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The Victoria Lucas

I'm only happy when I'm the martyr

About Me

**Pick up our new album, "HIT THE GROUND RUNNING FAST" direct from us by clicking right here! **
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A few words about the band:
"Blending refreshingly pre-Pavement garage rock with happy-go-punky chord changes, the young band takes nods from Westerberg and the Wedding Present as opposed to most other newbies who stubbornly insist on riding that Gang of Four bandwagon till it peters to a halt." VILLAGE VOICE, 2003
"... a pop-heavy bunch of indie songwriters, audiophiles and beer guzzlers who make "catchy" and "caustic" go together quite nicely." PULP, Aug. 2003
"...effortlessly catchy (like the Pixies at their most endearing) with lyrics that jump off the record and dare you not to be intrigued." PITTSBURGH POST GAZETTE, Aug. 2003
"...a good example of what can happen when you stick a bunch of art school students in loft apartments in the same neighborhood. The ideas get passed around faster than the drugs do. People experiment and work hard. Sometimes you end up with something good, like Oneida or The Victoria Lucas." JOHNS HOPKINS NEWSLETTER, Mar. 2004
"...equally indebted to the Velvet Underground and "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE, Mar. 2005
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Member Since: 3/13/2005
Band Website: thevictorialucas.com
Band Members:Josh Tanzer (keys), Nate Knaebel (bass, vox), Kathy Horne (guitar, vox), Juan Stacey (guitar, vox), Andy Levine (trombone, theramin), Randy Costanza (drums)
Influences: Mekons, Replacements, Neil Young, New Order, Creedence, Can, Clean, the Band, the Faces, Velvet Underground, Talking Heads, Albert Ayler, Delta 5, Neu!, Factory/Fast, 60s/70s/early 80s, Lothar and the Hand People, Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show, Joe Byrd and the Field Hippies, the Big Boys, Biz Markie .
Sounds Like: About the Victoria Lucas: "...dang if we're not impressed with the Victoria Lucas' new work. Replete with horns, interlocking vocals and a beautiful drone, it conjures warm memories of Brian Eno's pop albums, the Talking Heads and even bits of country-pop. We're eager to hear more." (Time Out NY, November 2004)
Record Label: No No No Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

nightingales tour story part two

So the next day, which was wednesday, The Gales had off.  In all honesty I can't remember what I did.  probably slept, maybe.  I know their van was impounded which made parking, for the...
Posted by The Victoria Lucas on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 01:49:00 PST

our united states tour with the nightingales

so it fucking started like this...  and forgive the misspelings and bad grammer...  i just don't care.   anyway, from the pep boys commercial that you see on our site you get the gist.&...
Posted by The Victoria Lucas on Sun, 15 Apr 2007 04:34:00 PST

Live on East VIllage Radio Saturday, Nov 18 at 11am!

The VL will be playing a very rare (as in never-before-done) ACOUSTIC SET on East Village Radio the morning of Saturday, the 18th of November. Tune in on the web at www.eastvillageradio.com and liste...
Posted by The Victoria Lucas on Sat, 11 Nov 2006 02:32:00 PST

record of the week

you know i could post my own blog instead of making the band suffer, but who give a shit. my record of the week, as of last night but will change tonight, is illmatic by nas.  hiphop classic, i ...
Posted by The Victoria Lucas on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 07:49:00 PST

christ

sorry that there are tons of broken sentances and misspelled words in the tour diary.    anyway, what the piss happened to the mets last night?  i mean i got home, made some chili, lis...
Posted by The Victoria Lucas on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 11:59:00 PST

a quick tour diary part three

so it is a rainy and misserable night in nyc.  the kind of night that depression sets in and it's best to be with your loved one.  i made so many silly comments on all of our new british fri...
Posted by The Victoria Lucas on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 05:12:00 PST

a quick tour diary part two

so i work in the metropolitan museum of art and my boss, the nice guy that he is, left me all the work to do while i was away... i just walked through all of the galleries, to modern art, with these a...
Posted by The Victoria Lucas on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 01:47:00 PST

a quick tour diary part one

so it began on a saturday when i went to see the oxfordcollapse's record release show.  from drinking too much with adam and dan collapse, i ended up burning my hand to a crisp while refilling my...
Posted by The Victoria Lucas on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 12:42:00 PST

engerland

christ, we did it and made it back alive with no broken bones(as of yet)... i gave away lots of personal items to many nice new friends... and all of us miss everyone we met already... i am very sick,...
Posted by The Victoria Lucas on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 11:11:00 PST

Pre-Order HIT THE GROUND RUNNING FAST (out Sept 9!!!)

The new Victoria Lucas album, tunes of which you've been enjoying for months right here on this myspace page, is FINALLY being released Sept. 9. To celebrate it, we're having a helluva party in NYC a...
Posted by The Victoria Lucas on Sun, 20 Aug 2006 03:39:00 PST