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2011 in review: a Synthpunked year

admin — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:20:57 +0000

2011 was probably the most progressive year for Vertigo Venus we ever could have asked for. The band changed, grew, and did more than we ever expected to in one year. We showed that a Synthpunk band can work their butts off, meet great things, and make great things, despite trials.

We started the year off with the release of our first music video, “Everybody Down”. We shot it with the help of some great friends, and released it to much applause from many watchers. The video is still an amazing accomplishment for us, and we’re really grateful for all the work that our friends put into it.

We then began a fundraiser with Indiegogo to raise money to go to SxSw, and created a lot of great art for fans who supported us in the endeavor. We created new music, art, and more, and planned our trip to Texas after a great show with Igor and the Red Elvises in santa Fe.

We followed up this great success with a lineup change; this is something that usually sets a band back by years. We didn’t know exactly what to do, being that things changed for us right before we went to SxSW for the first time in our careers, but we approached it with as much positivity that we could, and we handled it well. We played a string of great shows in Texas with backup from our friend Erik taking up the bass guitar; a greatly talented musician, we are grateful to know him.

Returning from Texas, we planned the future of the band, and decided that Jeff would pick up the bass guitar. This was a big shift, as Jeff had been primarily the lead singer for quite awhile. This felt right, however, and as we went on practicing, we knew this was the right thing to do. We decided to move forwar as a four piece, a new understanding and respect between the four of us that would strengthen our band and our music.

We played a string of shows, and after a great show with Our good friends Burlesque Noir, we took some time off to write and start recording. We came out of this time with a lot of great new material, and a new future for the band. We filmed another great video, this time for “spy vs. spy”, for Digitech guitar effects, and found much success with it. We found our music being distributed in more Hot Topic stores, as well as our shirts finding their way to the store’s website, a great accomplishment for us.

We closed the year with some more great shows, and a plan to write and record two new records. Our van sadly exploded somewhere along the way, but we are working hard to ensure that it works like us; better, faster, stronger.

We underwent A great many changes and trials in 2011, and we are ready for the future. We will be releasing a new record in 2012, and touring and reaching new audiences with our music. We’ve already started the year with an endorsement from Digitech, and a new hoodie available on Hot Topic’s website, and we have a great many shows lined up which we are excited about. We are grateful for our great fans and friends, and those folks that keep us going. Thank you to you all! Keep watching for great things this year, and keep the dream alive!

Vertigo Venus “Everybody Down” Video premiere & live internet performance – this FRIDAY Jan. 7th!

admin — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 10:25:00 +0000

Hey everyone!

This Friday, January 7th, our new video will be premiering on the internet! Before it, does, we’ll be doing a live internet performance from our studio via the web at:

http://www.ustream.tv/user/vertigovenus

Join us at 6:30pm MST on Ustream for a live performance from our studio. followed by the premiere of the Video on YouTube.com. The Video will premiere at 7:30pm MST at our YouTube channel at

http://www.youtube.com/vertigovenus

We’re very, very excited about this video, so we hope you join us for it. This is the first video we’ve ever had that features all of us in glorious HD, professionally shot video. Rip Williams (http://www.ripwilliamsphotography.com), a great local Photographer, shot it, along with Steve Groves (http://www.esi-media.com), Jason Alexander (www.wolfnetarchives.com), Deyona Gundlach (www.otakuphy.com), and Brad Cole ( www.i-systems.us) We’re very lucky to have the group of people who shot this for us, so we hope that you’ll join us for it.

To RSVP for the event, click here:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=187807004564362

Please spread the word, tell others, tune in! Thank you all for your support!

-brian, Vertigo Venus

Vertigo Venus “Everybody Down” Video premiere & live internet performance – this FRIDAY Jan. 7th!

admin — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 10:25:00 +0000

Hey everyone!

This Friday, January 7th, our new video will be premiering on the internet! Before it, does, we’ll be doing a live internet performance from our studio via the web at:

http://www.ustream.tv/user/vertigovenus

Join us at 6:30pm MST on Ustream for a live performance from our studio. followed by the premiere of the Video on YouTube.com. The Video will premiere at 7:30pm MST at our YouTube channel at

http://www.youtube.com/vertigovenus

To RSVP for the event, click here:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=187807004564362

Please spread the word, tell others, tune in! Thank you all for your support!

-brian, Vertigo Venus

Up all night with Mayor Coss show review

admin — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:08:35 +0000

On friday, Feb. 19th, we played a gig in Santa Fe at Corazon, a great upcoming bar on the corner of Guadalupe and Montezuma Ave owned by Mikey Baker (a phenomenal guitarist whom I’ve always admired for his work in The Gluey Brothers, amongst other projects). The event was a fundraiser for Current Mayor David Coss; we’re not a band to take political stances on things, besides “politics suck”, but we decided to do this event because, we rarely get to play Santa Fe, and a number of people we respect were involved.

So, let it be said that we don’t really support any politician; but, we do support rocking out. And that we did.

As DJ Featherricci dropped some tracks, we loaded in (dressed to the nines, as we often are), set up shop, and after an intro by MC Max Friedenburg, we were rolling with our first song, “Everybody Down”. People were a bit put off, but by the time we were dropping our cover of “She bop”, they were grooving. Some folks were obviously confused; let’s face it, Santa Fe isn’t our scene. We don’t play there much, and it usually caters to a much different crowd. Jeff worked them over with his usual dry and razor sharp wit, Jesi blew their faces off with her keys, Chris and Kenny held it down, and I did my best to continue to beat the hell out of my drumkit. As people loosened up (likely thanks to liquor), things got better. By the time we closed with “Punk rock cheerleader”, they were electrified enough to even sing along! We destroyed things as we usually do with our closer; cymbals flying about, lots of noise from Chris and Ken.

We were called back for an encore, which is not something we’re used to getting to do, and so we dropped our cover of “Dancing by myself” by Billy Idol, got people dancing, and hopefully wanting more.

As we packed up our gear, MC Max stood on the stage and asked the Mayor to say a few words, the first of which was, “I love Vertigo Venus!”. You don’t get to hear that too much about a riotous synhpunk act playing to a crowd that’s used to blues or latin jazz on a friday night.

A good night in general, and well-attended; Corazon can definitely pack in the heads. We look forward to making our way up to Santa Fe more often, so look out Sfe-ans. We’re coming for you.

/brian