JAGOS MUSIC Is Pleased to Present the Wavos! Scramble up the Killers, Green Day and Depeche Mode and You're Getting a Taste for the Wavos
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
JAGOS Music LLC PO Box 70730 Myrtle Beach, SC 29572 (347) 837-5515 JAGOS MUSIC is pleased to present The Wavos! Scramble up The Killers, Green Day and Depeche Mode and you're getting a taste for The Wavos. Their live show is all-out rocktronic dance-pop, powerpop meets goth electronica, an authentic ‘80s & ‘90s new wave alterna-rock dance party that won’t quit. The Wavos specialize in colliding musical styles, blurring the lines between rock & dance music, pop & darkwave, guitar trio & synthpop, never forgetting that great songs are what it’s all about. Ride the wave, it’s what you crave! Contact & Bookings: Gordon Smith (347) 837-5515 [email protected] Web Sites: www.thewavos.com www.facebook.com/thewavos www.youtube.com/jagosmusic www.twitter.com/thewavos www.myspace.com/thewavos www.itunes.com www.cdbaby.com/Artist/thewavos http://www.thewavos.com [email protected] FACT SHEET Ride the wave, it’s what you crave! Scramble up The Killers, Green Day, Depeche Mode, you're getting a taste for The Wavos: rocktronic dance-pop with a chewy ‘80s alternawave center. Artist Information Biography “Make no mistake, these guys are more than a cover band,” says the Sun News. The Wavos have a fantastic time playing their favorite songs by Billy Idol, The Killers, Beastie Boys, Depeche Mode, Green Day, The Cars, New Order, Devo, Ramones, Nine Inch Nails and so many more. Then they'll throw in a couple of original WAVOS songs and you'll just know it's a new wave band that you can't quite name… Or, depending on the venue, the band will treat its audience to a full set of their own songs. The Wavos play with their fans, not to them – the band dances with their audience of stars, putting out a 100% live, upbeat performance of all their favorite '80s/'90s/2000's new wave & alternative rock tunes with instantly-recognizable vocals over the signature interplay of guitar, synthesizer and distinctively danceable rock beats. And while they’re happy to deliver a killer rendition of a Journey or Van Halen request, the band’s real strength lies in bringing out the underexposed gems of the underground dance floor. Remember Lawnchairs? The Politics of Dancing? The fans request these innovative pop rock tunes that they never heard before, including The Wavos’ originals. And on Halloween, they get treated to a high-intensity dose of goth-rock classics from bands like Bauhaus, Ministry and the Sisters of Mercy. The band has been known to play for two and a half hours without a break, when dancing is nonstop. When their fans take a breath, the ear-catching sounds, crazy outfits, interactive visuals and multimedia lighting keep them engaged. ¿Dónde están los Wavos? Two members live in New York City and the third splits his time between Asheville, North Carolina and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. But the band's real home base is in Virginia, midway on the eastern corridor that connects them. At The Otter House in Fredericksburg, 200 loyal fans pay to party with them every two months, filling the bar and dancing ‘til closing time. At Spaghettifest, the yearly indie music and camping festival in the Harrisonburg area, they've played four years in a row to hundreds of cheering college-age fans who can’t help jumping up on stage to dance with the band. The Wavos are growing a new fan base in New York City, a local and Columbia University crowd at the upper west side's Underground Lounge. In Myrtle Beach they've been playing to diverse local audiences at Bourbon Street Bar, Drink! and Island Bar & Grill, and in Wilmington NC at a popular hookah bar, The Juggling Gypsy. Myrtle Beach's Sun News KICKS! compares The Wavos to The Killers, Franz Ferdinand, Interpol and Bloc Party and says about their new CD, Wave Crazed EP, "it's really great to see a band like The Wavos continuing the New Wave tradition by combining both the classic and modern forms and crafting them into their own form of alternative power pop." The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star says the CD "features seven delectably jagged tunes that are just as dance-inducing and original as the artists they [often] cover." DishMiss NYC calls The Wavos’ music "infectious and upbeat electro-driven pop and punk … you’ll just want to dance!” A bit of history: the core of The Wavos came together on a supermarket loading dock where Joe and Tone worked in West New York, NJ, and solidified when Joe met Gordon at the Berklee School of Music in Boston. Their first band, The Privates, was a whirlwind romp through the http://www.thewavos.com [email protected] - 2 - New York metro area. Based in NYC’s lower east side, they were the house band at Great Gildersleeves, headlined regularly at C.B.G.B.'s, opened up for the Bush Tetras, Eric Johnson and Joe Perry and were featured in national publications Billboard and Variety and local papers like the Village Voice. Vibrant throughout the ‘90s, the band morphed into different styles and gathered a devoted following as a hard-hitting power trio while sharing the stage with national acts They Might Be Giants, Raging Slab, Masters of Reality and Johnny Thunders. In the 2000’s, from a couple of side projects – a goth quartet, electropop duo and all-‘80s cover band – it was a completely natural progression to The Wavos. Early 2013: The Wavos have just released their second CD, an EP teaser to be followed by a full album. The band is intently focused on touring, getting their message out as far and wide as possible. It's been a wild ride, from their beginnings as The Privates to their 2008 new- new-wave reformation, and coming full circle back to their powerpop-with-synth roots, they’ve never been happier than they are right now. Instrumentation Joe Bace - guitar/bass/vocal Gordon Smith - synth/bass/vocal Tone Maul - edrums Discography Wave Crazed EP (March 2010) Second Wave EP1 (Sept. 2012) Videography “Aerobic Commuting” live, May-December 2010: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_4MmEmi6N0 “I Will Show You Mine”, live in NYC, May 2010: www.youtube.com/jagosmusic “Wavos, Men in Skirts: ‘80s dance party”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJI66DmyLkk Testimonials & Quotes “When we opened the Otter House in 2009, I asked local musicians to help me find bands that would be a good fit for the bar, and one name that kept coming up was The Wavos. So I got them to come down from New York, and within a year they became the bar's #1 draw. They've developed a huge Fredericksburg following and they consistently bring 150-200 people out to see them. These guys are easy to work with and we've become great friends. I couldn't recommend them enough.” Steve Cameli, Co-Owner, The Otter House “We love The Wavos! They are the most energetic and entertaining of all the bands we have hired for our weekly summer parties on Fire Island. They got everyone in our multi- generational community out dancing. A great time was had by all. They are a pleasure to work with and I highly recommend them!” Donna Wemple, Social Director, Point O' Woods “Thanks for the amazing show at our wedding! You guys were so full of energy and entertainment and all of our guests agreed! It was hard to keep people off the dance floor. Cheers to a talented group of musicians! Thank you again for all that you have done to make our wedding day as memorable as it was.” Bari Tutino http://www.thewavos.com [email protected] - 3 - “…all we could say was, The Wavos KILLED IT!!!” Matt & Julian, Mary Washington Univ. “You guys are amazing and fabulous entertainers!! Great set list and the crowd LOVED you! Pleasure meeting and hearing you all :)” Joelle, booking/bartending at Colonial Tavern “The Wavos are one of the most refreshing 3 piece live groups to emerge from the Mid Atlantic new wave scene in the past 10 years. Their clever songwriting and electrifying stage performance makes them a crowd favorite at my annual music festival, Spaghettifest. Polished, interactive, and uninhibited, the Wavos are a musical epiphany everyone should experience.” Mikael Glago, Midnight Spaghetti and Spaghettifest “Steve told me: give The Wavos whatever they want, they bring a ton of business in here every time they come down.” Emma Chayefsky, bartender/waitress, The Otter House “I truly loved your show, great time for all, the energy you transmit to the audience is phenomenal, best time I had at the bar in months.” Lisa Foster, Backstreet Café Roanoke “You guys get me!!” “Still can't get over how amazing THE WAVOS were last night. You really missed out if you were not there.” Marnie Kennedy, Manager, Island Bar & Grill Surfside “Put on your red shoes and dance (the synth-soaked) blues...retro-minded dance party….the self-described ‘Men In Skirts’ hold court” THE WEEKLY SURGE, On the Fly, Feb. 21st 2013 Press Reviews WHEN THE ’80S CALL, YOU BETTER ANSWER by Jesse Scott / for The Free Lance–Star February 6th, 2013 Over the last two years, The Wavos have built up quite the following at the Otter House. On any given Saturday, the place was jam-packed with neon-clad college kids and nostalgic 40-somethings grooving to everything from Depeche Mode to Michael Jackson. Well, now the Otter House is gone. Rather than throw in the neon towel, the New York-bred trio is set to write a new chapter in the ’Burg.