Dan - Drums James - Bass Josh - Vocals / Guitar Rich - Lead Guitar Travis - Vocals / Guitar
Influences
Awesome music of all kinds.
Dan:
All Shall Perish, Avenged Sevenfold, Children of Bodom, Darkest Hour, Bullet for My Valentine, Trivium, Death, Origin
James:
The Sounds, Hide, Glay, L'arc~en~Ciel, Bon Jovi, Jack Johnson, Seo TaiJi, M.O.V.E, Placebo, Avenged Sevenfold, Linkin Park, Nirvana, Yngwie Malmsteen, Luna Sea, and many more...
Josh: Queen, Iron Butterfly, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, The White Stripes, Dashboard Confessional, The Strokes, The Doors, HelloGoodbye, Silver Chair, Bright Eyes
Rich:
Dave Gilmour, Hide, Billy Corgan, Devin Townsend, and the thought of light refracting within a crystal.
Travis:
Against Me!, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Cali, Franz Ferdinand, Hot Hot Heat, My Chemical Romance, Say Anything, The Killers, The Offspring and sweet musicals like Notre Dame de Paris
Starting with the voice talent of Josh and Travis who lived together at the legendary Emilio House, the two made acquaintance with the incredibly talented showboating powerhouse Dan who rocks out the drums as though he were some kind of supergod.
In September 2006 the porn worthy threesome picked up sexy Asian bassist James, whose bass lines transform each song into a irresistible sound that you simply must get up and rock out to. Go ahead and try not to, you shall find it quite impossible. The solid foursome set out to take on numerous local shows and a university Battle of the Bands; however they were not quite complete.
There was something that was still missing, although most assuredly not the sex appeal to either gender. At this point God decided that the group would finally be completed; as he saw fit to intertwine the foursome's fate with that of shred-artist Rich, whose face melting improvisation solos pale in comparison to that of the premeditated guitar odysseys he brings to the table for all of the group's "panty throwing guaranteed" tunes.
After running through several names, the fivesome landed on 'My Vendetta' as a name to represent both them and their music. Stay tuned, these self-acclaimed 'saviors of Camelot' are here to make some noise!
Hailing from the Maritime university town Wolfville, this 5 man outfit was put together gradually over a year and a half.
Daniel, born Wheeler Cleveland Talnat, was raised in a strict catholic household from an orthadox Icelandic family. Wheeler's parents were dirt poor and lived next to a pile of garbage cans. It was here that he first learned to make music by hitting things. Forced to use rigor mortissed cats as drumsticks, the young champion of rock did not shy away from skinning a few to pursue rock glory. But his life was to turn away from rock for a dark period of time. One night, Wheeler happened to notice a couple of thugs mugging a helpless bystander. Wheeler jumped into the conflict and was able to force the thugs away. While Wheeler was trading congratulations and thanks with the person he had saved, a pillar of fire erupted from a nearby garbage can. As the tongue of flame curled towards him, it flung a silver-banded ring bearing a flame symbol onto his hand. Wheeler had become the Planeteer with the power of fire. While the others were chosen for their environmental attitudes, Gaia chose Wheeler for his short temper and attitude, the fighting spirit of the team. However things quickly went sour when young Wheeler refused to stop making fun of Ma-ti for being in control of heart and essentially useless to the team. And for having that stupid monkey. In a fit of rage and frustration he quit the team, changed his name to Daniel, punched "Captain $@&&y Mullet" in the face, and joined the rock world as a pyrotechniques roady for the Rolling Stones. He then met up with My Vendetta who were also on tour, and felt their rhythm which rekindled his love for drums! You can now find this flaming hero behind the skins at My Vendetta shows everywhere!
Our Asian bassist Jammin' James, better known as "Sweet Utah Jimmy", has been a drifter all his life. He is accreditted with founding numerous groups of stray children, including the Rascals, the Boxcar Children, Oliver Twist, the Olsen Twins and the actor who played Tommy in the original Power Rangers. If Canadian, you most likely already know much about Sweet Utah as the show 'The Littlest Hobo' is actually based on the early year's of Utah's life. If you're not Canadian then you missed a sweet show and detailed biography of an amazing man portrayed by a dog. Utah has lead a life of mystery and intrigue, he's seen incredible things an definitively set the course of history several times in his life already. Perhaps his most publicized achievement has been to be the man accreditted with stopping Jack the Ripper. This time travelling wanderer has walked the Earth several times over, and befriended many a great writer. Stephen King has stated several times that his recurring character 'The Walkin' Dude' is based on a much more evil version of Sweet Utah. Utah has spent the last 5 years fighting wild forest fires by combatting them using only his body fluids and has set an impressive precident of putting out 93.2% of fires taken on during his time as a fire fighter. More recently he has moved to the Maritimes and taken up the bass guitar which he pours his well adventured soul into, as you can very well tell from the incredible bass lines you simply must experience before you can say you have lived.
At the dawn of time, in the temple of Zeus, there was a jam session. Among those invited were Jimi Hendrix, Paul McCartney, Jimmy Page, Dave Gilmour and so many others. From this jam came a catchy tune, but there was much more born on this day. A being of pure energy created from the very soul of music itself. The era of Rich had begun.
The era of Rich quickly came to an end when the only job offered to an omnipotent being of pure energy was that of vomitorium custodian in ancient Rome. Rich moved to the Sea of Tranquillity, where he remained for the next two millennia. It was here that he befriended FuSoYa. Three more millennia would pass until one day, FuSoYa foretold that the time was coming when he would return to Earth to join a rock band which was destined to change the course of human existence. Under the guise of an Acadia student, he waited... and watched. Years passed when finally, My Vendetta asked him to come over and jam. It was here that Rich struck the first note of an improvised solo. Everyone who heard the fantastical soloing of Rich immediately started bleeding from all oriphices. The band, while gargling their own blood, immediately asked him to join. The prophecy was true. All was right with the world.
Travis was born as a child of promise. His parents were two rocket scientists. And 3 nobel prize winners. And also 5 olympic gold medalists. And the Harlem Globe Trotters...And the entire cast of Cats.
Travis was born child to 43 parents. Unprecedented for our times, he grew up in the spotlight. Even under the constant siege of the press, he somehow managed to find the time to sneak away and pleasure himself 82 times a day while hiding in the bathroom stalls. For Travis, pleasuring himself of course meant playing with and caring for his pet Tamogotchi, who remains his best friend to date. Travis attended a montessori for his grade school education and soon found himself excelling in the sciences, in particular he discovered a love for bio-mollecular self manipulative template guided cell-compholdephysistry (pronounced exactly as it sounds). This was an exciting new field and he dedicated himself to it fully throughout his high school and university years. Promises of an end to all disease and implications of all around permanent good vibrations were two of the potential results of his research. After pouring thousands of hours and millions of dollars into his work he decided one night, on September 17th, 2005, a Tuesday, to go out and have a night off. It was here he saw My Vendetta playing at a stadium and instantly left behind his previous life to join the band and rock out. Never has anyone given up so much for rock. He now dedicates his time to rocking out with the inhuman will of a bio-chemist and the ingenuity of a peyote tripping Aldous Huxley to bring rock to all new levels.
See him and the rest of this incredible band live as soon as possible.
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