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VIR Formed originally under the name Montana. Sam left his home in New Zealand and meet drummer Jeff Paul (formerly of the Curtain Society). Natasha Arens joined on Bass in Mid 2005. since then the band have played dozens of shows in and around the bay area, Nevada and Northern California. The band released the Good Night Ep in 2005 and the online Ep Facing the sea in 2006. This year saw the band recording their first full length, Shadow of a Mountain, due for release in 2008 MyGen Profile Generator

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Member Since: 1/12/2005
Band Website: thevir.com
Band Members: Here's a Video from one of our recent shows at the Stork Filmed By Orlando and Josh of IFYW thanks guys!
In 2005, We self-recorded an ep called Good Night, here's the CDBABY LINK for MONTANA: good night --

or you can find good night on itunes here

Sam Sloane: Vocals & Guitar
Jeff Paul: Drums
Natasha Arens: Bass
Influences: Mogwai, Ride, Joy Division, The Cure, Slowdive, The Catherine Wheel, Doves, My Bloody Valentine, Swervedriver, The Chameleons, Sciflyer etc...
Sounds Like: you haven't heard of us.
Record Label: none
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Northwest tour recap

So our NW tour was marvelous. We had a wonderful time venturing up north into Oregon and Washington for the 1st time.The drive up to Eugene was a long hike for a slim crowd. But we were anticipating t...
Posted by VIR on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:02:00 PST

Shadow of a Mountain

Hey folks, so the track listing for "Shadow of a Mountain" is:WinterlandWake up SonThe KickerTuesday MorningI Get ItSouthern CrossHow will you Sleep?Miss Jane DoeMontanaThe album is done, hooray. cd r...
Posted by VIR on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 01:59:00 PST

flyer gallery

hey folkswe got a few messages about the flyers and such, I'll try and compile some from the "archive" for anyone interested. So I'll be updating the gallery somewhat intermittently. hope you enjoy.lo...
Posted by VIR on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 11:53:00 PST