Greer Cawthon - Vocals, Keyboards Mark DiVito - Guitar, Backup Vocals Nick Johnson - Bass, Backup Vocals Anthony Maiden - Drums
Influences
Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment, Tool, Queensryche, Pain of Salvation, Anathema, Symphony X, My Dying Bride, Megadeth, Metallica, Pink Floyd, Tori Amos, Pantera, In Flames, Saturnus, Slayer, Sting, The Police, Fates Warning, Serenity, Therion, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Impelliteri, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Rush, Van Halen, Stratovarius, Kamelot, AC/DC, Jimi Hendrix, Lake of Tears, Cream, Eric Clapton, The Who, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Ozzy Osbourne, Genesis, U2, Kiss, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Journey, and more
Vanquish was formed in August of 2001 with a lineup of Ryan Wagner on guitar, Mark DiVito on guitar/vocals, Brian Berry on bass, and Anthony Maiden on drums. The band set out with a passion for heavy metal music, with influences ranging from contemporaries such as Metallica and Dream Theater to classic Pink Floyd. In 2002, Vanquish parted ways with Ryan Wagner, under mutual musical differences, as well as welcoming current singer/keyboardist, Greer Cawthon, joining the lineup to allow Mark more experimental freedom
with the guitar. In July 2002, Vanquish began playing shows locally and regionally and quickly began developing and entertaining a loyal fan base.
With the demand for their music growing, Vanquish started recording their first album, Nine Deadly Sins, at Cue Recording studios in Falls Church, VA in early 2003. With the technicality and complexity of Vanquish's music ever-increasing, Steve King joined Vanquish as a second guitarist in early 2004. Vanquish
then began to tour up and down the east coast, playing shows as far as Washington D.C. and New York City. In mid-October of 2004 Vanquish parted ways with Steve King and bassist Brian Berry under mutual musical differences.
Vanquish continued writing and rehearsing without a bassist for the next few months. They began auditioning bassists in the area during this time, with the hopes that a suitable bassist could be found, while writing another album's worth of material. Their new material is heavier, more melodic, and more progressive than anything Vanquish has written to date and is currently awaiting recording. In late April of 2005 (officially in mid-June), bassist Nick Johnson joined the lineup and Vanquish began playing venues with him in August of 2005.
Vanquish has been playing venues throughout the peninsula and central Virginia over the past year and a half, while developing a rapidly growing fan base. Their first album, Nine Deadly Sins was completed in September 2006 and is now available through the band, at shows, and at a growing number of local CD shops in Virginia.
A milestone for Vanquish came this past January, when they were asked to open for the preeminent Tool tribute band, Truage, at the local major venue, The Norva. Vanquish was very well recieved and has been thrusted into
the forefront of the local metal scene as a result of their performance. Be sure to check them out live to see what they are all about!
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Thanks to the following people for contributing pics for the slide show: Ligaya Blough (Budda's Place & Norva shots) & James Mann (Gil's shots)! We'd love to add more! Send us some pics of Vanquish! We'll include them in the slide show & be sure to give you credit!
This is a video of the original track 'Lost Cause' being performed LIVE @ The Norva on 1/6/07! Special thanks to Veronica for providing the video footage!
This is a video of the original track 'Sinister' being performed LIVE @ The Norva on 1/6/07! Special thanks to Veronica for providing the video footage!
This vid is a webcast of Vanquish performing an unreleased original track entitled 'Blood In Me' Live from a gig @ Zakk's!
Select your favorite song off of the Vanquish album, 'Nine Deadly Sins'
WE'RE JUST ROLLING BY AND WANTED TO WISH YOU A SUCCESSFUL AND ROCKING SUMMER TOUR SEASON. WE'RE CURRENTLY UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT SO PLEASE LET US KNOW WHEN YOU'RE READY FOR MORE MERCHANDISE... WE'RE COMMITTED TO YOU AND YOUR FANS. GIVE US A SHOUT, WE TRULY BELIEVE IN YOUR MISSION.
CHECK IT OUT HEADZ IF YOU AINT GOT SHIT TO DO TONIGHT COME DOWN TO BENNYS TAVERN IN COLONIAL HEIGHTS!!! WE ARE PLAYIN WITH BEHELMOD AND LORDS OF FUBAR!!! ITS GONNA BE KICK ASS!!!! DIG IT!!!
WE'RE JUST ROLLING BY AND WANTED TO SAY HELLO. PLEASE LET US KNOW WHEN YOU'RE READY FOR MORE MERCH...OUR GOAL IS TO SERVE YOUR NEEDS FOR SUCCESS. GIVE US A SHOUT, WE TRULY BELIEVE IN YOUR MISSION.
Hey guys, this is Sagar from CTEH. It was awesome playing with you all friday night, I'm sorry I didn't stick around to tell you all what a great job you all did (though I wanted to hear Pull Me Under!!). It's good to finally play some more shows where I actually feel a little intimidated by other musicians there(skill-wise)! Your bassist was awesome too. Keep it up, for sure, and let me know if you want to do any shows with either one of my bands, or both.
Definitely gonna be there...wouldn't miss it for the world. So are we girlz getting a pole for our dance? Haha, just kidding! BTW, what's your next album gonna be titled? I wanna start plugging it...
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