THE VANDELLES
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Christo Buffam: guitar, vox.
Jason Schwartz: guitar, instruments, vox.
Dave Herbert: projections, instruments.
Suzanne Pagliorola: drums, percussion, drum machine.
Lisha Nadkarni: bass, instruments, vox.
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Thanks to their ripping guitar lines- and even finer harmonies- The Vandelles define the distaff side of the Noir Rock sound. Their biggest hits, including "Lovely Weather" and "Swell to Heaven", remain among the most potent and enduring recordings of their era. Formed as a merger of two local vocal groups, The Mercenary Gang and Del Black Aloha, The Vandelles take aspects of Link Wray and The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Ronettes and My Bloody Valentine, Buddy Holly and The Ramones, to create a sound that's uniquely theirs.

While crooning softly in the background, they take old school rock and roll your parents used to listen to and run it through screaming, blown out amplifiers. Having played shows from austin tx to nyc The Vandelles have developed an infamous live show that is an audio and visual assault. Garage cats, cowboy beat poetry, and the Wall of Sound.
This is Noir Rock and Roll.

MTV Subterranean Mini Doc on The Vandelles at You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad4pCh9GQz0

video of "Bomb the Surf" live at SXSW 07 at You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVlw1W2apVM

www.thevandelles.com