Formation and Brutal Records years (2001–2004) In early 2001, Jesse Korman, Chree Conger and Justin Pedrick met through mutual acquaintances and recruited Jamie McIlroy and Alexis Pareja which formed the bass-free outfit And Ever. The band was reportedly formed by "accident" where Pedrick was originally the only vocalist and Korman played drums. Korman then apparently realized he was a "terrible drummer", and as a result, took up being a second vocalist for the band wherein Conger then played drums in his place. After releasing a five-song demo and playing a handful of songs together, the band's style began to change slightly. They then soon changed their name to The Number Twelve Looks Like You, a name taken from the
Twilight Zone episode "
Number 12 Looks Just Like You". In early 2003, with newly added bassist Mike Smagula, the band was heard at a live show by an A&R representative from Brutal Records, who was impressed, and informed the heads of the record label about the band. After hearing all the songs the band had currently recorded, the label signed the band in March and commissioned them to record two new songs, Soon thereafter the band returned to the studio and began work on recording their first release for Eyeball,
An Inch Of Gold For An Inch Of Time. The EP, released on January 25, 2005, featured a cover of
The Knack's hit, "
My Sharona", two new songs, and a re-recording of "Don't Get Blood On My Prada Shoes" and "Jesus And Tori", from their first full-length. After a short promotional tour for
An Inch of Gold for an Inch of Time, the band returned to the studio in March, and with producer D. James Goodwin, recorded their follow-up full length
Nuclear. Sad. Nuclear.. Finished in seven days and later released on June 7, the album contained, amongst 10 new tracks, re-recordings of two tracks featured on
An Inch Of Gold For An Inch Of Time, "Like A Cat" and "Clarissa Explains Cuntainment".
Mongrel, Worse Than Alone and break-up (2007–2010) On June 19, 2007, the band released another full-length album,
Mongrel, which featured all new material. The album peaked at No. 19
Billboard Heatseekers and No. 34 on the Top Independent Albums chart. Mongrel spawned only one single which was
Grandfather. In 2008, the band released two CDs. One was a live CD/DVD entitled,
Here at the End of All Things and the second release was a limited edition "alien green"
7" titled,
The Remixes. The Number Twelve Looks Like You released their follow-up to
Mongrel, entitled
Worse Than Alone, on March 10, 2009.
Worse Than Alone leaked in its entirety to various Internet websites and communities on March 6, 2009.
Worse Than Alone also reached the
Billboard Heatseekers charts, peaking at No. 47. During the band's tour with
Protest the Hero,
Misery Signals and
Scale the Summit, the band announced that Justin Pedrick had left the band due to his long-time struggle with depression and anxiety. On a blog on the band's MySpace page, they talked about Pedrick's departure from the band. In early 2010, the band confirmed rumors that they had broken up. The reason the band split was due to internal issues with each member. The group played their final show on January 29, 2010. The band claimed, on their Twitter page, that if they reached 10,000 followers they "...will play a show or two", they had also asked fans on their Facebook page the question "so what cities love the 12 the most?" along with a rumour stating that they were expected to reform on December 12, 2012 (12/12/12) to coincide with their band name. On August 2, 2013, The Number Twelve Looks Like You released the first episode of their upcoming video series, called
24/7.12, onto YouTube. In the first episode of the video series, the band spoke of their formation.
Reunion and Wild Gods (2016–present) On May 18, 2016, the band posted an image on their Facebook account which appeared to be a gig flyer, displaying an updated band logo, a short set list of songs from their back-catalogue, and further text on the side stating the date May 19, 2016, and the location of Kingston, New York. Fans raised speculation that this would be a secret show where the band would announce their return. As speculated, on May 19, 2016, the band played their first show together since January 2010, and frontman Jesse Korman confirmed the following day that the band were back with "News to follow. Maybe." The line-up at the band's return show saw both Korman and guitarist Alexis Pareja performing, completed by Michael Kadnar on drums and DJ Scully on bass. The band supported
The Dillinger Escape Plan on their Limerent Death tour in 2016. Following extensive touring by the band, they announced in fall 2017 an anniversary tour celebrating the 12-year anniversary of
Nuclear. Sad. Nuclear. In February 2019, the band confirmed that they had finished recording their fifth record and first album in a decade. The album, titled
Wild Gods, was released on September 20, 2019. In May 2024, the band embarked on their first tour in five years along with past tour mates
The Fall of Troy &
Heavy Heavy Low Low. On May 12th, they posted a story on instagram revealing the current lineup of the band which now includes bassist Cody McCorry and drummer Michael DeMarco. On August 16, 2024, it was announced through the band's Instagram that they had signed to Equal Vision Records. It was also announced that a new song, "Eyes on the Fireworks", will be released on August 22. It will be their first new song in 5 years, and first song overall with their new members. May 2025 a new single was released, "Indeciso". This is in anticipation to their upcoming album, timing unknown. ==Musical style and influences==