Velikovsky

Velikovsky was formed by William Netherland and Xavier DeCamps in the summer of 2010. Our first official show as a full band was in November of that year under the name The Velikovsky Affair. Having begun with two core members, we now have four core musicians and have shortened our name to Velikovsky. Our band is named after Immanuel Velikovsky, a mid 20th century author and innovator. Like Immanuel Velikovsky we want to challenge the way people think of things, believing that popularity is not the best foundation of an idea. We want to stretch the way people think about music, ideas, and life. We use our instruments and any stage as a means to play and to sing and to dance. Velikovsky plays a style of music mainly consisting of rock and jazz without being jazz-rock. We are obsessed with improvisation and tone. Each member is a multi-instrumentalist and as a band avidly seeks to challenge the level of each member's musicianship. We also strive to challenge our fans with new ideas for music and performance while never losing our primary goals. Those goals we have as a band for our fans are best stated in one of our tunes called "Straight And To The Point" - "I'm just trying to make you dance. I'm just trying to make you shout. I'm just trying to make you sing. I'm just trying to bring you out."