Vinny and the guys would like to thank everyone who came out to the shows and supported us and original music this year! We had a whale of a time playing at Don Quixote's! We even received our first STANDING OVATION! Wow, that was mindblowing. This coming year we will have merchandise of all sorts, especially T-SHIRTS, yay! and buttons and underwear and wall clocks and stickers and ashtrays and maybe even a pinball game! We had a blast on KPIG as well, being honored guests of Sleepy John and Please Stand By. Media Files will be posted shortly! For those that missed the broadcast, we played acoustic versions of 112 in the Shade, Delilah Fear, and One Minute. Since it was before noon on a Sunday only turning it up to 2 so as not to wake the martini gremlins was much appreciated by all. All hail our new friends Unborn Sun!! Great songs, really cool folks, and we're looking forward to playing more shows with them in the future. If you haven't checked them out yet, click here We'll be making a trip south for the January NAMM show in the other silicone valley, Anahiem! Hopefully we'll come back with a lizard shaped flying V for Vinny and an 11-string bass for Steve. Gory details to follow, along with our Steve Vai autograph collection on the back of our programs. AND THEN...your last chance to catch Vinny ripping it up (the guitar, not his pants. this time) in 2006. He'll be joining Isis and Cold Truth at our favorite watering hole, the Windjammer Lounge in Aptos for NYE. A full night of jamming at the 'Jammer with a great blues band, good people, and strong drinks. Even if you don't drink, order Shannon's special and get to work on stripping the paint off yer Woodie, if you know what i mean... Drive safe and passenge luxuriously this holiday season!
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It's here it's here! virtually...We're waiting with baited breath (and you thought we ate too many sardines again) for the crates to show up. In the meantime, You can buy our debut album 112 In The Shade online including all the artwork at digstation. Today we're one of the top picks in the Rock category complete with samples of every song! If you, like us, can't wait a minute longer log on and pick us up!
Crimony, has it been that long?! Well, it's been worth the wait, we just got a call from the carrier verifying our shipping address for our CDs. Our debut release 112 in the Shade will be here THIS WEEK ready for your hungry ears to gobble it all up. It will be available for online purchase as well as getting the hard copy. Links and details to follow very soon! In light of this most excellent news, we are proud to announce we are playing at the venerable Don Quixote's International Music Hall in Felton on November 22nd. That's the day before Thansgiving, folks. If you don't have the following day off, our hearts go out to you. For those that will be in town, we'd love to see you at the show! We have advance tickets available to sell at a discounted price. And if you've blown the paycheck on cranberry sauce and green bean casserole let us know and we can work something out. We'd rather fill the room than make money off you (this time). don Quixote's is one o' them high-class places to play, with superb sound and seating (and a pretty decent stage, too) and is an excellent Mexican restaurant. Dinner and a show! More shows are coming up in December as well so check the calendar page for more info. ps: The July 7th Owl Club show was amazing, complete with catholic schoolgirls! if you didn't make it out, you don't know what you were missing. Those that did make it, thank you for supporting us and we won't tell either.
Wow, just wow! Roseville is H-O-T! we had a total blast rocking out in the 120degree heat. Can't wait to do it again on the 7th of July! Ivan and Tiffany win the title of Bestest Fans Ever for making the drive all the way out and back for the night. Your fruit baskets will be arriving shortly... Next time, we're bringing room fans and catholic schoolgirls(?!). show up to find out what that all means...Next show, Aptos!! Come party with us after they kick everyone off the beach on July 4th. We're playing from 9pm-1am and it's a free show.
Rumor has it today is the last day of tracking. kick a$$! This weekend is going to be a barnburner! (i love that word) Those of you in the Sacramento Area owe it to yourselves to get out to the Owl Club in Roseville and spend the night with us!
It's getting closer....The new Album is expected to be finished by the end of summer. Place your bets accordingly... June is a big month for us, with a live webcast on the 16th, Vinny's Birthday on the 17th, and the first of two shows in the Central Valley - Roadtrip!!! See the calendar page for details.
Progress report...ALL of the drum and bass tracks are done and vocals are being recorded this week(ish)! So far we like what we hear. Of course it never hurts to take one more listen to see if we REALLY like all of it. Barring any unforseen glitches we should be sitting on a fresh stack of full length CDs by late July. New shows have been added to the calendar page. Check your schedules, and tune in, or better yet, turn on and show up in person!
Happy Holyday, everyone! We had a great time at the Blank Club with Europa and Taunted on the 19th. Big thanks to Josh of Sick Blue for taking some live action shots of us!! They are posted at his website as well as in our IMAGES page. Also to our friends who braved the South Bay to catch us at the Blank Club on a school night. Next up, trips to SF and more recording in May. Stay tuned!
We're very excited for our first all ages show in a long long time. Friday March 31st at Orchard Valley Coffee in Campbell, CA. Music from 7-9:30 and it's free of course. Bring the kids, bring yer mom! We're also headed back in the studio this weekend to lay tracks for three new songs that so far can only be heard live. Belive us they're worth the wait!
Two words. Rockit Room! Very cool people, very supportive of music and bands and great room for playing and listening! Every Tuesday is open mic night and while there weren't a lot of people there we made up for it in quality. everyone who played wrote and sang really well. By the end of the night everyone knew everyone else as well which made for the beginning of a new music scene in SF?? We definitely made some new friends and invited them to join us on Thursday Feb 16th at Irelands32. So now the night will be VJB and Friends. This is a night not to be missed!
man, what a good night!! the day started (for us) at 2:30 pm at expressions college taking the tour of the studios as we are recording there at the end of the month. hopefully we'll become regulars on their roster for studio recording. i wouldn't mind doing the same songs over and over for different students. they record to 2" analog tape (which actually has superior sound quality than full digital recording it turns out) or digital into protools. sweet! we get that vintage warmth plus the quality of running through mixers that cost as much as a house. then it was off to haight st to put up flyers which will probably only last a half hour in the rain and drooled over goodies at haight ashbury music center and then hung out at the pub at 6pm. slightly early. so a walking tour of clement st. yielded a goldmine of opportunities and new people turned on to VJB and pizza slices at nizario's of course. the whiskey helped i'm sure... there were (at a quick headcount) 45-50 people at the open mic!! awesome. plus we got on second so everyone got to hear us and we got some compliments, traded CDs with a couple fellow musicians, got some folks interested in the show on the 16th, and had a blast as well. we played acoustic guitar and bass and djembe which turned out pretty nice. we need to work a full acoustic set one of these days to break things up as well as diversify... heading up next tuesday to the rockit lounge on clement (formerly last day saloon) so if anyone's free please join us! they've done that place up very nicely and the new owner is very cool. (plasterkatz take note) hopefully good things will come of that for all of us. [soundtrack for this post: Voodoo People by Prodigy]
Welcome to 2006! We had a great time at the Windjammer in Aptos. Each show we just get better and better...Next up on our plates: -Recording sessions in Campbell at Final Mix Studios and pre-production tracking at Expressions College in Emeryville at the end of February. Also, we've got a Show at Irelands32 in San Francsico Feb 16th! This one will be the audition to get a weekend night at a future date so come on out and support us in ess eff!
We slayed 'em! The Blank Club show tonight was one of our best ever. Lots of compliments, and from people we hadn't met before! That does it for 2005, we'll be celebrating the new year and returning Jan 6th to the Windjammer in Aptos for an allnighter. Cause we can go all night if we want to. ...and the new songs sound great!
November was quite the fun month. Had a blast with the Plasterkatz in SF and then the very next day we rocked the House of Shields with the 88s from up north who had quite the entertaining horn section and had our heartstrings (and other body parts) a-twanging from the Burlesque Revue. Rumor has it it's a monthly series so check it out. This month we're working on new material but sneaking in a show at the Blank Club in downtown San Jose on the 21st so come by and cheer us on!
well HOT DAMN! and stuff... if you haven't joined the mailing list send me an email and I'll add you to the list. At some point we'll have some fancy shmancy form on the site. however, we can't spell that good yet. in the meantime, we're gearing up for the studio and our upcoming shows. Check out the calendar page for more info. roger, roger...
Updates updates updates...more shows and such. So far we're gigging in San Jose in October, SF in November and [loud fanfare] recording a full album this month as well! we'll keep you posted on the progress. It'll be one of those marathon let's-play-everything-all-at-once sessions and we're looking forward to how it comes out.
Onwards and upwards! practises have been going well and we're gearing up for the studio later this month. Gonna have us a time...and while yer at it, let us know what you think about the new pic on the front door. more to come so keep checking back. check out the calendar page for the next show dates.
Well here we sit, hashing Redemption Song by Bob Marley for some webpage posting music. We'd like to thank everybody that came out to South First Billiards for the Sept 20 show. We added a couple members to the VJB family. Tomorrow we get mugshots -I mean, band photos which will mean we'll finally have some pics up on the site to remind you how good we look at 6am. Yeehaw! Going big-time at Dave Lepori's place. The man shoots a mean cannon. And we mean that in the most photogenic way of course...Check out his live photos of some very recognizeable artists (soon to include us).
Porn and eggs, man. Porn and eggs...
Another great show at the Windjammer Lounge yesterday! It was great to be a part of the benefit for Jeanie. We wish you much love and healing.
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See you on September 10th! (check the calendar page for details)
Many thanks to those who came out to both shows this month. We will return to the Blank Club on a weekend night and hopefully so will the vinny johnson dancers! we've got another show coming up this sunday August 21st back at the Windjammer Lounge in Aptos. We're part of a benefit during the afternoon from 2-4pm. more details to be posted. coming soon, the SF debut!
08/10/05 San Jose, CA @ the Blank Club
08/13/05 Aptos, CA @ the Windjammer
Get the skinny (pun intended) on the calendar page.
Well here it is, our first attempt at a web presence. Let me know what you think and we'll probably keep doing what we know...making music.
Meanwhile, check out the songs available on the audio page. See how handsome we are on the Images Page. Find out what makes us tick on the Bio page. Find out when we're playing on the calendar page. Fill our mailbox with obscenities, compliments, requests, bookings, rumors, bookings and more from the contact page.