Nico Vega
| Nico Vega | |
|---|---|
 Rich Koehler, Aja Volkman, Dan Epand (from left to right) |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Alternative rock |
| founding | 2005 |
| Website | www.nicovega.com |
| Current occupation | |
| Aja Volkman | |
| Rich Koehler | |
| Dan Epand | |
| former members | |
Drums |
Michael Peña |
| Jamila Weaver | |
Nico Vega is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 2005 .
history
Nico Vega was founded in 2005 by Michael Peña and Aja Volkman, the band name was derived from the name of Peña's mother. After an initial phase of discovery and a first self-published EP in 2006, Peña left the band in order to take care of his acting career and his family. A little later, Thomas Anderson became aware of the band at a concert and signed them to MySpace Records . There the band released their second EP and in 2009 their first studio album Nico Vega . Tours with Neon Trees , Shiny Toy Guns and Gavin Rossdale followed . In 2012 Nico Vega switched to the Five Seven Music label , where they released the EP Fury Oh Fury in early 2013 .
Nico Vega gained broader awareness through the songs Beast , from their 2009 debut album, and Fury oh Fury, which were used in the trailers for the computer game BioShock Infinite . Volkman described this as " one of the biggest things that ever happened to your band" ( "[...] kind of one of the biggest things that's ever happened to my band" ). Sales of the single increased by 4000% in the first two weeks after the trailer was released.
In June 2016, Aja Volkman announced on the band's official Facebook page that Nico Vega was taking an indefinite break. At the end of 2016, Volkman went on tour as a solo artist. From 2011 to 2018 she was married to Dan Reynolds of the Imagine Dragons . After a nearly two-year hiatus, Volkman announced the return of the band in April 2018. It was followed by the single Little Operator in the same month and the EP Wars in September of the same year.
Discography
Albums
- 2009: Nico Vega (MySpace Records)
- 2014: Lead To Light (Five Seven Music)
EPs
- 2006: Chooseyourwordspoorly (self-published)
- 2007: Cocaine Cooked the Brain
- 2007: No Child Left Behind (MySpace Records)
- 2013: Fury Oh Fury (Five Seven Music)
- 2013: Nico Vega Covers Nico Vega & Rod Stewart (self-published)
- 2018: Wars
Singles
- 2012: We Are the Art (self-published)
- 2013: Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) (Five Seven Music)
- 2014: I Believe (Get Over Yourself) (Five Seven Music)
- 2015: Perfect Day
- 2018: Little Operator
Trivia
The song "Beast" was used in trailers for the films The Collector (2009) and Jack Reacher (2012). In addition, the song was used in the television and cinema commercial and in the launch trailer together with "Fury oh Fury" for BioShock Infinite . It is also used in a modified form in the finished game in the start menu.
The release of BioShock Infinite catapulted Nico Vega to number 1 on the Next Big Sound Billboard charts, but it did not rank in the Top 100.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Thelabmagazine.com: Interview with Nico Vega, July 2010 ( Memento of the original from October 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English, accessed March 26, 2013)
- ↑ a b c Nicovega.com: "Imagine Dragons" Tour Announcement ( memento of the original from April 20, 2013 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English, accessed March 26, 2013)
- ↑ Rollingstone.com: Nico Vega Unleash Heavy Hooks on 'Fury Oh Fury' - EP premiere (accessed April 6, 2013)
- ↑ a b Nicovega.com: “Fury Oh Fury” featured in the new Bioshock Infinite trailer! ( Memento of the original from April 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English, accessed April 6, 2013)
- ↑ Officialplaystationmagazine.co.uk: The band behind the Beast: Nico Vega on Bioshock Infinite's trailer ( Memento of the original from March 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English, accessed March 26, 2013)
- ↑ Aja Volkman: Official Notice the band break. June 6, 2016, accessed March 28, 2017 .
- ↑ Imagine Dragons' Dan Reynolds & Aja Volkman 'Trying' to Reconcile Marriage , Katrina Nattress, iHeartRadio, November 14, 2018
- ↑ IMDb.com: The Collector (2009) Soundtracks (accessed May 20, 2013)
- ↑ Billboard.com: Next Big Sound - April 20, 2013 (accessed May 20, 2013)
- ↑ Picksysticks.com: Nico Vega Tops Billboard's Next Big Sound Chart (accessed May 20, 2013)
