Stitched Up Heart

Stitched Up Heart is an American rock band on Another Century Records.^[1] The band was formed in 2010 in Los Angeles by singer Alecia "Mixi" Demner. They have released three full-length albums and three EPs. They have performed as the opening act for Godsmack, Halestorm, Steel Panther and In This Moment.^[2]

The group was founded in 2010 by vocalist Alecia 'Mixi' Demner, she would later recruit fellow guitarist Mikey Alfero and current New Years Day guitarist Nikki Misery with bassist David DiSarro and drummer Andrew Carroll the five-piece band would later release a self-titled EP on November 22, 2010, available by download only the EP featured "We're Alive" and "Is This the Way You Get to Hell?" they would release their second EP Escape the Nightmare in 2011.

After the release Alfero, Misery, and Carroll left the band in 2011 and the band was reformed by Mixi and current drummer James Decker, eventually recruiting Grant Webb, Nicky Warman and Dave DiSarro for a few shows. This lineup soon switched to just Mixi, Decker, Grant and Derek Jochmann on bass for a few U.S. tours.

In 2013, the band went through another line up change after Jochmann left the band, and was replaced by Jerry who was quickly replaced by Merritt Goodwin.

As of 2013, Stitched Up Heart continued on as four-piece group following Grant's departure with Luke Man on guitar. On May 20, 2014, Stitched Up Heart released a new EP titled Skeleton Key. In 2015 Dorian Dolore joined the band as the new second guitarist, but would later be replaced by guitarist Nick Bedrosian in 2016.^[3]

After several years spent developing their sound, recording demos and playing in local clubs, in 2015 Stitched Up Heart was signed to Another Century Records, a division of Century Label Group. A new single, "Finally Free," was released in late 2015 and eventually reached No. 19 in America's Active Rock Radio Chart.^[4] A follow-up single, "Monster," co-produced and co-written by Marc Jordan and Mitchell Marlow was unveiled April 29, 2016^[5] and Billboard.com premiered the song "Event Horizon" on June 3, 2016.^[6] The band's major label debut, the album Never Alone was released on June 17, 2016, and debuted in the Top 10 of both the Billboard Heatseeker and Hard Rock charts.^[1][7]

In early 2017, the ensemble toured with American hard rock band Letters from the Fire.^[8] After two months off the road, Stitched Up Heart headlined a sell-out concert at The Knitting Factory in Boise, Idaho on Friday April 21, 2017, promoted by local radio station 100.3 The X.^[9]

In 2019 the band released the song "Lost" from their second album Darkness. It features vocals by Sully Erna of Godsmack.^[10] It also contains the singles "Darkness" and "Problems".

On September 1, 2023 the band released their third LP To The Wolves. Its lead single is "Possess Me". It also contains the songs ""To The Wolves" (featuring Craig Mabbit from Escape the Fate) and "Immortal". They began a new tour with Escape the Fate, Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows, Points North, and Garzi a month later.^[11]

• Alecia 'Mixi' Demner  – lead vocals, rhythm guitar (2010–present)
• James Decker – drums, backing vocals (2011–present)
• Merritt Goodwin – lead guitar (2012–present)
• Randy Mathias – bass, backing vocals (2014–present)

• Mikey Alfero – lead guitar (2010–2011)
• David DiSarro – bass (2010–2012)
• Andrew Carroll – drums (2010–2011)
• Dorian Dolore – rhythm guitar (2015–2016)
• Nikki Misery – lead guitar (2010–2011)
• Nicky Warman – rhythm guitar (2012)
• Luke Man  – lead guitar (2013)
• Grant Webb – lead guitar (2012–2013)
• Nick Bedrosian – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2016–2019)

Source:^[12]

• Never Alone (2016) ^[13][14]
• Darkness (2020)
• To the Wolves (2023)

• Stitched Up Heart (2010)
• Escape the Nightmare (2011)
• Skeleton Key (2014)

• StitchedUpHeart.org
• AnotherCentury.com