Varsity fan club
| Varsity fan club | |
|---|---|
 Varsity fan club |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Pop , R&B |
| founding | 2007 |
| Website | http://www.varsityfanclub.de |
| Current occupation | |
| Drew Ryan Scott | |
| Jayk Purdy | |
| Thomas "TC" Carter (since 2009) | |
| former members | |
| Thomas Fiss (until 2009) | |
| Bobby Edner | |
| David Lei Brandt | |
Varsity Fanclub (short: VFC) is an American boy band .
history
The band, consisting of Drew Ryan Scott, David Lei Brandt, Bobby Edner , Jayk Purdy and Thomas Fiss, was founded through a band casting in 2007. Their first major appearance took place on the famous Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in front of over 40 million television viewers. followed by an appearance on the ABC Family series The Middleman . They then released their first single on Capitol Records with the title Future Love (written by Ryan Tedder and Evan Bogart; produced by the producers of OneRepublic ) and landed directly on Radio Disney's playlist and in the top 5 of the AOL download charts . After a US tour as opening act for Rihanna , the Pussycat Dolls and Jesse McCartney in 2008 and 2009, the band split from their management and from their record company. After this separation, Thomas Fiss decided to go a new way. The band changed the member and found Thomas "TC" Carter as a replacement through another casting. After a short development phase, the band decided on European management and worked on new songs and choreographies and prepared for their first tour in Europe. She also released a download single called Spank That , which was advertised both with a video contest and with a specially made crap dance that she performed with Miley Cyrus . In the summer of 2010, the Varsity Fanclub were on a promotional tour in Germany for three months, during which they released their first physical single on the European market under the title I'm Your Guy . During this promotion tour, they appeared in television programs such as ZDF Fernsehgarten or VIVA Live , as well as at family festivals such as REWE Family or the Toggo Tour by Super RTL . At the end of April 2011, the band split from member Bobby Edner. In the summer of 2011, the band toured Germany again and performed numerous festival shows. In autumn 2011 the new single Opera and the debut album were released. In September 2011 the band separated from their German manager Philipp Hallenberger. In April 2012 David announced that he was no longer part of the band as he was going on a two-year tour as one of Lady Gaga's dancers. After the separation of David Lei Brandt and Bobby Edner, Jayk, Drew and TC were looking for two new band members. They found this in early 2013 with Blake English and Devin Fox.
Members
- Drew Ryan Scott (born June 17, 1988) from Lafayette, Louisiana , is also a songwriter and producer, including for the Jonas Brothers (including Hey You ) and Miley Cyrus (including the hit single Gonna Get This ). He also voiced the actor Sterling Knight in the musical film " StarStruck ".
- Jayk Purdy (born August 7, 1986) from Las Vegas , played in school bands as a young boy.
- Thomas "TC" Carter (born May 3, 1993) from Naples, Florida , won various dance competitions and was seen in commercials (including Nike, Microsoft , Nintendo ) and the Nickelodeon teens series "iCarly" & "Victorious". TC joined the band in 2009 after Thomas Fiss left the band.
former members
- Bobby Edner (born October 5, 1988) from Los Angeles, California , played z. B. in television series and films (including Emergency Room , Charmed , A Heavenly Family , Mission 3D ) and shot commercials (including Taco Bell, Dunkin Donuts, Ax).
- Thomas Fiss (born December 7, 1986) from San Diego , California played in the musical "The Full Monty" in San Diego and on Broadway at the age of 12. He was a founding member and left the band in 2009.
- David Lei Brandt (born November 29, 1987) from Evansville, Indiana , played among others in Pirates of the Caribbean - Pirates of the Caribbean 2 and is known among young people in the USA as the presenter of "Toontown" on the Disney Channel . He announced on April 12, 2012 via his Twitter account that he is no longer a member of the Varsity Fan Club.
Discography
- Future Love (2008; Capitol Records )
- Varsity Fan Club [album] (2009; Capitol Records )
- Spank That (2010)
- I'm Your Guy (2010; DA Music / Sony Music )
Awards
- 2011: Winner of the “Boyband 2011” award at the children's campus
- 2010: Kindercampus Award in the category "Super Band 2010"
Press reviews
- “The five boys from America are rightly considered one of the hottest boy bands around. What is down to their talent, their great voices and their unbelievable dance skills. ”( Xpress , Austria, Dec. 2010)
- "The Californian quintet Varsity Fanclub proves: The era of boy groups is far from over." ( TV Spielfilm , Germany, issue 18/2010)
- "It's been a decade since pioneering boy bands like N'Sync and Backstreet Boys ruled the charts, but this fresh-faced fivesome proves that the genre's still kicking." ( Teen Vogue , USA, Feb. 2009)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lyrics Hall Varsity Fanclub biography ( Memento of the original dated December 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
- ↑ http://www.kindercampus.de
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from January 3, 2011 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.
- ↑ Miss Hollywood - VFC conquer Germany ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Popstar Magazine Blog ( Memento of the original from December 17th, 2010 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.
- ↑ Klatsch & Tratsch - New US boyband on the way to Germany
