Music Style Pop, Powerpop, and Ballads

Musical Influences Avril Lavigne to the Beatles

Similar Artists Avril Lavigne to the Beatles

Artist History          Vicky McGinley was born Yi-Ying Chen, in march 1978, in Taipei, Taiwan. As a child, she was so tall (by asian standards), that her family told she would definitely marry an American. In 5th grade, when she was required to take a basic English class in school, her teacher gave everyone in the class an english name. From then on everyone knew her as Vicky.          Growing up, Vicky decided that someday she would be a singer. In Taiwan, however, there's not as many opportunities to sing as in America, so the best training she could think of,  was to go to sing karaoke as often as she could.          At age 16, after winning 1st place in a local modeling contest, she began a modeling carreer that also led to parts in television shows and in music videos. Her life's dream, to sing, still seemed unreachable, and she was growing tired of the lack of opportunities open to her in Taiwan. No one would hire someone with no experience, but there was nowhere to get experience!                     In December 1996, Vicky and her friends went out to the hottest club in Taipei called "Kiss La Bocca". There she saw a great band that was gaining popularity in the area called "New Religion" (led by Scott McGinley).  Scott says the story goes like this:"We were playing at Kiss La Bocca, it's a packed night, we're ready to go on break, and this beautiful girl comes walking in. She just stood out in the crowd! She looked so great that my bass player joked "you'd be THE MAN if you could get a date with her!" So almost on a dare, I went and talked to her, and even though she barely spoke more than 10 phrases of English, we really hit it off immediately! We started dating a couple weeks later and have been together ever since."       Vicky’s sound is as diverse as her musical tastes (everything from Avril Lavigne to the Beatles), which is how, she feels, is the best way to keep it real. “I really don’t try to sound like anyone or what’s going on now, I just let whatever I’m feeling come out” says Vicky, “and on this new CD [with Scott producing] we’re really focusing on making the songs as tight as they can be....no fat, just the meat of the song in your face!”

Group Members Vicky McGinley-Vocals, Guitar, Keys Scott McGinley-Guitar, Keys Tim Reeder-Drums Tom Warrington-Bass

Instruments Voice, Guitar, Keys

Albums Coming Very Soon! Some songs on THE INSIDERS-All Mixed Up

Press Reviews Origivation magazine, Philadelphia, PA Dec 2002 ....surprizingly very moody and poppy at once... ...INFLUENCES: Wow, too many to list here. I hear a little bit of everything in here... ...exotic yet familiar style, i can’t quite put my finger on, but i like it... ...MUSICALITY: Very good. In fact excellent. Multi-layered and complex at times, but very well constructed... ...This husband and wife duo are very talented musically, and perform out of shear love of music itself. It’s evedent that they perform well together and have a following at shows. Their site indicates that Scott, while fronting another band [Bliss www.popisart.com] was quite popular in Asia, playing to crowds in the 30,000 range. Wow! Worth listening to? Yes.

Location collegeville, PA - USA

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