The Young Werewolves

The trio met after guitarist Nick Falcon posted ads on the internet and in music shops searching for "musicians interested in forming a band with a sound like The Ramones-meets-Buddy Holly at a Beef-and-Beer. All greasers please apply."{{cite web | url =http://www.legendsmagazine.net/151/were.htm| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20051025021826/http://www.legendsmagazine.net/151/were.htm| url-status =usurped| archive-date =October 25, 2005| title = Interview Young Werewolves |work=Legends Magazine|date=2005-09-01|accessdate=2008-07-09}} Attracting attention from the underground press and steady airplay on specialty radio{{cite web | url = http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22young+werewolves%22&domains=wfmu.org&sitesearch=wfmu.org| title = Playlists |work=WFMU |date=2008-07-01|accessdate=2008-07-01}}{{cite web | url =http://www.ruemorgueradio.com/?a=archives| title = Rue Morgue Radio |work=Rue Morgue Radio

|date=2008-05-23|accessdate=2008-07-24}} have enabled a frequent touring schedule.

In 2004, their music was licensed for broadcast on the fifteenth season of MTV's popular reality television series The Real World based in Philadelphia.{{cite web | url = http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/arts-and-culture/under-the-radar_love-38390379.html| title = Holiday Guide 2004 |work=Philadelphia Weekly |date=2004-11-17|accessdate=2008-07-26}} AMC licensed music from the band for broadcast during the network's annual Monsterfest programming during Halloween season in 2007.{{cite web | url =http://musicartery.com/interviews/YoungWerewolves.php| title = Young Werewolves Interview|work= MusicArtery|date=December 5, 2010|accessdate=2011-03-20}} In 2011, Showtime used The Young Werewolves’ music during an episode of Shameless starring William H. Macy.{{cite web | url=http://www.sho.com/site/shameless/episodes.do?seriesid=408&seasonid=1&episodeid=136691|title=Shameless |date=2011-03-14|accessdate=2011-03-17}} USA Network and Spike TV have also incorporated music from the band in Burn Notice and Blue Mountain State respectively.{{cite web | url=http://www.usanetwork.com/series/burnnotice/theshow/songlist3.html|title=USA Network|work=USA Network |date=2010-08-22|accessdate=2011-03-17}}{{cite web | url=http://www.spike.com/articles/dtg6mm/blue-mountain-state-music-of-blue-mountain-state|title=Spike TV|work=Blue Mountain State |date=2010-07-19|accessdate=2011-03-17}}

Their second full-length recording, Cheat The Devil, was released in 2008. Sid Haig is the executive producer and is featured on the cover artwork. He also provides the introductory narration on the track Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde.{{cite web | url =http://musicartery.com/interviews/ColeHaddon.php| title = The Strange Case of Mr. Hyde – Interview|date=2012-05-12|accessdate=2012-05-12}} Their third recording, Sins of The Past.,{{cite web | url =http://www.discogs.com/The-Young-Werewolves-Sins-of-the-Past/release/7607355| title = The Young Werewolves - Sins of the Past|date=2016-01-03|accessdate=2016-08-11}} was released in 2011 and included saxophones.{{cite web | url =https://www.facebook.com/DiePsychocouch/posts/829233720492336:0| title = The Young Werewolves - Sins of the Past CD Review|date=2015-05-13|accessdate=2015-06-04}} In 2015 VH1 listed The Young Werewolves as a defining band within the Horror Rock genre.{{cite web | url =https://www.vh1.com/news/zc4xu2/horror-rock-a-to-z| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20221008125206/https://www.vh1.com/news/zc4xu2/horror-rock-a-to-z| url-status =live| archive-date =October 8, 2022| title = Horror Rock A to Z|date=2015-10-28|accessdate=2016-03-17}}

• The Young Werewolves
• Cheat The Devil
• Sins of the Past

• CMJ ON AIR Vol. 006 (CMJ)
• This is Horror Punk Vol. 2 (Fiend Force Records){{cite web | url =http://www.roomthirteen.com/cgi-bin/cd_view.cgi?CDID=1828| title = This is Horror Punk 2 The Terror Continues|year=2005|accessdate=2008-07-02}}
• Pledge Your Allegiance... To Satan! (Necro-Tone Records)
• Ghouls Gone Wild (Poptown Records)
• Innocence is Bliss (Dionysus Records){{cite web | url =http://dionysusrecords.com/shop/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=34| title =Innocence is Bliss|date=2008-07-02|accessdate=2008-07-02}}{{cite web | url ={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r936041|pure_url=yes}}| title = Innocence Is Bliss (A Female Frenzy of Sensational Sounds) |work=Allmusic|date=2006-11-26|accessdate=2008-07-04}}
• Welcome to Circus Punk-A-Billy Vol. 2 (Wolverine Records){{cite web | url =http://www.nervous.co.uk/shindex.htm?http://www.nervous.co.uk/reviews/wrr131.htm| title = Welcome to Circus Punk A Billy Vol. 2 |work=Nervous Records|date=2008-07-01|accessdate=2008-07-01}}
• Continental Magazine No. 18 (Double Crown Records){{cite web | url =http://www.doublecrownrecords.com/2011/03/02/continental-magazine-18-wcd-the-bambi-molesters-davie-allan/| title = Double Crown Records: Modern Surf Music Record Label |date=2011-03-02|accessdate=2011-03-20}}
• Rockabilly & Psychobilly Madness | Psychobilly Goes Pop (Cleopatra Records){{cite web | url =http://www.allmusic.com/album/rockabilly-amp-psychobilly-madness-mw0002236048 | title = Psychobilly Goes Pop {{!}} Rockabilly & Psychobilly Madness |date=2012-06-11|accessdate=2012-06-11}}

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