12 Stones is an American hard rock band,[2][6] formed in 2000 in Mandeville, Louisiana consisting of Paul McCoy, Eric Weaver, Sean Dunaway, and Jon Rodriguez.

Lead vocalist Paul McCoy was featured in the Evanescence single "Bring Me to Life", released in 2003, which later went on to win a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance in 2004.

Songs "Running out of Pain" and "Back Up" were used on Cheating Death, Stealing Life – The Eddie Guerrero Story.

[10] The Washington Capitals hockey team also used the song in the 2010–11 NHL season video played at the start of their home games in the Verizon Center.

[citation needed] On August 24, 2010, the band announced that they were leaving Wind-Up after nine years, stating "We felt it was time for a change.