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Eric Vain

"...that I may bury my dead out of my sight."

About Me

Ronny Eric Vain has been writing and recording his own music in the woodsy ambience of his rural home since 1999. Over the past several years he has produced numerous LPs & EPs featuring selected singles, B-sides, and demos. In addition to writing, recording, and producing his own material, Vain is also responsible for his own cover art, design, & creation through in & out.
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AVAILABLE AS OF 9/11/07: In Best of War & Love 2004.2007
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Record Reviews / Commentaries
"War & Love smarts of a clever scoff to chin of Vain’s generation that goes beyond the musical, the lyrical. Blaspheming his way through genre, image, religion and the concept of the self, Vain exposes the core of his life and times as a sick joke worth the living. Walt Whitman’s veritable tobacco wad has found reason to dance in to it’s own disgusting habit."
"With a dark seductive ambience beginning with the very 1st introductive track, you’re hooked! A wide range of various musical genres compile this record, yet flows amazingly well. Whether it’s the 80’s flair, the country cry, the gut-wrenched rock gospel, or the catchy dance floor memoirs you find not leaving your head, no repetition is found. With hauntingly nostalgic vocals, and lyrics that take your heart through hell & heaven on yet another plain all together, this album is definitively refreshing. True to its title, this collection is in best of war & love!"
"Affecting a graceful introduction is, perhaps, not the primary concern of backwoods born Ronald Eric Granger, the now twenty-something son of a preacher man, whose nom de plume- Eric Vain- sums up his agenda as a blossoming musical satirist in three conveniently pun-worthy and cynical syllables. Befitting then, that the man who takes his own name in _ _ _ _ should audaciously release his first public debut, In Best of War & Love 2004-2007, as something of a greatest hits compilation. Is the joke on him, or is it on us? All handles (obviously) point to Vain."
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Member Since: 8/26/2005
Band Website: ericvain.com
Band Members: Ronny Eric Vain-Granger - Vocals, Pianos, Tambourines, Beats, Drums, Guitars, Organs, Keyboards, Etc.
Influences: Nick Cave; Patti Smith; Kate Bush; Tom Waits; Johnny Cash; Sam Cooke; As well as various varieties in gospel & a cappella music.
Sounds Like: New wave cabaret-esque rock n'roll accompanied by an ominous croon more sordid than the dreggs of the filthiest soul.
Record Label: An Eric Vain Recording
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Live Pictures from New York // 3.20.07

Amanda Dutton took these pictures from our last show at The Delancy, in Manhattan on the 20th of last month. Just got them today, so here's a big cluster .....
Posted by Eric Vain on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:21:00 PST