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THE VOID UNION

About Me


The VOID Union is a musical collective, brought together by their love of Jamaican music styles. Though the project has only been together for one year, the members are no strangers to the musical lifestyle and all have extensive experience in the professional music and recording industries. Their years of experience in the Jamaican music scene have earned the VOID Union's members the credit and respect of many renowned musicians. Some of those musicians include Lynval Golding (the Specials) Chris Rhodes (The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, SpringHeeled Jack and The Toasters) Rick Johnson (Mustard Plug) Jim Conti and Mikie Brown (Streetlight Manifesto) and Dan Regan (Reel Big Fish), who are all featured on the VOID Union's upcoming album.The VOID Union's mission is to always keep music and art the number one priority. Weather it's headlining Ska shows or backing up Jamaican artists, they see themselves as blue-collar musicians and they want to keep writing and playing as much music as possible. After all, in a world consumed with money and corrupt politicians, honest music is one of the timeless truths that continues to make this world spin.The VOID UNION is a collective, their core line-up consists of Thad Merritt (Bass), Jesse Hayes (Drums), Rich Graiko (Trumpet), Alex Stern (Guitar), and Josh Cohen (Tenor Sax), but they frequently invite other, like-minded, musicians to sit in on their albums and at their shows.All in all, the VOID UNION just wants to make sweet music and keep people on the dance floor all night long. If its sweet timeless Jamaican grooves you're looking for, come see the VOID UNION, you are guaranteed to find your foot tapping and your booty shakin.

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Member Since: 6/10/2006
Band Website: http://www.sonicbids.com/ThaddeusMerritt
Band Members: Trumpet - Rich Graiko Sax - JC Guitar - Alex Stern Bass - Thaddeus Merritt Drums - Jesse HayesAs many friends that we can corner into playing with us!
Influences: early ska, rocksteady, reggae, Jazz, Soul, Etc... The Skatalites, Alton Ellis, The Ethiopians, Derrick Morgan, Desmond Dekker, Delroy Wilson, The Upsetters, The Techniques, Derrick Harriot, Baba Brooks, Tommy McCook... Etc...
Record Label: Megalith Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

VU Tour Wrap-Up Blog (Part 1!

January 19, 2008: Brighton, Massachusetts. So, I didn't get to a computer for a few days, because we were working our way up the Atlantic coast with nary a moment to spare. We've had an eventful ...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Jan 2009 17:21:00 GMT

Void Union Tour Blog # 5

Void Union Tour Blog # 5 ( Northbound Train)January 12th: The Villages and Orlando, FloridaIn a landscape saturated with hot dogs, pretzels and a new development called "The Angry Whopper", getti...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:59:00 GMT

Void Union Tour Blog # 4

Void Union Tour Blog # 4 ( Straight Outta Mom's Basement)Sunday, January 11th: Tampa, FloridaThough its members have all played in established "national" bands, The Void Union is just starting to...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:50:00 GMT

Void Union Tour Blog # 3

Void Union Tour Blog # 3 ( Duppies and Gravy)January 10th, GNV FLACentral Florida is not friendly to the humble pedestrian.  I decided at about 2pm yesterday that I needed to own a digital video ...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Jan 2009 09:48:00 GMT

Void Union Tour Blog # 2 (Take Three)

Tour Blog # 2 (AKA Great Expectorations)January 8th (Day Off Charleston, SC)Let us digress from our discussion about Sex, Juggalos and Sexy Juggalos to say a few things about our transportation s...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:02:00 GMT

Void Union Tour Blog #1

Void Union Tour Blog # 1 (aka Tumesecent Touring Through Territory)After a few false starts (special thanks to the Sudbury, Massachusetts police!), we were finally able to get on the road and pla...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Jan 2009 12:02:00 GMT

Show Cancellations

Hey Folks-We had to cancel two shows this weekend. Friday, January 2nd in Stamford was cancelled because of transportation problems on our part.Sunday, January 4th was cancelled by the venue ( while ...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:20:00 GMT