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VC L "The Mighty V!" Veasey is a Bassist, Guitarist, Writer, a founding member and one the chief architects of the pioneering sound of first black rock band “Black Merda”. He was the primary writer for the band’s first self-titled classic album “Black Merda” released on the Chess record label in 1970. VC penned and sang lead on their classic track “Cynthy-Ruth” featured on “Chains and Black Exhaust” a now legendary bootleg release of forgotten singles by black rock and funk rock acts, which garnered the band international cult status among serious record collectors and others.

VC wrote and sang lead on “Reality” and “That’s The Way It Goes”. He sang lead and shared writer’s credit on “Good-Luck” with Mary Jean Hawkins for the ideas she contributed to the theme of the song about things that superstitious people do to ward off bad luck. He wrote the instrumental “Wind Song”, (which was originally a vocal with a different title) when he was just 15 years old, but shared writers’ credits for the song, with his band mates, though he was actually, the sole writer of the song.

He collaborated with his then writing partner Anthony Hawkins on “Prophet” and “Ashamed” and “I don’t want to die”. He also wrote and sang lead on “Lying” and “My Mistake on “Black Merda's second classic album “Long Burn The Fire!” (1972) but shared writers’ credit with his partners Anthony and Charles Hawkins as they did with him on the songs they wrote on that album. “Lying” was sampled by the rapper “Ja Rule” for the title track of his “Exodus” CD.

After thinking about all the Black People being killed in the 1960s during the Civil Rights movement VC suggested that the band change its name from the "SouL Agents" to “BLACK MURDER” to shock public awareness and bring attention to that unjust situation as well as be an expression of the band’s dynamic sound and image. Later the spelling was changed to “BLACK MERDA” but was still pronounced “BLACK MURDER”. BLACK MERDA means “The Killing Of Black People”

In 1975 VC conceived the name "Brainstorm" for a band that included himself, Charles Hawkins, Charles (Chuck) Overton, Larry Sims, Belita Woods and Renell Gonsalves. The band successfully played the Detroit club scene including the famed “20 Grand” but VC and Hawkins exited Brainstorm before the remaining members went on to record their single "Lovin' Is Really My Game