cotterman on bass and Mike Sneeringer on drums. Hause has previously played in The Curse and Paint It Black, Cotterman in Kid Dynamite, and Sneeringer in Trial by Fire.

The band begins in late 2003. After Hause works as a roadie for The Bouncing Souls, the connection helps the group get started, and they later tour with The Bouncing Souls as well as Against Me!, Rise Against, Bad Religion, NOFX and Less Than Jake.

In 2005, they release a self-titled EP on Jade Tree Records. Their debut full-length album, Keep Your Heart, follows in 2006 on Fat Wreck Chords. In December 2006, Cotterman leaves the band and is replaced by Chris Gonzalez, with David Walsh added on second guitar; both Gonzalez and Walsh are formerly of The Explosion.

The Loved Ones are associated with punk rock, punk, pop punk, melodic punk, alternative rock, americana and folk punk. Their labels include Jade Tree and Fat Wreck Chords.