Escape Velocity (band)

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Escape Velocity
Background information
Origin	Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
Genre(s)	Indie pop Alternative rock
Years active	2001–present
Label(s)	Independent
Website	Official website
Members
Michael Chagnon Aaron Horton Dustin West
Former members
Joe Parker

Escape Velocity is a band which was formed in Lynchburg, Virginia by members Michael Chagnon, Aaron Horton, and Dustin West. The band plays alternative rock music, and cites as its influences Weezer, Rufus Wainwright, Of Montreal, Ozma, Beulah, and The Beatles. The band describes its sound as "Rufus Wainwright singing Beatles melodies with the hard, but quirky edge of Weezer". Escape Velocity's songs receive frequent airplay on radio stations around Lynchburg. In February of 2006, Escape Velocity's "Gwynneth" was played during the MTV Documentary "Fat Camp" and in November of 2006 "1952" and "Tired of Life" were played on the same network's "Made".

In 2005, Escape Velocity released its first album, Chaos Theory. Its second album, the Old Familiar Way, was released in 2006.

Contents 1 Discography 1.1 Albums 1.2 EPs 2 External links

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

• Chaos Theory (2005)

[edit] EPs

• Old Familiar Way (2006)

[edit] External links

• Official Escape Velocity Web Page
• Myspace Site