Biography:
Raw passion, dedication, hopes and dreams; this is what fuels the musical creation of five guys. Resistant to the black vortex that creates misery and dampens dreams, Versus The Nothing is a band whose imagination and musical talent has rocketed them into the recording of their Debut album, " Let It All Come Down".
Humble beginnings and experimenting in the basement of a house has transformed into musical passion and commitment. Jason and Ross, two of the original members harnessed the energy from their teenage years and blended their abilities with the talents of three others: Chris Shaw, Derek Merrell and Jake Wyman.
Locals gigs under the band name Elixir at Stardust Roller Rink’s Battle of the Bands and The Endoplasmic got their name out there.
It gave them a taste of what it was like to perform for a live crowd. In 2005 they played the Supernova Battle of the Bands at the Croatian Cultural Centre and snagged the attention of Chris Shaw and Derek Merrell, who quickly became an integral part of the band.
Late 2005 saw the recording of Elixir’s first album, So This Is Life, and the introduction of Jake Wyman as drummer.
With a fused membership and a shared vision, the band headed upwards, landing in the top 10 finalists of 99.3 Fox Seeds (cfox.com) contest in 2005 and in the top 20 of over a thousand entries in 2006.
In the Spring of 2007 they were repeatedly invited and enthusiastically received at The Roxy, Richards on Richards, and the Plaza Club.
August 2007 saw the band’s first Western Canadian tour, as they pumped energy and rock into the hearts of close to 500 people at venues in Vancouver, Kamloops, Calgary, Red Deer and finally Edmonton, where they had been selected from over 1,200 bands to co-headline with three other bands at the North American Diesel Performance Drag Races.
The end of 2007 saw a need to change their name from Elixir to Versus The Nothing, as they sat down to collaborate and passionately record their second album.
The soulful, melodic sounds of Ross’ voice, combined with the emphatic balance of bass, guitar and drums appeal to a diverse audience, although at heart the boys love to fill a room with pulsating hard rock.
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" Let It All Come Down"
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