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Victims Of Convenience

Like watching a car crash in slow motion! - Neil P

About Me

"We are Victims Of Convenience...
You are Victims of Convenience...
And we shall always be Victims Of Convenience"

22 track Cd now out - Featuring Los Campesinos! / The Loves / Attack + Defend / Victims of Convenience / Gindrinker / Hornby Pylons / Red City / The Days / Threatmantics / Little My / Sweet Baboo / Spencer McGarry Season / Black Hand Laser Band / Silence at Sea / Moauga / Last Partisan / Jan Watkins Band / The Wave Pictures / Shake My Hand / Murder by Television / Kutosis / Stray Borders
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Member Since: 12/11/2005
Band Website: flickr.com/people/victimsofconvenience/
Band Members: Blair : Synth, Vocals

Dave : Percussion, Programming

Gemma : Synth, Vocals

Marcus : Bass, Keyboards, Synth, Programming

Nigel : Bass, Guitar

Influences: The Sugababes (yes, honestly), Skinny Puppy, Jesus and Mary Chain, Fugazi, Nine Inch Nails, Joy Division, Pavement, Refused, Sonic Youth TOOL, Curve, Interpol, Killing Joke, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, The Cure, New Order, Thursday, At The Drive-In, My Bloody Valentine, MEW Front 242, Philip Glass, the Faint, Nick Cave,League of Gentlemen, Nighty Night, Bottom, Young Ones, Family Guy, Cowboys n Injuns, May Contain Nuts, Futurama, Scary Monsters, Mighty Boosh, Transformers, Dogtanian, Dexter's Lab,Alan Moore, Warren Ellis, Neil Gaiman, Tim Burton, Tom Baker, Edward Gorey, JD Salinger, Philip K Dick, HP Lovecraft, Hunter S Thompson, JG Ballard, Edgar Allen Poe, Henry Miller, Bret Easton Ellis, Norman Mailer, Chuck Palahniuk, Jack Kerouac, James Ellroy, David Hasselhoff, t-shirts with designer suit jackets,The Goonies, Tron, Blade Runner, Clash Of The Titans, Time Bandits, The Big Lebowski
Sounds Like: Music to grind to........
Type of Label: None

My Blog

the beginning of the end of the beginning

I'm never quite sure what to write in these things...the "bloggage" is an aspect of the internet that's never appealed to me, I guess I'm too private a chap...Anyway....on with the point....aarrgghhh ...
Posted by Victims Of Convenience on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:23:00 PST

New News!!!

Yo Yo all you kids out there!! an update from the V.o.C camp, we played Cardiff Barfly last week and had an amazing night thatnks to all 16 people who turned up with our flyers we love you all for get...
Posted by Victims Of Convenience on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 02:44:00 PST

The Dance Of The Maaaaaaaaaad!!!!

Alrighty pop-pickers!!!We, the VoC, have a batch of hot off the press EP ONE cd's to give away on Sunday night at the BARFLY!However, to get your grubby mits on one of these there are t's & c's!!1...
Posted by Victims Of Convenience on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:52:00 PST

Poopy goodness

Ok, so a while ago I put a bunch of new songs that we had just recorded up.....Well...guess what?Finally finished mixing them & they're online already for your enjoyment....you know the drill........
Posted by Victims Of Convenience on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 08:15:00 PST

Recording...

Wow, it's been ages since I posted a blog! God, I'm a lazy bastard sometimes!Anyways....this weekend has been fucking incredible! We finally got our arses into a recording studio (Offshore, listed in ...
Posted by Victims Of Convenience on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 02:16:00 PST

This Town Ain't Big Enough For Peski Records Xmas Party & Other Dandy Happenings!

Well it feels like it's been almost a year since I last blogged!So what's been happening in the land of the VoC?Firstly, we are honoured to have been selected to provide a track for the Twisted By Des...
Posted by Victims Of Convenience on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 04:38:00 PST

Tonight and new news!

Ok pop- pickers we is playing at Tommy's Bar, UWIC Howards Gardens, Cardiff.We is supporting We Are Trees as part of the Isle of Tommy's festival....Be there...5pm!!!We would also like to announce a n...
Posted by Victims Of Convenience on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 07:26:00 PST

At long last.....vocals....

As the title states we have recorded a new demo song, complete with Blair and Nige on vocals!!!! The song was recorded in one take and was accompanied by Nige snapping his first guitar string for V.o....
Posted by Victims Of Convenience on Sat, 26 Aug 2006 03:15:00 PST

new news

ok...so not alot been going for ages.....or has it? well....behind the scenes the wheels are turning......ever so slowly... new tracks written (during my time as a jobless teacher), new tracks being w...
Posted by Victims Of Convenience on Sun, 02 Jul 2006 01:02:00 PST

Exciting news :) and some baaaaaaad news :(

ok so 1st things 1st......have just finished the bare bones of an exciting new track - untitled#12, it's hard, it's sleazy and it's giving me a pounding headache! All good signs I'm sure you'll agree!...
Posted by Victims Of Convenience on Tue, 02 May 2006 04:58:00 PST