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Steve Vantsis

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

Played with; Horse, River City People, Billy McKenzie, Candy Dulfer, Jill Jones, Bonnie Tyler, John Young Band, KT Tunstall, Nick Robertson, Fish.

Worked with; Pete Wingfield, Pat Moran, Steve Jolley, Jimmy Miller, Pete Smith, Paula Jones, Calum Malcolm.

Looked after by the nice folks at Spector, Ashdown, Warwick, Native instruments, Trantec, M-Audio and Line 6.

In 2007 I was responsible for writing and arranging the music on 9/10 tracks on the new 'Fish' album, '13th Star' which we are in the middle of touring. Check out the link below...

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

George Bush... failing that, another comedian - Bill Hicks

Music:

boards of canada, plaid, autechre, sia furler, the band, king biscuit time, ac/dc, captain beefheart, david sylvian, the pixies,esbjorn svensson trio, rammstein, zappa, imogen heap, joni mitchell, little feat, nine inch nails, talk talk, the police, porcupine tree, sneaker pimps, telefon tel aviv, underworld, the who, zero 7.

Movies:

being there, glengarry glen ross, one eyed jacks, the thing, apocalypse now, usual suspects, paper moon, jean de florette, after hours, broadway danny rose, magnolia, the last 20 minutes of gregorys girl

Television:

family guy, lovejoy, larry sanders show, newsnight, charlie brookers' screen wipe, time trumpet, trailer park boys.

Books:

AA west midlands road map, the beatles complete chord songbook, anything subversive

Heroes:

pastorius, brando, my grandfather, brian griffin

My Blog

13th Star Tour - USA & CANADA 2008

Hope to see you out there...May 12th - PinkPop Classic: Landgraaf, NetherlandsUSA & CANADAJune 9th - The Fillmore: San Francisco, CA, USAJune 10th - House Of Blues: Los Angeles, CA, USAJune 12th - Fox...
Posted by Steve Vantsis on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:59:00 PST

13th Star Tour  Europe Leg 2008

2008March 5th - Sugar Club: Dublin, Ireland. March 6th - Empire Music Hall: Belfast, Ireland.March 7th - Liquid Room: Edinburgh, Scotland. March 9th - King Georges Hall: Blackburn, England. March 10th...
Posted by Steve Vantsis on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:07:00 PST

Fish Tour 2007

Hi everyone,Well, we are almost at the end of the 2007 Fish European Tour and I just wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who came along to the shows. Even when we were at our most exhausted, the...
Posted by Steve Vantsis on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 03:27:00 PST

Fish European Tour 2007

Here are the latest 'Fish' dates for 2007. Maybe see you out there...2007August 4th - '13th Star' album launch party, Haddington. Strictly invitation only.August 26th - Hobble on the Cobbles: Market S...
Posted by Steve Vantsis on Sun, 22 Apr 2007 01:54:00 PST