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Vintage

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About Me


Bio:
Vintage is a five-piece band, best described as Rock/Rap/Metal. A quick comparison would be: a less-political Rage Against the Machine. Vintage is the creation of R.O.B. (Lead guitar), Aaron Veen (Bassist), Steven Striegle (Drummer), Marc Courtright (Rhythm Guitar) & John Lee (Vocalist/Lyricist). The band has been performing as Vintage since spring of 2004.
Experience:
Since forming, Vintage has opened for Regional & National acts. Vintage has also headlined at many bars & venues throughout Michigan which feature live music regularly. A few examples:
08/14/2006 – W/ Afro Man; The Groundsphere; Allegan, MI.;
07/02/2007 – W/ Trent Tomlinson; Stan’s Bar; Dorr, MI.;
07/20/2007 – W/ Shackle Jack & Dissonant; The Intersection; Grand Rapids, MI.;
07/21/2007 – W/ 8 Kount ; The Ritz; Warren, MI.
Live Shows:
Live performances by Vintage are captivating, energetic, and interactive. The crowd is invited to participate, sing along and have a good time. The show is naturally fun and the atmosphere is similar to hanging out with friends at a house party. A Vintage show may contain a cover song along with their originals. While the covers are well executed, the originals are generally the fan favorites.
Accomplishments:
Vintage has recorded and released a 6 track Demo "America Incorporated". Vintage has also released a 17 track Full Length album, entitled "Efxor". Efxor (a 2 disc set) comes with a DVD featuring the "Empathy" Music Video, Band Interview, Live Performance at Ten Bells & Photo Gallery. Vintage is currently working venues in and around the Michigan area and have begun touring regionally.
TO HEAR MORE OF THE EFXOR ALBUM GO TO WWW.MYSPACE.COM/VINTAGEEFXOR
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/12/2005
Band Website: myspace.com/grvintage
Band Members: John Lee - Lead Vocals
Exclusively Uses: Sure Microphone (Wireless), AKG (Studio) Microphone - C300B, Yamaha Keyboards - Motif (88 keys weighted), Sonar 6, VST Plugins, Waves Gold Bundle, Soundforge 8, ACID 5, CD Architect, Monster Cables, Phillips Headphones, Alesis Studio Monitors - M1 Active, Aphex 107 mic pre-amp, Alesis 3630 Mic Compressor, MOTU 1224 Audio Interfaces, Powerplay 4 headphone mixers, Dasani Purified Water & BC Rich Guitars - Warlock.
Steve Shelley - Lead/Rhythm Guitar
Exclusively Uses: Line 6 - Head & Floorboard, Marshal Cabs', Audio Techina (Wireless), Monster Cables, ESP Guitars, Custom Guitar Pics by INTUNE, Dean Markley Strings, Sure Mircrophones - Vocal & Instrument.
R.O.B. - Lead/Rhythm Guitar
Exclusively Uses: GHS Strings, Mesa Boogie - Triple rectifiersolo head, Marshal - mode four cabinet, Sennheiser - wireless unit and, vocal (E835) & guitar cab (E906) mics, Furman Power Conditioner, Korg Tuner, Rocktron - Xpression Rack Effects & All Acces foot controller, Dunlop - Dimebag wah, Digitech Whammy Pedal, Pedalsnake Cable, Custom Picks by INTUNE guitar picks - 1.0mm guage, Ibanez guitars - IC300 & IC400, Gibson Gothic Explorer, Jackson Randy Rhodes, BC Rich Acrylic Mockingbird, Charcel Guitars, Seagul 12-string acoustic, Road cases by Affordable Cases, Coffin Cases, Core X2 Cables, Flash Core Light Kits, ROCKSTAR Energy Drink, & Jack Daniels.
Aaron Veen - Bass
Exclusively Uses: S.W.R. Bass Head, Line 6 Base Pod, 4x10" Bass Cab by SWR, 4x10" Bass Cab by Hartke, & 5 String Ibanez Bass.
Steve Striegle - Drums
Exclusively Uses: Pearl Session custom drums, Pearl Drum Rack, Sabian Cymbals, Paiste Cymbals, VicFirth Sticks, Remo Drum Heads, LP Accessories, & Sure - Drum Mics, Condensor Mics, & Bass Drum Mic.
HUGE THANK YOU TO JASON FERGUSON & KIETH BANGOR AND THE ENTIRE WEST EDGE MEDIA CREW FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT WENT INTO MAKING THIS DVD!

Empathy Music Video Produced by West Edge Media

Empathy Live @ The Intersection in Grand Rapids, July 20th, 2007!

Pied Piper Live @ The Intesection in Grand Rapids, July 20th.
Influences: 311, the Kottonmouth Kings, Rage Against The Machine, (hed) p.e., Cypress Hill, Kid Rock, Metallica, Black Label Society, Bone Thugs-n-harmony, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, 2 Pac, Killswitch Enganged, System of A Down, Mudvayne, Michael Jackson, etc... Too many to name, each one of us has a different flava. Let's just say if you listen to us you'll hear the most dominant ones. Proud Sponsor Of:

Sounds Like: Hed PE aka (hed) Planet Earth, 2 Skinnee J's, 311, 38th Parallel, 3rd Strike, All Kinds Of Problems, Anthrax, Beastie Boys, Biohazard, Blindspott, Blister 66, Bloodhound Gang, Bobaflex, Body Count, Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E., Borialis, Boxcutter, Brougham, Calm Chaos, Crazy Town, Cypress Hill, Disappearance, Downset, E. SO, E. Town Concrete, Eastcide, Eminem, Every Day Life, Faction of the Fox, Faith No More, Fort Minor, Hot Action Cop, ICP, Insolence, Ill Nino, Judge Not, Kid Rock, Kottonmouth Kings, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Manafest, Mindless Self Indulgence, OPM, Papa Roach, Phunk Junkeez, Pillar, P.O.D., Primer 55, Project 86, Project Wyze, Public Enemy, Quarashi, Rage Against the Machine, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Reveille, Room 212, Run-D.M.C., Saprize, Sev, Seven Hill Psychos, Shaboon, Sicks Deep, SPiNE, Stadia 12k, Stuck Mojo, Suicidal Tendencies, Sum 41, SX-10, Taproot, Thousand Foot Krutch, Trik Turner, Urban Dance Squad, Vanilla Ice, Zeromind, etc…
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Jimmy Pop Ali (Bloodhound Gang), B-Real (Cypress Hill), Bobby McIntosh (Project Wyze), Bonz (Stuck Mojo, 420 Monks, Dead Gospel), Carley Coma (Candiria), Chester Bennington (Linkin Park) Zack de la Rocha (Rage Against the Machine), Fred Durst (Limp Bizkit), Jamir Garcia (Slapshock), Grimm (Darwin's Waiting Room), Nick Hexum (311), Jeff Hollinger (Shuvel), Ice-T (Body Count), Judge D, Kazzer, Kid Rock, Tommy Lee (Methods of Mayhem), Ako Mack (Bionic Jive), Trevor McNevan (Thousand Foot Krutch), Emerg McVay (Bionic Jive), Epic Mazur (Crazy Town), Rey Oropeza (downset.), DJ Q-Ball (Bloodhound Gang), Reg Rubio (Greyhoundz), Sonny Sandoval (P.O.D.), Josey Scott (Saliva), Sen Dog (Cypress Hill, SX-10), Jacoby Shaddix (Papa Roach), Jahred Shaine ((hed) P.E.), Shifty Shellshock (Crazy Town), Mike Shinoda (Linkin Park, Fort Minor), Drew Simollardes (Reveille, Genuflect), Yas Taalat (Project Wyze), Ian Tayao "kantutero ng mga magagandang chikas" (Queso), Josef Sy (Sentimetal), Zak Tell (Clawfinger), Tilo (Methods of Mayhem), tobyMAC, Vanilla Ice, Cory White (Shocore), etc...
Record Label: Nawt'y North Records, Llc.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Vintage IS playing the Intersection THIS SUNDAY!!!

To get presale tickets for: Egypt Central, Under The Flood & Vintage at The Intesection (133 Grandville AVE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503) on Sunday, February, 24th, 2008. Call me! My name is John Lee. ...
Posted by Vintage on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 12:51:00 PST

Rockers 4 Knockers was a Great Success!

Thank you to everyone who came out to the ROCKERS' 4 KNOCKERS breast cancer benifit that we hosted on Oct. 20th, 2007. For our first benifit we did very well. Vintage, Sydney, The Vintage An...
Posted by Vintage on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 01:30:00 PST

Does anyone have Pictures from Rockers 4 Knockers???

..> Does anyone have Pictures from Rockers 4 Knockers???... If you do can you e-mail them to [email protected] or send us a link to where we can get them.... We would have been taking picture...
Posted by Vintage on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 07:27:00 PST

Save Your Halloween Costumes (More Details Inside)

Halloween Redeux!Hey everybody, through popular demand, Vintage has decided to host a halloween party at our next show Saturday Nov 3rd at Jolly's in Wayland!If you already have a costume:Save your ha...
Posted by Vintage on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 05:52:00 PST

Rockers 4 Knockers (Breast Cancer Benifit)

Vintage & Lungwurm When: Oct. 20thStart Time: 9:00pmWhere: Stan's, 1830-142nd, Dorr, MI 49323For Who: SUSAN G KOMEN For the Cure. Breast Cancer awarness. What???: October is Breast Cancer Awarness...
Posted by Vintage on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 06:31:00 PST

KEYBOARDIST/SAMPLER WANTED!!!

Is anyone capable of... or maybe knows someone who... can play keyboard and works samples and keyboards like Shmotz and Stitch from Mushroomhead or DJ Hahn and Shinoda from Linkin Park. (AN...
Posted by Vintage on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 08:11:00 PST

Info for the Amazing! "New Music Night" Bands!

NEW MUSIC NIGHT INFO!Let us know if you have more questions.Place: Stan's bar @ 1830 - 142nd Ave Dorr, MI 49323.Load In: At 8:30pm, please get there on time or early. There is a room in the back of th...
Posted by Vintage on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 08:00:00 PST

Vintage Presents: New Music Night in Dorr

We have just confirmed 6 New Music Nights to be held at Stan's Bar in Dorr, MI. COME SEE THE BANDS TODAY, THAT CREATE THE SONGS OF TOMORROW! Any Original bands that may be intrested in being Featured ...
Posted by Vintage on Fri, 18 May 2007 11:31:00 PST

Recoil Interview from February 2007

..Vintage interview by Nick StephensonYears from now, when Vintage is rich and famous, the band will be thanking guitarist Steve Shelley for not giving up.The Hopkins-based rockers formed three years ...
Posted by Vintage on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 07:38:00 PST

List of Covers By Vintage

Here is a list of the covers that Vintage currently does at live shows! Walk This WayMan In The BoxNo Sleep Til BrooklynFire It UpIron manN.I.B.All The Small ThingsThree Point One FourHit Me Baby...
Posted by Vintage on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 12:43:00 PST