Hurt (band)
American band
Hurt, stylized as HURT, was an American rock band formed in Virginia in 2000. The band has released four major label albums. They first released the independent albums Hurt in 2000 and The Consumation in 2003. HURT released their major label debut album, Vol. 1, on March 21, 2006. The singles "Rapture" and "Falls Apart" received significant radio airplay. Their second album was the critically acclaimed Vol. II, released on September 25, 2007, and they had their largest radio hit yet with the single "Ten Ton Brick".
The band released two more albums, Goodbye to the Machine and The Crux. They disbanded in 2015 a year after Self-Entitled, a re-release of their first album came out.
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