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The ? The Vaudevillianaires! Say that fast 5 times and by the 5th time you sound like you have a French or Spanish accent, kind of sexy. But don’t tell them I said that cause I think they are trying to go for rock n roll scary cool vibe.
What does it mean? No idea. All I know it is a rocking band out of Windsor, Ontario that by this time next year you will be saying… OMG The Vaudevillianaires are coming to town and I have to go see them!
The band consists of…
Ted Dimoglou (guitar / co-vox) formerly from Big Daddy A & The Merves – aka Tiki Manchild (The Ring Leader)
Jamie Greer (lead/backing vocals, percussion) formerly from The Golden Hands Before God – aka Phineas T. Faust (The Bar Keeper)
The Milkman (lead/rhythm guitar, backing vocals) formerly from Hogfat – aka Mr. Whiteman
Ken Jean (bass, backing vocals) also in The Tyres – aka Murder (The Chinaman)
Damien Zakoor (drums, backing vocals) also in The Tyres and formerly from The Golden Hands Before God – aka The Amazing Zakoor (The Heroin Shiek)
I had the utmost pleasure speaking to The Bar Keeper about the band…
The name of your band The Vaudevillianaires… tell me about it?
Well, we knew we wanted something bizarre and theatric, but also dark – a “macabaret” as we call it. We initially wanted to be called the Vaudevillains but after checking around discovered a psychobilly band with that name. After some consideration, Damien re-worked it to The Vaudevillianaires. It completely encapsulates our band.
What would you classify the type of music The Vaudevillianaires play?
Tough to say! There are SO many influences that it all kind of comes out. We love the prog metal of bands like Iron Maiden or Mastodon, combined with the huge stoner riffs of Monster Magnet or Queens of the Stone Age, with the theatrics of KISS or New York Dolls, and the power psychobilly of Reverend Horton Heat or Supersuckers. But we also love bands from Rammstein to Jane’s Addiction, plus with the Windsor/Detroit connection, love Motown. Somewhere in the muddled stew, we are the carrots.
What brought the 5 of you together as a band?
Something to do! Ted and Damien initially started jamming and it progressed to bringing in Ken (who played in The Tyres with Damien), then The Milkman, who played with Teddy years ago, then me. Initially, I was just to reproduce my percussion role I had in The Golden Hands Before God, but once we started jamming and writing new songs, I knew I had to sing. It started as a Monday “get-out-of-the-house-and-jam” band to a “holy-shit-this-might-be-decent” band. It’s driven itself.
Are there any plans to record a full length album?
We start recording in two weeks! We’ve been writing and doing pre-production (the tracks on MySpace are early pre-production demos), so we’re close to knowing the songs we’re bringing, but the big goal is to have our album done for February and start REALLY touring in spring of 2010.
Will you be managing and producing the album\tour independently?
Yes. We’re slowly building a Vaudevillianaires “team” and management is a part of that. Right now, myself and Seth “Hootie” Perera are handling the management of the group, from a booking and business stand-point. As for the record, we’ll definitely be doing it ourselves to make sure we get it done the way we want it, from the artwork to the sound. If, after all is said and done, outside help decides to join the Team, then we’ll re-examine how we can help them and they can help us. If it fits, we’ll join forces! But we’re being very particular this time around building our own team – it’s more of a family really. Hootie is a good friend of ours, so we trust him completely. We’ve also got some great people on board, such as our Make-Up and Merch Co-ordinator Hilary McDonald, some great graphic design people like Matt LeBlanc from Ocktober Design (who used to front the amazing horrorpunk band Razoreater in Hamilton) and Francois Jacques from Mack Flash. More and more people keep approaching us with ideas how they can help out and luckily it’s all been amazingly talented friends, so it’s been really smooth to work with.
How does the writing process happen for you guys?
Ted writes the riffs. He comes with ideas and concepts, then we jam them, the band re-arranges it, and I ride the groove and work lyrics off that. It’s all about vibe and circumstance. Some songs are as intelligent as Motley Crue on a Saturday night and some are Fugazi Sunday mornings.
On your myspace page http://www.myspace.com/thevaudevillianaires, your band seems to have a theme. Can you elaborate?
Again, we wanted to bring back the escapist rock and roll show. Grunge and indie rock is great and awesome, but they pulled back the inescapable mesmerizing rock and roll live show. We wanted to bring that back. So we’re combining old school vaudeville theatrics and combining it with the rock and roll we love. It will only grow.
What does each character in your band re - nxew.ca
The ? The Vaudevillianaires! Say that fast 5 times and by the 5th time you sound like you have a French or Spanish accent, kind of sexy. But don’t tell them I said that cause I think they are trying to go for rock n roll scary cool vibe.
What does it mean? No idea. All I know it is a rocking band out of Windsor, Ontario that by this time next year you will be saying… OMG The Vaudevillianaires are coming to town and I have to go see them!
The band consists of…
Ted Dimoglou (guitar / co-vox) formerly from Big Daddy A & The Merves – aka Tiki Manchild (The Ring Leader)
Jamie Greer (lead/backing vocals, percussion) formerly from The Golden Hands Before God – aka Phineas T. Faust (The Bar Keeper)
The Milkman (lead/rhythm guitar, backing vocals) formerly from Hogfat – aka Mr. Whiteman
Ken Jean (bass, backing vocals) also in The Tyres – aka Murder (The Chinaman)
Damien Zakoor (drums, backing vocals) also in The Tyres and formerly from The Golden Hands Before God – aka The Amazing Zakoor (The Heroin Shiek)
I had the utmost pleasure speaking to The Bar Keeper about the band…
The name of your band The Vaudevillianaires… tell me about it?
Well, we knew we wanted something bizarre and theatric, but also dark – a “macabaret” as we call it. We initially wanted to be called the Vaudevillains but after checking around discovered a psychobilly band with that name. After some consideration, Damien re-worked it to The Vaudevillianaires. It completely encapsulates our band.
What would you classify the type of music The Vaudevillianaires play?
Tough to say! There are SO many influences that it all kind of comes out. We love the prog metal of bands like Iron Maiden or Mastodon, combined with the huge stoner riffs of Monster Magnet or Queens of the Stone Age, with the theatrics of KISS or New York Dolls, and the power psychobilly of Reverend Horton Heat or Supersuckers. But we also love bands from Rammstein to Jane’s Addiction, plus with the Windsor/Detroit connection, love Motown. Somewhere in the muddled stew, we are the carrots.
What brought the 5 of you together as a band?
Something to do! Ted and Damien initially started jamming and it progressed to bringing in Ken (who played in The Tyres with Damien), then The Milkman, who played with Teddy years ago, then me. Initially, I was just to reproduce my percussion role I had in The Golden Hands Before God, but once we started jamming and writing new songs, I knew I had to sing. It started as a Monday “get-out-of-the-house-and-jam” band to a “holy-shit-this-might-be-decent” band. It’s driven itself.
Are there any plans to record a full length album?
We start recording in two weeks! We’ve been writing and doing pre-production (the tracks on MySpace are early pre-production demos), so we’re close to knowing the songs we’re bringing, but the big goal is to have our album done for February and start REALLY touring in spring of 2010.
Will you be managing and producing the album\tour independently?
Yes. We’re slowly building a Vaudevillianaires “team” and management is a part of that. Right now, myself and Seth “Hootie” Perera are handling the management of the group, from a booking and business stand-point. As for the record, we’ll definitely be doing it ourselves to make sure we get it done the way we want it, from the artwork to the sound. If, after all is said and done, outside help decides to join the Team, then we’ll re-examine how we can help them and they can help us. If it fits, we’ll join forces! But we’re being very particular this time around building our own team – it’s more of a family really. Hootie is a good friend of ours, so we trust him completely. We’ve also got some great people on board, such as our Make-Up and Merch Co-ordinator Hilary McDonald, some great graphic design people like Matt LeBlanc from Ocktober Design (who used to front the amazing horrorpunk band Razoreater in Hamilton) and Francois Jacques from Mack Flash. More and more people keep approaching us with ideas how they can help out and luckily it’s all been amazingly talented friends, so it’s been really smooth to work with.
How does the writing process happen for you guys?
Ted writes the riffs. He comes with ideas and concepts, then we jam them, the band re-arranges it, and I ride the groove and work lyrics off that. It’s all about vibe and circumstance. Some songs are as intelligent as Motley Crue on a Saturday night and some are Fugazi Sunday mornings.
On your myspace page http://www.myspace.com/thevaudevillianaires, your band seems to have a theme. Can you elaborate?
Again, we wanted to bring back the escapist rock and roll show. Grunge and indie rock is great and awesome, but they pulled back the inescapable mesmerizing rock and roll live show. We wanted to bring that back. So we’re combining old school vaudeville theatrics and combining it with the rock and roll we love. It will only grow.
What does each character in your band re - nxew.ca
Discography
Our Filthy Swagger: Compilation (2013)
Satan's Thundering Hooves EP (2010)
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Bio
Combining ferocious monster riffs with technical prowess, thunderous drums and a flair for the theatrically demented, THE VAUDEVILLIANAIRES have arrived to tell the tale of the Macabaret.
Formed in the Spring of 2009 by a group of some of Windsor, Ontario's most prolific and personable performers, it features members of such esteemed Windsor outfits as The Golden Hands Before God (NXNE 2008), the unquiet dead (CMW 2012/2013, NXNE 2012/2013), Big Daddy A & The Merves, and The Tyres. Together they have countless years of stage, road and recording experience, which combined together has resulted in an explosive and bombastic energy that can only be described as "in-your-face"! Combining the music stylings of such bands as Monster Magnet, Eagles of Death Metal, Moistboyz and Mastodon with the frenetic live shows of bands like Turbonegro, Monotonix and Motley Crue, THE VAUDEVILLIANAIRES are putting the spectacle back into the spectacular.
In late 2010 they released their debut EP, "Satan's Thundering Hooves", which featured guest guitar solos from Al "Yeti" Bones (Gypsy Chief Goliath, Georgian Skull, The Mighty Nimbus), Nick Belulis (Black Ribbons, Bed of Stars, the unquiet dead) and Bryan Fry (Grand Maris, Ashes of Soma).
The band dissolved in late 2011 due to other commitments, but in the summer of 2013, the call to rock was just too great. The Vaudevillianaires are reunited and gearing up for a new round of recordings.
In their short existence, they have had the privilege of sharing the stage with: Hail The Villain, Juicer, The Besnard Lakes, SUUNS, Young Galaxy, Big John Bates & The Voodoo Dollz. Fozzy, Gypsy Chief Goliath, The Unsettlers, Domenica, Rackula, Lodown, Poughboy, The Speaking Tongues, and many more.
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Phog Phest, Windsor, ON (2013)
Harvesting The FAM Festival, Windsor, ON (2010, 2011)
VENUES PLAYED
Rancho Relaxo, Toronto, ON
This Ain't Hollywood, Hamilton, ON
Phog Lounge, Windsor, ON
The Capitol Theatre, Windsor, ON
The Loop, Windsor, ON
FM Lounge, Windsor, ON
The Coach & Horses, Windsor, ON
The Blind Dog, Windsor, ON
The Chubby Pickle, Windsor, ON
Dean Martini's, Windsor, ON
City Lights, St. Catharines, ON
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