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The Veras

Alternative, punk, rock and roll - The Veras are a little bit of the Libertines, a little bit of Razorlight and a whole lot of a great musical experience.

The Veras
Description:	Alternative, punk, rock and roll - The Veras are a little bit of the Libertines, a little bit of Razorlight and a whole lot of a great musical experience.
Members:	PaulÌý(Band - Guitar) NathanÌý(Band - Vocals (lead)) OwenÌý(Band - Drums) RyanÌý(Band - Bass)
Address:	Liverpool
E-mail:	theveras@hotmail.com
Website:	The ´óÏó´«Ã½ is not responsible for the content of external websites
Genre:	Rock & Alternative music

The Veras! A name with a nice ring to it, a beautiful insidious grower that will be chanted by crowds wanting more or a sly nod to a non too ambiguous tune extolling the virtues of chemical enhancement?

Nathan (Ben Smith/sitdap.com)

All great music comes from the outposts, the musical and stylistic boundaries, those grey areas where questions are asked and pre-conceptions riotously challenged. The Veras are no exception.

Page and Plant, Strummer and Jones, Carl and Pete, de Datsun, Bowie and the Glimmer Twins, Nathan (vocals, lead guitar), Paul (vocals, guitar), Ryan (Bass) and Owen (Drums) are influenced by all of these without sounding derivatively like any of them.

Taking a certain guerrilla gigging spirit, magpie like flitting, glam showmanship and rimal urgency from their idols, in the tight Veras unit a kaleidoscope of ideas comes ogether to create something uniquely rock nâ€™ roll.

Owen (Ben Smith/sitdap.com)

Itâ€™s a reflection not a cosmic recreation of their record collections. Put out in 2004, Cinderellaâ€™ and â€˜Song for Your Girlâ€™, tracks with a groove, ball breaking rock nâ€™ roll, reated a real stir, and now The Veras are back with three new stunning tracks that emand your attention.

Live favourite â€˜Shades of Make Upâ€™ sits confidently alongside the jagged punk-funk-rock explosion that is a little bit â€˜Rogueâ€™ before it all gets a bit low down and scuzzy with â€˜The Sceneâ€™, prime time BRMC with a Scream Team groove.

Interview

Describe your style of music, who do you sound like?
Our sound is very raw and catchy riff driven. We always like people to
have there own opinion on us as we would not liked to be pidgeon holed.
People have said we are like a heavier libs.

What are your main musical influences?
led zep, rolling stones, the who, Beatles, libertines, velvet underground.

"WE would say we have all been influenced and inspired by led zeppelin. They were such a diverse band."

The Veras

WE would say we have all been influenced and inspired by led zeppelin. They were such a diverse band.

They could go from songs like Whole Lotta Love to say a reall mellow song like The rain song.

What/Who have been your biggest influences in life and on your lyrics?
We like to consider such elements within our writing. We hate to see live bands with songs that sound all the same and you don't know when the song has changed. As far as the lyrics for our songs go, they are written about experiences and day to day
tasks.

Who is your favourite band of the moment, what's in your CD player?
paul â€“ the bravery and velvet underground
ryan - robert jonson
owen - cinematic orchestra, queens of the stone age
nathan - whatevers on my ipod. but for new bands i would have to say that i'm really into the killers at the minute and razorlight.

Paul (Ben Smith/sitdap.com)

What are your feelings on peer 2 peer downloading of songs, do you see it as a good way of getting exposure or pure theft?
its theft for signed artists as its there living, but great for new bands who need as much exposure as possible.

Downloading songs is all well and good but its nice to have the proper CD and booklet to go with it.

Especially now a lot of bands are releasing limited edition stuff, you feel part of a club.

We have tracks available to download on the website and we want as many people to download them.

How did you meet?
We met via a local based internet review site. There was an advert from
paul (guitarist) requesting to start a band.

Nathan(vocals/guitar) wanted to leave his previous band and get involved in something else.

Paul knew Owen (Drummer) from university and Nathan knew Ryan(bass) from his previous band.

A practice session was arranged after a meeting in a local boozer on a sunny afternoon. It basically went from there. Although Nathan was never ment to sing and after many people auditioning it was decided that his temporary vocals would become the main voice of the band.

Is there an interesting story behind the name or did you choose it because you thought it would sound good?
We were just looking for names that would suit the style of music we were
playing. We started with the valetines but then decided on the veras due to
another band in america being called the valentines.

Ryan (Ben Smith/sitdap.com)

Big or small? Would you prefer to play a packed festival in front of thousands or a small pup full of fanatical music fans?
Its a tough one, playing in front of a packed festival is a dream of every band. So yeah this would be immense.

But we played a gig in a very small pub (The caledonia) which was so full people were out the doors.

Crowd surfing was going on people jumping on an already small enough stage, but it felt so good as it was very intimate.

But we want to experience a bigger crowd than 400 people (the biggest crowd to date, liverpool academy 2).

last updated: 26/04/05

Have Your Say

What do you think of the Veras?

The Monster
Kepp up the good work vibe and good luck to the rest of the boys!

Frances Muscatelli
i have had their sticker on my school planner for ages haha. i muchos likey them!!

newlands
Gig at metro was great, good luck boys

steff (the groupie haha)
great guys,great music......just great.... keep doing what you do best...

Carlos Veras
I liked the name of the band!!!!

www.amusicalpriority.co.uk
Next we are treated to a band that have travelled down from Liverpool to entertain the people of Newport . The Veras, did more than entertain, they helped to make the second night of the Guilty Party a night we will never be able to forget. The reason we had for putting these nights on, was to give new bands a venue to play in, give people an opportunity to witness new exciting bands before they take over the pop charts, the Veras were everything and more we could have asked for in a band to be playing these nights. They have songs that make you stop whatever it was you were doing, and give them the attention they deserve. Songs that draw comparisons to The Strokes, The Libertines, The Clash, but with a sound that is original and distinctive. This is a band that is definatley going places. Twelve months from now they will have achieved chart success, and if you were one of the lucky ones at the NCLA on Friday 28/10/2005 you will really be able to say â€œI saw them firstâ€.

Paul
After Subway gig, destined for fame

Bev
You guys are great, look forward to seeing you in Manchester x

Hannah
Saw them last night supporting the subways, they were immense!! Was very impressed! Met them afterwards and they were lovely! COME TO PRESTON!!

Pete Doherty
Arctic monkeys are ripping my tunes off not these boys. Good band

SAMUEL J
A poor imitation of the Libertines crossed with horrendious Datsuns'esq vocals. No soul to their music

Jules
The Veras do indeed Rock we salute you, good luck boys

Jack
Saw them at havana and they were class. Vibes and nathan look like a new pete and carl!!!!

Andy
Good gig boys really enjoyed the set hope to see you back soon

Astrid
Utterly unremarkable

gary
Saw them supporting White Rose Movement very impressed will keep an eye out for these guys

smithy
there immense man i havnt seen them live but i no them neway rye is an amazin bass player

Kev
Dont think you are watching the same band Ste. The Veras are one of the best local bands around at the moment.

Ste
I also saw them supporting the Subways a couple of months ago; i'm going to stick my neck out here and state that the performance they put on was horrendous, clearly a band worth forgetting about.

Paul
The Veras will be playing the Jersey Festival Pre Part Sept 2nd at the Havana Club look forward to seeing everyone

Ben
The Veras are a great band and def ones to watch out for

nathan
saw them and thought they were wicked

sian
Saw them supportin the subways the other week and they were amazing. love their songs that i have, im sure they will go far.

brian
pants to paul a very messed up pleb with a bad attitude that will get the veras nowhere

Dunford
Gald to see you are doing well boys, keep up the good work..dunford

Carl
They rock.been 2 c them at the cali with the vags, and its one of the best atomsphers iv experinced. amazing,

Cupid
Check out Paul checking out the groupies... what a stud! Raarr...

Paul
Cheers Helen, Hope to see you at one the gigs soon, come introduce yourself. Keep in touch and thanks again

Helen
Just for anyone else campaigning, the Positiv address is info@positiv.org.uk (there's no co). Hope to see you appearing in a field near me soon!

Paul
Hi Helen glad you like the set but to be fair the Merge seem to be like a hardworking band back home to fair play to them. Hope to play the Jersey Festival but its up to Positiv fingers crossed email Warren info@positiv.org.co.uk. Thanks for your support xx

peter
let these play jersey, there fooking great

greg edwards
saw em in Barfly Liverpool> Quite impressed.

Helen
Brilliant set at Barfly last night. Please will you play Jersey Live, don't think i can take any more of the Merge.

Ellie
Hi just seen your post on the subways forum. This seems like the only place I can leave a msg for you guys. I think you are boss from what ive heard keep up the good work, you have it all xx. I look forward to seeing you play with the subways tonight x

Craig
Nice one lads, really enjoyed the set with the bellrays your new songs are sounding amazing.Il be down the front at the Subways gig singing my heart out

Sean Thomas
FANTASIC BAND, AND GREAT LADS. ps: shame they have dropped "rough" from the playlist!

dave dwyer
rock on boys and remember its only Rock and roll BUT WE ALL LOVE IT!!!!!!!!

Carl
Great going lads, keep up the good work you will be signed in no time

Ana
Mediocre.

Midget
Could be a good year for The Veras. Been lucky enough to see them live a couple of times and never failed to be impressed. Will definitely go see them again. If you get the chance to catch them get down there. Good luck for the future lads.

Danni
You have to see these guys, best band in Liverpool

Rob Day
I think they are a great band and are heading straight for the top!!!

Ryan (Host)
Paul - you ask and we oblige, I have added the name of each band member under their respective photo (it was available in the alt text before).

Nic
Best new band I've seen in over 2 years, Nathan in his blue cropped jacket very David Johansen!

zelenka
great band, a must for anyone to see. 2005 will be a big year for the veras.

Paul
No doubt they will make it big, sooner rather than later. "The Scene" is brill Think the photo's should have their name under them!!

urshie
i love them but im not in love with them....

graham
I've seen this band quite a few times and i deffenitly think they are made for a big stage. They are great.

Nicola
I LOVE THEM!

Disco
I love them.

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