Artist description JUST when you thought it was safe to listen to pop music again, VAN GO comes tearing by like a tornado through a trailer park. Yeah, we like memorable melodies, raggedy guitar sounds, sing along chorus', MSG in our Chinese food and right turns on red --- especially in school zones. Hooks so big you can hang an entire side of beef on them. Guitars so fat that they stick to leather sofas in the humid Chicago summers. Vocals so powerful they were once the primary suspect in the Oklahoma City bombing. Drums so drumlike, well..., you get the idea. Fact is, we won't sleep at night until we force every pop music lover in the USA, hell, maybe the whole damn world, to have our songs rattling around in their heads until they beg for mercy. Remember the magic. Remember, VAN GO.

Music Style Power Pop

Musical Influences The Beatles, Miracle Legion, The Replacements, Cheap Trick (hey, we're from Chicago!), Dwight Yoakum, Mission of Burma,

Similar Artists Squeeze defeats the Cheap Trick in a cage match

Artist History 1/97 Born, naked, wet and crying. 6/97 Released debut CD "Amsterdam" Spring 1998 MusicLand/Sam Goody Ultimate Band & Board Music Contest Finalist (top 6 in nation) 12/99 released second 12 song full length disc "SuperGenghis" now available

Group Members Dave Sippel - Lead vocals, guitar, beer snobbery; Steve Brown-Guitar, vocals, cd collection rooted in the '70's; Lou Galassini- Bass, vocals, offensive t-shirts; Bryan Thomas - Drums, vocals, inability to spell first name correctly

Instruments Guitar. Bass. Drums.Vox. Are there more?

Albums "SuperGenghis" 12/99 & "Amsterdam" 6/97 (both full length CD's)

Press Reviews Illinois Entertainer; Showtime Chicago; In the Mix; Barfly; Rayolux

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Location Chicago, Illinois - USA

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