Virginia Coalition
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Virginia Coalition is a rock band from Alexandria, Virginia
, who met in the early 1990s through their music class at T. C. Williams High School
. Referred to as VACO by fans, the band released their first album, The Colors of The Sound in 1998. VACO's live shows are known for their soulfully frenetic atmosphere.
The band's current lineup consists of:
Former songwriter and lead guitarist Steve Dawson left the band in late 2003. Dawson was a significant contributor to the band's first three albums, singing lead vocals on approximately half the band's released tracks. In February 2007, VACO announced the departure of another founding member, John Patrick (drums/vocals). Steve Dawson re-joined the band for concerts in early 2011. As of late Adam Dawson, another longtime Alexandria has been drumming for the band.
Alexandria, Virginia
Alexandria is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of 2009, the city had a total population of 139,966. Located along the Western bank of the Potomac River, Alexandria is approximately six miles south of downtown Washington, D.C.Like the rest of northern Virginia, as well as...
, who met in the early 1990s through their music class at T. C. Williams High School
T. C. Williams High School
T. C. Williams High School is a public high school in Alexandria, Virginia, named after former superintendent Thomas Chambliss Williams of Alexandria City Public Schools who served from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s...
. Referred to as VACO by fans, the band released their first album, The Colors of The Sound in 1998. VACO's live shows are known for their soulfully frenetic atmosphere.
The band's current lineup consists of:
- Andrew Poliakoff - lead vocals, guitar, percussion
- Paul Ottinger - keyboards, percussion, vocals, bass guitar, guitar,
- Jarrett Nicolay - bass guitar, banjo, guitar, vocals, CasioCasiois a multinational electronic devices manufacturing company founded in 1946, with its headquarters in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Casio is best known for its electronic products, such as calculators, audio equipment, PDAs, cameras, musical instruments, and watches...
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Former songwriter and lead guitarist Steve Dawson left the band in late 2003. Dawson was a significant contributor to the band's first three albums, singing lead vocals on approximately half the band's released tracks. In February 2007, VACO announced the departure of another founding member, John Patrick (drums/vocals). Steve Dawson re-joined the band for concerts in early 2011. As of late Adam Dawson, another longtime Alexandria has been drumming for the band.
Discography
- 1998 - The Colors of The Sound
- 2000 - TownburgTownburg-Track listing:# "Lonely Cowboy" - 3:17# "E Song" - 3:55# "Likeness" - 3:23# "Atchafalaya" - 3:58# "Luminiferous Ether" - 3:55# "Wichita" - 1:05# "Green and Grey" - 4:21# "Mista Banks" - 4:49# "A Song" - 3:07# "Go-Go Tech" - 2:00# "Wichita Reprise" -...
- 2003 - Rock and Roll PartyRock and Roll Party-Track listing:# "By and By" - 2:57# "Come and Go" - 2:32# "Walk to Work" - 3:22# "Valentine Eraser" - 3:04# "Referring Rosarita" - 5:06# "This is Him " - 3:22# "Sink Slowly" - 2:03# "Rock and Roll Party" - 1:06# "Jerry Jermaine" - 4:18...
- 2003 - Fake Out Takes (Not for Production)Fake Out Takes (Not for Production)Fake Out Takes is a bonus album of outtakes, demos, and covers by rock band Virginia Coalition that came with preorders of Rock and Roll Party.-Track listing:# A Song 2:51# Johnny Wonder 4:01# Dried Out Loud 2:23...
- 2004 - OK to GoOK to GoOK to Go is the fifth album by rock band Virginia Coalition. This was the first album after founding member Steve Dawson parted with the band...
- 2005 - The Bob YearsThe Bob YearsThe Bob Years is a compilation of songs from Virginia Coalition's repertoire from 1998's The Colors of the Sound through 2004's OK to Go...
- 2006 - Live At The 9:30 Club
- 2006 - Winter '07 (side-project of bassist Jarrett Nicolay as My New Mixtape)
- 2008 - Almost Home (EP)
- 2008 - Home This Year
External links
- Official site
- Twitter page
- Virginia Coalition collection at the Internet ArchiveInternet ArchiveThe Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It offers permanent storage and access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, music, moving images, and nearly 3 million public domain books. The Internet Archive...
's live music archive - Virginia Coalition's video for "Sing Along" the first single from Home This Year