Vanity Theft is an American

United States

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 all girl indie/alternative rock group from Springboro

Springboro, Ohio

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, Ohio

Ohio

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 that formed in 2005.

Biography

The band started in 2005 as "Vanity Pledge" when the members were still in high school, and was made up of Brittany Hill (guitar, vocals), Alicia Grodecki (keyboard, vocals), Elyse Driskill (drums), and Staci Farfsing (bass). Starting out playing cover material, the band shifted to writing and playing original music after Lindsey Keene replaced the college-bound Farfsing on bass, and the group was renamed "Vanity Theft".

Keene left the band to pursue schooling and was replaced on bass shortly after their 2nd Album was completed, in April 2010 by Lalaine Vergara-Paras

Lalaine

Lalaine Vergara-Paras , also known as Lalaine, is an American actress, singer-songwriter and spokesperson. She is perhaps best known for her role as Miranda Sanchez in the Disney Channel series Lizzie McGuire, which aired from 2001 to 2004. She has been pursuing a music career since 2009...

, previously best known for her role in the early 2000s on the TV show Lizzie McGuire

Lizzie McGuire

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. Lalaine was asked to leave in January 2011 just before touring was to resume, currently the band remains made up of its 3 original founding members. They have since toured with Amanda Dellevigne, Kelly Riot and currently, on The Lady Killers Tour, Allison Kelly.

The band has described itself as having a sound "somewhere between the work of Sleater-Kinney

Sleater-Kinney

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 and the Ting Tings

The Ting Tings

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In 2010, the band signed with Vigilante Music/Adamant Records.

Members

Current members

• Elyse Driskill - drums
  Drum kit
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   (since 2005)
• Alicia Grodecki - lead vocals
  Lead vocalist
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  , keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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  , synthesizer
  Synthesizer
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  s, programming
  Programming (music)
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  , piano
  Piano
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  , harmonica
  Harmonica
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  , guitar
  Guitar
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  s (since 2005)
• Brittany Hill - lead guitar
  Lead guitar
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  , backing vocals
  Backing vocalist
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   (since 2005)

Former members

• Lindsey Keene - bass guitar (2006–2010)
• Staci Farfsing - bass guitar (2005)
• Lalaine
  Lalaine
  Lalaine Vergara-Paras , also known as Lalaine, is an American actress, singer-songwriter and spokesperson. She is perhaps best known for her role as Miranda Sanchez in the Disney Channel series Lizzie McGuire, which aired from 2001 to 2004. She has been pursuing a music career since 2009...
  
   - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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  , backing vocals (2010)

Discography

• Symptoms (2006) (5 song CD-EP)
• Post Script: Pace Yourself (2008)
• Anatomy (EP) (2010)
• Get What You Came For (2011) (Vigilante/Adamant)

External links

• VanityTheft.com - Official site
• Vanity Theft Remix Contest - Hosted by Laptoprockers