The Number Twelve Looks Like You

The Number Twelve Looks Like You is an American mathcore band, formed in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, in 2001.

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.

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.

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.

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.

"[12] 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.

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.

[1] AllMusic describes them as a "particularly dark and dystopian form of screamo" that incorporates elements of "Japanese-style noise rock à la the Boredoms and the show-offy tempo, time signature, and dynamic shifts of Frank Zappa.

[...] I'm always trying to push the limit, think outside the box and ask myself what I can do that other people aren’t already doing.Founding member Alexis Pareja, a classically trained guitarist, has cited jazz fusion players John McLaughlin and Robert Fripp as some of his primary inspirations.

"[20] In addition to rock music, the band has been deeply influenced by jazz, citing artists such as Mark Guiliana, Tigran Hamasyan, Miles Davis, Avishai Cohen and John Coltrane.