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VEND

VEND is the End

About Me



Take off your blindfold. Drink this. Welcome to the Vend cave. I know it may look like a sad and lonely place with little light but I can tell you, once the sun occasionally hits these walls it feels brighter and warmer than it ever did on the outside.

It's all about contrast.

Vend is music written and performed by five young men with a taste for dynamics and a sense of rock tradition. Influenced by the likes of The Beatles, Radiohead, Nirvana, Pearl Jam and The Cure, they are on a mission to keep the art of rock lively, vibrant and innovative.

Keep one eye over your shoulder, Vend are on their way. Releases and gigs coming. You can't hide.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/29/2006
Band Website: vendlounge.com
Band Members: Ville Hovatta - Bs
Viltsu Järvilehto - Keyb
Kalle Koivisto - Drs
Timo Tiuraniemi - Gtr
Olli Ylikotila - Voc, Gtr

Influences: Kent, Mew, Muse, Porcupine Tree, Radiohead, Kashmir, Cure, The Killers, The Beatles, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Film music, Tango, Classical, Flamenco, Schlager, Everything from the 80's
Sounds Like: ...these guys are really depressed ;)
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Olli on an acoustic gig w/ Riq from Sunrise Avenue!!!

Hi everyone! Haul your asses to the latest gig place in central Helsinki, Willi-Wäinö, Kalevankatu, to experience Olli on an acoustic gig with his long time friend Riq from Sunrise Avenue!!! Some cove...
Posted by VEND on Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:20:00 PST

Our SECOND NEW SONG

Hey!We just uploaded our second new song, 'Into the Night'. It's an AOR kind a song of Vends vocalist's recent breakup, and oh boy, has he been in the night ever since :DAnyway, all comments would be ...
Posted by VEND on Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:39:00 PST

Finally our FIRST NEW SONG is here!

Weehaa!!We've been recording 3 new songs pretty much the whole spring and now the first one of them, a song titled 'A Different Story', is finally here for you to listen! Since the mood is pretty nice...
Posted by VEND on Thu, 29 May 2008 09:07:00 PST

Nissan Urbandplayground Band Contest

So, this saturday we’re gonna perform to our biggest crowd so far, in the very center of Helsinki, while the Nissan Urbandplayground Band Contest takes place in Narinkkatori square just outside ...
Posted by VEND on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:04:00 PST

The Name of a New Song

Yo!The name of our new Cold Play ;) like song is going to be "A Different Story".  We are almost finished with its vocal parts and will start the mixing process soon.The song, as well as the othe...
Posted by VEND on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 03:56:00 PST

Were back in Studio!

Olé!We headed back to studio to record three new songs: "Into the Night", that we have already been playing on our gigs and two more, yet unnamed songs, that we have while waiting on the final names b...
Posted by VEND on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:58:00 PST

OUR NEW SONGS

Hello!And merry Christmas, everyone. As our Christmas present to you, we just got new versions from our becoming single "Desire" mixed and ready for some listening at myspace! This time the whole band...
Posted by VEND on Tue, 25 Dec 2007 10:51:00 PST

New Single

Hello! A whole year has passed since we finished the recording of our upcoming EP, and we still haven't come out with it. The reason is as simple as we are still not completely pleased with ...
Posted by VEND on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 02:46:00 PST

Gigs

One day left for our first-ever public gig! The mood is good, the feeling is rising!   O
Posted by VEND on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 02:18:00 PST

Mixing of our Upcoming Ep

Hip Hey! We finally got back into studio to do the rest of the remaining mixing work with our upcoming EP/album. Well, 2 out of 5 songs ("Few Words", "Part of Me") are now ready to be "mastered" and p...
Posted by VEND on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 06:16:00 PST