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The VeLMAs are a rock band from Albany, New York. They formed in 1999 after its members left the band pour.jayce. The band's current members are Mike "Harvey" Grosshandler on guitars, keyboards, and vocals; Todd "Figaro" Minnick on bass guitar and vocals; and Michael "Bruce" Bruce on drums and vocals.
The VeLMAs write and perform original rock music. In concert, the VeLMAs back their music with a playful, high-energy live show. The band has been voted "Best Band" by the readers of Albany's Metroland in 2006 and 2007. Grosshandler and Minnick have also been voted "Best Local (Male) Celebrities With Whom You'd Like To Have A One Night Stand". The VeLMAs submitted their version of the song "Restless, Restless" for a Howard Stern Show contest in 2004. That version was subsequently released on a compilation CD "The Best of Restless, Restless (Volume 1)", which also featured versions by William Shatner and Robert Goulet. The VeLMAs have played with the following bands: Everclear, Soul Asylum, Collective Soul, Nightmare of You, Mohair, moe., Winger, Vertical Horizon, The X's, and Tally Hall. The VeLMAs signed with the New York City independent record label City Canyons Records in 2006. The VeLMAs have released three CDs and appear on several compilation albums. In August 2007, The VeLMAs reached Number 5 out of 1000 songs on the Alternative Charts on Clearchannelmusic.com with their song released on their latest album Station, Tell Her I Love Her. Grosshandler released his first solo CD of some of his acoustic recordings, Scales, in April 2003. He released his second acoustic CD, Wrote Myself, in October 2004. The VeLMAs have appeared in numerous local and regional radio and print interviews. They have been featured on the front page of Albany's Metroland. They have even been recognized by Gene Simmons from Kiss. During a press conference, he once asked "What's a Velma?" Discography
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City of Albany, New York Downtown Albany as seen from the Corning Tower. Motto: Assiduity Location in Albany County and the State of New York Coordinates: Country United States ..... Click the link for more information. Metroland The August 3, 2006 (vol 29 number 31) cover of Metroland featuring The Luxury Flats Type Alternative weekly Format Tabloid Owner Independent Publisher Stephen Leon Editor Stephen Leon Founded 1978 Language English ..... Click the link for more information. A compilation album is an album (music or spoken-word) featuring tracks from one or multiple recording artists, often culled from a variety of sources (such as studio albums, live albums, singles, demos and outtakes. ..... Click the link for more information. William Shatner Shatner at the Star Trek Italian Club 2005 Convention Born March 22 1931 Montreal, Quebec, Canada ..... Click the link for more information. Robert Gerard Goulet (born November 26 1933 in Lawrence, Massachusetts) is an American entertainer. Goulet rose to international stardom in 1960 as Lancelot in Lerner and Loewe's hit Broadway musical, Camelot. ..... Click the link for more information. Everclear is a rock band formed in Portland, Oregon, USA, in 1992. For most of its existence, Everclear consisted of Art Alexakis (vocals, guitar), Craig Montoya (bass guitar, vocals) and Greg Eklund (drums, percussion, vocals). ..... Click the link for more information. Soul Asylum is an American alternative rock band that formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1983.[1] The band grew out of a local band, Loud Fast Rules, that formed in 1981 with Dan Murphy, Dave Pirner, Karl Mueller and Pat Morley. ..... Click the link for more information. Collective Soul is an American Post-grunge/Rock band from Stockbridge, Georgia.They have been enjoying popularity on alternative rock and mainstream rock radio since 1994. Seven of their singles reached the #1 position on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Trackschart.. ..... Click the link for more information. Nightmare of You is an indie rock band from New York, New York, featuring Brandon Reilly, formerly of The Movielife, and Samuel Siegler, formerly of Rival Schools, CIV and glassjaw [1] . ..... Click the link for more information. Not to be confused with Mohair (band). Mohair usually refers to a silk-like fabric or yarn made from the hair of the docile Angora goat. The word "Mohair" was adopted into English before 1570 from the Arabic mukhayyar ..... Click the link for more information. moe. is an American jam band, formed at the University at Buffalo in 1990. The band members are: Rob Derhak (bass, vocals), Al Schnier (guitar, vocals, keyboard), Chuck Garvey (guitar, vocals), Vinnie Amico (drums), and Jim Loughlin (percussion). ..... Click the link for more information. Vertical Horizon is an American alternative rock band. HistoryVertical Horizon was formed in 1990 by Georgetown University undergrads Matthew Scannell and Keith Kane; after graduation in 1992 the duo relocated to Boston and, in 1992, self-released their debut album..... Click the link for more information. Tally Hall refers to more than one article:
..... Click the link for more information. Metroland The August 3, 2006 (vol 29 number 31) cover of Metroland featuring The Luxury Flats Type Alternative weekly Format Tabloid Owner Independent Publisher Stephen Leon Editor Stephen Leon Founded 1978 Language English ..... Click the link for more information. Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. If you are prevented from editing this page, and you wish to make a change, please discuss changes on the talk page, request unprotection, log in, or . ..... Click the link for more information. MusicBrainz is a project that aims to create an open content music database. Similar to the freedb project, it was founded in response to the restrictions placed on the CDDB. However, MusicBrainz has expanded its goals to reach beyond a compact disc metadata storehouse. ..... Click the link for more information. This article is copied from an article on Wikipedia® - the free encyclopedia created and edited by online user community. The text was not checked or edited by anyone on our staff. Although the vast majority of the Wikipedia® encyclopedia articles provide accurate and timely information please do not assume the accuracy of any particular article. This article is distributed under the terms of GNU Free Documentation License. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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