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Vegas Kings

General Info

  • Genre: Blues / Garage / Punk

    Location Brisbane, Queensland, AU

    Profile Views: 56881

    Last Login: 2/3/2013

    Member Since 2/19/2006

    Website go check out merenoise.net

    Record Label Mere Noise Records (www.merenoise.net)

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    ..BUY OUR NEW ALBUM NOW!.. .... ...... .... ..BUY ME.. .. ...... .. .... .......undoutably one of Australia's best (and loudest) live acts"..... ..Rave Magazine (Live Review).... ..An ear-splitting, guitar drenched, grimy swamp, bleeding fingers, stomach wrenching, writhing, kicking, moaning, foot stomping all blues, all booze, short fuse three piece band from Brisbane, Australia... Vegas Kings returned from their first European tour and 2009 sees them touring Australia and releasing the new record!!.. The new record, .."YOU'LL NEVER WORK IN THIS TOWN AGAIN".. was released in September 2009 on Mere Noise Records. Again, the record received a bunch of AMAZING reviews throughout Australia. It was recorded by Jeff Lovejoy at Blackbox Studio in Brisbane and mixed by legendary Detroit producer Jim Diamond (Ghetto Recorders)... Their second album, .."DEAD MONEY".. was released at the end of 2006. The album was produced by Chet Weise from American garage blues legends The Immortal Lee County Killers and engineered by Loki Lockwood of Spooky Records. The album is released by Brisbane independent label Mere Noise Records and MGM. .. Vegas Kings first album release, FOR THOSE WHO CAME IN LATE (released August 2003 through Mere Noise Records and MGM), received a swag of amazing reviews throughout Australia. With Melbourne's Beat Magazine naming it Album Of The Week and praise from national music magazines such as BLUNT and Australian Guitar Magazine, the album has increased the exposure of this Brisbane band... The band has completed numerous east coast Australian tours with a relentless gigging and festival schedule helping to spread the Vegas Kings sound to audiences throughout Australia. Vegas Kings have played with the likes of The Dirtbombs (USA), The Bellrays (USA), The Black Keys (USA), The Immortal Lee County Killers (USA), Bob Log III (USA), The Queers (USA), The Soledad Brothers (USA), The Raveonettes, G Love & Special Sauce (USA), 50 Kaitenz (JPN), Mr. David Vinear (UK), The Easy Action (USA), John Schooley (USA), Beasts Of Bourbon, The Drones, Screamfeeder, Sixfthick, The Mess Hall, Mach Pelican, The Cosmic Psychos, Hoss, Digger & The Pussycats, Spencer P Jones + many more (Including the 2007 Big Day Out and East Coast Blues Festival in Byron).. Vegas Kings are always going to be one of the most explosive Brisbane live bands. - Time Off Magazine - Live Review........ ..EUROPEAN BOOKINGS<> - please contact Robert at ..KISS N RUN.. or send us a myspace message!.. ..AUSTRALIAN BOOKINGS<> - please contact Pete at vegas_kings[@]hotmail.com or send us a myspace message!...... ....Vegas Kings..............Promote your Page too.... .... .... ..2010 EUROPE TOUR POSTER...... ........ .... .......... ..
  • Members

    Benjamin Paul Dougherty - guitar/vox.. Pete Collins - guitar/vox.. Angus Chapman - drums..
  • Influences

    Blacktop..The Dirtbombs..The Monsters..DM Bob..The Cool Jerks..The Neckbones..Soledad Brothers..The Oblivions..The Scientists..The Gun Club..The Deadly Snakes..Compulsive Gamblers..Gibson Brothers..King Khan & His Shrines..The Standing 8 Counts..Immortal Lee County Killers..Reigning Sound..The Devil Dogs..The Onyas..The Hard Feelings..Bantam Rooster..The Gories..68 Comeback..In The Red Records..Voodoo Rhythm Records..Fat Possum Records..Sympathy For The Record Industry...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ........ ..Vegas Kings.. on Facebook..
  • Sounds Like

    The Hard Feelings/The Gun Club/The Cramps/Blacktop.......... ...... .. ..BUY ME.. .. ...... .......... ...... .. ..BUY ME.. .. ...... .......... ...... .. ......

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BUY OUR NEW ALBUM NOW!

you'll never work in this town again,vegas,kings

BUY ME
Vegas Kings - You'll Never Work In This Town Again


...undoutably one of Australia's best (and loudest) live acts"... Rave Magazine (Live Review)


An ear-splitting, guitar drenched, grimy swamp, bleeding fingers, stomach wrenching, writhing, kicking, moaning, foot stomping all blues, all booze, short fuse three piece band from Brisbane, Australia.

Vegas Kings returned from their first European tour and 2009 sees them touring Australia and releasing the new record!!

The new record, "YOU'LL NEVER WORK IN THIS TOWN AGAIN" was released in September 2009 on Mere Noise Records. Again, the record received a bunch of AMAZING reviews throughout Australia. It was recorded by Jeff Lovejoy at Blackbox Studio in Brisbane and mixed by legendary Detroit producer Jim Diamond (Ghetto Recorders).

Their second album, "DEAD MONEY" was released at the end of 2006. The album was produced by Chet Weise from American garage blues legends The Immortal Lee County Killers and engineered by Loki Lockwood of Spooky Records. The album is released by Brisbane independent label Mere Noise Records and MGM.

Vegas Kings first album release, FOR THOSE WHO CAME IN LATE (released August 2003 through Mere Noise Records and MGM), received a swag of amazing reviews throughout Australia. With Melbourne's Beat Magazine naming it Album Of The Week and praise from national music magazines such as BLUNT and Australian Guitar Magazine, the album has increased the exposure of this Brisbane band.

The band has completed numerous east coast Australian tours with a relentless gigging and festival schedule helping to spread the Vegas Kings sound to audiences throughout Australia. Vegas Kings have played with the likes of The Dirtbombs (USA), The Bellrays (USA), The Black Keys (USA), The Immortal Lee County Killers (USA), Bob Log III (USA), The Queers (USA), The Soledad Brothers (USA), The Raveonettes, G Love & Special Sauce (USA), 50 Kaitenz (JPN), Mr. David Vinear (UK), The Easy Action (USA), John Schooley (USA), Beasts Of Bourbon, The Drones, Screamfeeder, Sixfthick, The Mess Hall, Mach Pelican, The Cosmic Psychos, Hoss, Digger & The Pussycats, Spencer P Jones + many more (Including the 2007 Big Day Out and East Coast Blues Festival in Byron)

Vegas Kings are always going to be one of the most explosive Brisbane live bands. - Time Off Magazine - Live Review

EUROPEAN BOOKINGS<> - please contact Robert at ..KISS N RUN.. or send us a myspace message!

AUSTRALIAN BOOKINGS<> - please contact Pete at vegas_kings[@]hotmail.com or send us a myspace message!

..Vegas Kings

Promote your Page too..



2010 EUROPE TOUR POSTER

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Member Since:

February 19, 2006

Members:

Benjamin Paul Dougherty - guitar/vox
Pete Collins - guitar/vox
Angus Chapman - drums

Influences:

Blacktop
The Dirtbombs
The Monsters
DM Bob
The Cool Jerks
The Neckbones
Soledad Brothers
The Oblivions
The Scientists
The Gun Club
The Deadly Snakes
Compulsive Gamblers
Gibson Brothers
King Khan & His Shrines
The Standing 8 Counts
Immortal Lee County Killers
Reigning Sound
The Devil Dogs
The Onyas
The Hard Feelings
Bantam Rooster
The Gories
68 Comeback
In The Red Records
Voodoo Rhythm Records
Fat Possum Records
Sympathy For The Record Industry


Vegas Kings on Facebook

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Sounds Like:

The Hard Feelings/The Gun Club/The Cramps/Blacktop



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Record Label:

Mere Noise Records (www.merenoise.net)

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