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Music Style Manchester post-punk crossed with Seattle grunge by way of Midwestern garage

Musical Influences A3, Agent Orange, AFI, A Perfect Circle, Audioslave, Bauhaus, David Bowie, Boxcar Racer, Nick Cave, The Crowd, The Cure, The Deftones, Foo Fighters, Green Day, P.J. Harvey, Joy Division, Live, The Misfits, The Offspring, Pearl Jam, Rage Against the Machine, REM, The Residents, Soundgarden, Tool, The Velvet Underground, The White Stripes, etc.

Similar Artists A Perfect Circle, Deftones, The Cure, Audioslave, System of a Down, AFI, Bauhaus, Sunny Day Real Estate, The Damned, ...Trail of the Dead, Smashing Pumpkins, At the Drive In, Dead Kennedys

Artist History Venus in Furs was formed by vocalist Adam Bursack, guitarist Joe Schneider, drummer (and later bassist) Mike Thorsgaard, and multi-instrumentalist Tom Haugen, who had all played together in various high school garage bands. Guitarist Danny Gillispie joined soon after, and the band played its first show in May of 1999. The band's first single, "Wyrms" (recorded live at the May 1999 show) reached #24 on Rolling Stone magazine's Alternative Rock online singles chart, alongside such artists as Folk Implosion, Beck, and Hole. A second single, "Gate 42," reached #8 on the corresponding "Experimental" chart, directly ahead of a track by Brian Wilson. Venus in Furs released their first CD, the "42K" EP, in April of 2000. It included both the original version of "Wyrms" and a studio version, along with five other studio tracks. The MP3.com version of "42K" was later reissued with seven bonus tracks (including a version of "Gate 42") as a response to the site raising its minimum CD price beyond the appropriate price for a 7-song CD. The band has gone through several lineup changes and now consists of Adam Bursack (vocals), Joe Schneider (guitar, bass) Tessa Breitbach (drums), and Corey Cook (guitar, bass). Venus in Furs is a fixture on Fargo's only independent rock radio station, New Rock 94.5, often playing live in the studio. An EP of an in-studio performance for the station, "Radio Sessions - 8/24/2002" was released on October 31, 2002. The band plays regular live gigs and is beginning work on its first proper full-length album.

Group Members Adam Bursack (lead vocals), Joe Schneider (guitar, bass, keyboards, drums, vocals), Tessa Breitbach (drums, guitar, bass), Corey Cook (guitar, bass, vocals) with: Clint Kliewer (live guitar/stunt Joe)

Instruments Ibanez Jet King and Talman, The Dependable Ninety Two (Muncipal Fervor signature model SG guitar), Strat and Strat-clone guitars, P-bass, Stradolin 12-string guitar, some sort of old acoustic guitar, Steinberger headless bass, Tama drums, CTK-611 and SK-1 synths

Albums 42K (EP), Radio Sessions (EP), Education Now. . . Rabies Later (EP)

Press Reviews "Venus in Furs is Fargo-Moorhead's answer to the Cure, The Birthday Party, Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel, and Bauhaus. . . Intricate and ornate guitar stylings are layered upon visceral bass grooves, primal drumming, and insanely melodic keyboards... They create an explosion somewhere in between musical genres that makes the band's creation hard to define in simple terms. It would take a one hundred page thesis to describe the sound present in Venus in Furs' music..." -Bryan Grob, "The High Plains Reader," July 20, 2000 "Rock and Roll Heaven. . ." -a New Rock 94.5 DJ, November 17th, 2002 "Besides Pearl Jam, you guys are the best live band I've ever seen. . ." -some guy who vomited twice in a mosh pit (while sober), January 19th, 2003

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Location Fargo, ND - USA

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