V3NOM

What’s your style/genre? Mainly rock covers with a touch of pop punk covers. What’s new? We are currently taking new pop/ dance songs and putting our own rock twists to them. How long have you been around? We’ve been playing music our whole lives, but we have been V3NOM for three years. Best song you’ve written? We do have an unreleased original ballad-style song called “The Wrong.” We will perform it one day. Favourite song you cover? This is a toss up between two: “Another One Bites the Dust” [Queen] or “Kryptonite” [3 Doors Down]. If you could collaborate with any musician/band, living or dead, who would it be and why? Probably Van Halen (Roth era) or Guns N’ Roses (Adler era). They were the poster children of nobullshit, in-your-face rock and roll, and we have so many questions that we would love to ask them. Also, who hasn’t been inspired by Eddie Van Halen and Slash? What would be your dream gig? Our dream gig would probably be Wake the Giant, because it would be an amazing feeling playing for our city. What’s the best thing about performing live shows? The best thing about performing live shows is when the audience really gets into it and sings/ dances with you. Lively interactive audiences have the power to push the show to the next level and you always get that at a V3NOM show! Where do you draw inspiration from in your music? We draw inspiration from the bands we love. For example, if you ever shut your eyes and listen to Dre [V3NOM co-lead singer] sing a Green Day song, you’ll honestly convince yourself that you are listening to Billie Joe Armstrong. We take pride in paying respect to the people that inspire us and we would never want to do them dirty. What do you hope people take away from your music? We just want people to come out, forget about life for the three hours you get to see us perform, and have an absolute blast! We put on a really fun, interactive show and our main goal is to bring everyone together through the power of good music and good entertainment. Contact: facebook.com/thebandvenom