This article is about the New York-based band; for other uses, see Vivian Girls (disambiguation)
Vivian Girls
are an all-girl American indie rock band from Brooklyn, New York.
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History
Vivian Girls started in
Brooklyn,
NY in March 2007 as the trio of Cassie Ramone (guitar/vocals), Kickball Katy (bass/drums/vocals) and Frankie Rose (drums/bass/vocals).
[1] While only a band for a short while, they recorded a demo CD-R which included five original songs and a
Wipers cover, and began to play locally in
Brooklyn and Katy and Cassie's home state of
New Jersey.
[2] Within the first couple of months they had already developed a strong local following, supporting acts like
Jay Reatard,
Sonic Youth and
the King Khan & BBQ Show as well as finding kindred spirits in other locals like
Cause Co-Motion!,
Crystal Stilts, and Woods, with whom they’ve shared many bills and helped develop a local scene. In March 2008 they released the "Wild Eyes" single on the Plays With Dolls label.
[3] With very little promotion and distribution the single became an underground indie hit as it charted on many college radio playlists and garnered positive reviews on the internet.
[4]
Recorded in the same session, their debut self-titled LP was released by the Mauled by Tigers label, whose initial pressing of the LP sold out in ten days.
[5]. During this time, the group signed with
In The Red Records who released a new single in August 2008.
[6] In The Red re-released the Mauled by Tigers record on LP and CD formats in October 2008
[7]. In July 2008 the band underwent a lineup change with new drummer Ali Koehler replacing Frankie Rose.
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The band's name comes from a mammoth written work by outsider artist
Henry Darger, called
The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What is Known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glandeco-Angelinnian War Storm, Caused by the Child Slave Rebellion
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The band are set to release their second album
Everything Goes Wrong in Spetember 2009. According to Cassie, the record will be much longer and darker than the self titled debut.
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Discography
Albums
Year
| Album information
| Chart positions
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US
| UK
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2008
| Vivian Girls
- 1st studio album
- Released: May 2008
- Label: Mauled by Tigers/In The Red
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2009
| Everything Goes Wrong
- 2nd studio album
- Released: September 2009
- Label: In The Red
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EPs
Date
| Title
| Format
| Details
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2008
| Live on the Radio (WFMU 9/1/2008)
| CD
| 150 Hand-Numbered Copies
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2009
| Live on the Radio (WFMU 9/1/2008)
| LP
| 1000
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Singles
Date
| Single
| Backed with
| Record label
| Format
| Other details
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2008
| Wild Eyes
| My Baby Wants Me Dead
| Plays With Dolls / Wild World
| 7" single
| 4000 copies
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2008
| Tell the World
| I Believe in Nothing & Damaged
| Woodsist
| 7" single
| 3000 copies
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2008
| I Can't Stay
| Blind Spot
| In the Red
| 7" single
| 2000 copies
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2008
| Surfin Away & Second Date
| Girl Don't Tell Me (Wilson)
| Wild World
| 7" single
| 1000 copies
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2009
| Moped Girls
| Death
| For Us
| 7" single
| 1500 copies
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References
- http://www.myspace.com/viviangirlsnyc
- http://agitreader.com/features/vivian_girls-8.18.html
- http://smashintransistors.blogspot.com/2008/06/vivian-girls-wild-eyes-and-tell-world.html
- http://gorillavsbear.blogspot.com/2008/06/vivian-girls.html
- http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/142872-vivian-girls-unveil-album-reissue-details-extend-t
- http://gorillavsbear.blogspot.com/2008/07/new-vivian-girls-i-cant-stay.html
- http://tinymixtapes.com/Vivian-Girls
- http://www.imposemagazine.com/mag/index.php/2008/08/07/vivian-girls-dan-friel-silent-barn-dead-herri
- Amy Granzin, Vivian Girls: Vivian Girls, ''Pitchfork Media'', October 3, 2008. Retrieved November 10, 2008.
- http://www.themusicfix.co.uk/content/review/6349/vivian-girls-interview.html