The Vasco Era
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| The Vasco Era | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Origin |  Apollo Bay |
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| Genre(s) | rock/blues | |
| Years active | 2004–present | |
| Website | Official Homepage | |
| Members | ||
| Sid O'Neil Ted O'Neil Michael Fitzgerald |
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The Vasco Era is an Australian three piece rock/blues band based in Melbourne, Australia. The band is very well known for their energetic live shows, and for The Lead singer's raw, yet often sweet blues vocals and guitar playing.
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[edit] Brief History
Originally from Apollo Bay, but now based in Melbourne, the band's members are brothers Sid (vocals, guitar, lapsteel, rototoms) and Ted (bass) O'Neil and Michael Fitzgerald (drums). In 2004 the band won the Australian National Campus Band Competition, the largest band competition in the southern hemisphere.[citation needed]
In 2006, The Vasco Era supported Wolfmother at The Astoria in London and played major festivals in Australia including the Southbound, East Coast Blues & Roots Music Festival, The Great Escape, Groovin' The Moo, the Apollo Bay Music Festival and the Falls Festival.[citation needed] Also in 2006, the band flew to San Francisco to record their debut album with producer Jeff Saltzman. The first single from the album, When We All Lost It was released to radio on October 29, 2006. Their debut album "Oh We Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside" is due for release May 5th 2007.[1]
[edit] Discography
[edit] EPs
 (2004) |
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[edit] References
- ^ Oh We Do Like To Be Beside the Seaside. JB HI-FI (2006). Retrieved on 2007-03-25.
