Versus You

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Versus You
General information
origin Luxembourg
Genre (s) Punk , pop-punk
founding 2005
Website www.versus-you.com
Current occupation
Eric Rosenfeld
Giordano Bruno
Lead guitar , backing vocals
 Dario Bruno
Jérôme Lux
former members
Guitar, backing vocals
 Jimmy Leen
Drums
 Pit Romersa
Drums
 Mike Lahier
Drums
 Aloyse Weyler
Drums
 Jerry Kirpach

Versus You is a four-piece punk-rock, pop-punk band from Luxembourg , founded by Eric Rosenfeld and Giordano Bruno in 2005. In 2014, " Le Quotidien " described the band with its almost 10-year history as an "institution in the Luxembourg rock scene" ("une institution de la scène rock locale"). The band has released four albums plus a split album with White Flag and toured internationally.

Band history

The Beginnings and the Marathon (2006)

The long-time friends, both musicians, had already played in other Luxembourg bands, separately at Rise-Up and The Last Millennium Suckers and together at Broken Stars, so it didn't take Eric Rosenfeld, who had already written a handful of songs, long to get to know Giordano Bruno to convince him to play the bass in his new band Versus You . A few weeks later Pit Romersa joined them on drums, with whom they recorded their first album Marathon (released in 2006 by Fond of Life Records). Romersa later left the band to devote more time to his main band, Eternal Tango .

This Is The Sinking (2008) and first tour

Drummer number two, Mike Lahier, quickly joined them and recorded a second album with them. Although the album was titled This Is The Sinking (released in 2008 by Winged Skull Records), it got the band a lot of attention, the song The Hotel Room topped the national charts and was in heavy rotation. More than 900 people came to the album's release party. In the same year Versus You also played at the Rock-A-Field Festival in Roeser .

After a first tour through Germany , Belgium , the Netherlands and Italy , guitarist Jimmy Leen, who later became a second songwriter, joined the band. They opened up for No Use for a Name and The Flatliners , which they quickly became friends with. At the last Flatliners concert, Mike Lahier split from Versus You because of personal differences.

Just in time for the first Eastern Europe and Russia tour, Aloyse Weyler joined the band as the third drummer. They played concerts with NOFX , Propagandhi , Only Crime , White Flag and Bayside .

The Mad Ones (2009) and Levitate the Listener (2011)

Their third album, which they recorded right after they returned home with Charel Stoltz, shows that Versus You never really take a break. The title of the album The Mad Ones (released in 2009 by Granny Records in collaboration with Fond of Life Records) is a perfect description for the band and refers to Eric's source of inspiration from the American writer Jack Kerouac .

After a second tour through Eastern Europe and Russia and countless concerts, including again at the Rock-A-Field Festival, Weyler also left the band.

Jerry Kirpach, a friend of the band, took the vacant position on drums and promised to break the curse of Versus You and not to leave it again after a short time. They recorded a new single called This War Is Like a Drug to You! and six more new songs for a split album with White Flag. In the same year appearances with Alkaline Trio , Strike Anywhere , Dead to Me , Dear Landlord and Star Fucking Hipsters followed. Levitate The Listener (released by Long Beach Records and G Chord Records) was released in 2011.

In 2011 they shared the stage with bands like Adolescents , Mike Herrera from MxPx , Dead to Me , The Casualties and Rise Against and went on a European tour with White Flag.

In 2012 Versus You were selected from more than 500 bands to play at the Groezrock Festival in Belgium. With longtime producer Charel Stoltz they recorded a new single called Happy Yet ?! and went to Sweden to record their fourth album with producer Chips Kiesbye, who has worked with Millencolin and The Hellacopters .

In spring 2013 Jimmy Leen left the band to devote himself entirely to his new Fox project . He was replaced by Giordano's younger brother Dario Bruno who was previously active in the bands Extinct , Nervous Chillin and The Last Millennium Suckers . Concerts with Strung Out , Black Flag , The Manix and Jimmy Eat World followed.

Moving On (2014)

The new album entitled Moving On (released by Flix Records in association with G Chord Records and Noiseworks Records) was released on February 14, 2014.

The song Be Better Than Me , in which the Swedish singer Hannah Smallbone takes over the female vocal part, was in the top 50 of the Luxembourg iTunes charts in early 2014 and made it to number 1 on the Luxembourg iTunes rock charts. On February 15, 2014, the release party of the fourth album Moving On , which was recorded in 2012 in the Music-A-Matic Recording Studios in Gothenburg , Sweden with producer Chips Kiesbye and mixed and mastered by Henryk Lipp in Club Den Atelier in Luxembourg City celebrated. The artwork for Moving On , as well as for the album Marathon and the split album Levitate The Listener was designed by Kim "The Butcher" Schreiner.

On May 12, 2014, Versus You announced on their Facebook page that they had signed with Bomber Music UK . The album Moving On was also released in England on July 21, 2014 and Versus You played the Moving On ... ... To The UK Tour from July 18 to 26 .

On October 5th Versus You released the song "Sunny Afternoon", a cover version of the British punk forefathers The Kinks, on their Facebook page. The song was created a few years earlier in the rehearsal room and was recorded with a mobile phone.

Since October 20th, the album Moving On and other CDs by the band have also been available in France via the record label Guerilla Asso .

In 2014 Versus You toured Germany, Austria and the UK to promote the album Moving On .

"Pet Sematary" a Ramones cover was released on YouTube.com on March 31, 2015. The song was recorded and mixed in 2010 by Eric Rosenfeld and former guitarist Jimmy Leen. Jimmy played the drums and Eric took over guitar, bass and vocals.

In 2015 they were selected to play at the Eurosonic Festival in Groningen , the Netherlands. Another UK tour followed from April 3rd to 11th, 2015. And Versus You were selected as one of the first bands for the summer 2015 Punk Rock Holiday Festival in Tolmin , Slovenia .

On May 10, 2015 Versus You released the song "Go Ahead And Cry" on YouTube, a cover of Sky Saxon & The Electra-Fires . The song was recorded for a Sky Saxon tribute album several years ago , but it never appeared. Bill Bartell aka Pat Fear of White Flag was the initiator of this tribute album, but died on September 24, 2013.

So far they have shared the stage with bands like NOFX , Alkaline Trio , No Use for a Name , Propagandhi , Rise Against , Dead to Me , The Flatliners , Dear Landlord, Forgetters, Nothington, Anti-Flag , White Flag, Star Fucking Hipsters, Strike Anywhere , Bayside , Only Crime , The Unseen , Adolescents , The Casualties , MxPx , Strung Out , Black Flag , Jupiter Jones , The Manix and Jimmy Eat World ... etc.

And played the festivals: Groezrock (B), Rock-A-Field (L), Zvera Festival (LV), and are booked for the festivals: Eurosonic (NL), Punk Rock Holiday (SLO)

Ten year band anniversary (2015)

On October 18, 2015 Versus You celebrated their ten-year band anniversary under the motto: VERSUS YOU "10 years later, Old & Bald" (zd VERSUS YOU "10 years later, old & bald") in De Gudde Wëllen (zd Der Gute Willen) in Luxembourg City. The Luxembourg instrumental band The Majestic Unicorns From Hell and the Luxembourg hip-hop duo Freshdax were there .

Rocket To Rushmore (2016)

On July 15th, 2016 Versus You released together with the two befriended bands Killtime from Italy and The Gamits from the USA the 3 songs, one song from each band 7 "vinyl EP Rocket To Rushmore which is limited to 333 copies.

You Better (2016)

On September 20, 2016, Versus You gave up on Facebook the release of their new 7 "vinyl single You Better , which contains two new songs, Page A: You Better and Page B: Always Follow, which will be available from December 1, 2016 black and orange vinyl. On October 28, 2016, Versus You announced that there would be a limited tenth anniversary celebration of their first album, Marathon , for the first time on vinyl and new merchandise designed by longtime friend Kim "The Butcher" Schreiner .

Birthday Boys EP (2017)

Versus You announced the release of their new EP Birthday Boys on September 26, 2017 on Facebook . The first single of the new EP, which is called Birthday Boy , was released on October 10, 2017 at midnight on YouTube as a so-called lyric video. On November 11, 2017, the Release Festival took place from 2 p.m. in Sang a Klang in Pfaffenthal in Luxembourg City. Versus You were supported by the following bands: Mind Rebellion (L), Weakonstruction (L), All The Way Down (L), Cosmogon (L), Not Scientists (F), The Majestic Unicorns From Hell (L), Everwaiting Serenade (L) and Guerrilla Poubelle (F).

Times Of War / Let's Make Love EP (2018)

On August 1st, 2018, Versus You released a new EP Times Of War / Let's Make Love digitally on Bandcamp. Which contains the two eponymous songs.

Worn And Love (2019)

With the single Fall Apart , which was released on January 15, 2019, Versus You announced their sixth album Worn And Love . This was published on March 15, 2019. The release party took place on the same evening in the Atelier in Luxembourg City with the support of Guerrilla Poubelle and The Majestic Unicorns From Hell .

style

They describe their music style as follows: “Our songwriting is very much inspired by Berkeley , Minneapolis and Chicago punk bnads like Crimpshrine , Fifteen , Jawbreaker , The Replacements , Hüsker Dü and Naked Raygun and many other 90's punk bands, but also non- Punk acts like Big Star , Alex Chilton , Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers , The Kinks and Paul Westerberg are a source of inspiration. We try to be honest and true to ourselves and everyone else, sometimes we succeed and sometimes we fail miserably. We're always broke because we put everything we have into this band. The name "Versus You" means absolutely nothing! "

Side projects

Eric Rosenfeld is also the guitarist and singer for the band Adoptees and has a solo project called Communicaution that he started in 2004 in which he mainly plays acoustic songs. He was also active in the bands Rise-Up , Broken Stars , The Last Millennium Suckers and TimeSickness . Together with drummer Ben Clement, Eric Rosenfeld plays lyrical texts in poetry in the project The Cutting Word , launched in 2017 .

Giordano Bruno runs the record labels G Chord Records and Noiseworks Records . He was also active in the bands The Last Millennium Suckers and Broken Stars .

Discography

Albums

  • 2006: Marathon - (CD, Vinyl & Digital; Fond of Life Records / New Music Distribution)
  • 2008: This Is the Sinking - (CD & Digital; Winged Skull Records)
  • 2009: The Mad Ones - (CD & Digital; Fond of Life Records)
  • 2011: Levitate the Listener - (CD, vinyl & digital; split album with White Flag; Long Beach Records / Broken Silence )
  • 2014: Moving On - (CD, Vinyl & Digital; Flix Records / G Chord Records / Noiseworks Records / Bomber Music / Guerilla Asso)
  • 2019: Worn and Loved - (CD, Vinyl & Digital; G Chord Records / Noiseworks Records / Guerilla Asso)

EP

  • 2014: Be Better Than Me (digital on Bandcamp )
  • 2016: Rocket To Rushmore (digital and as 3 track Split 7 "vinyl with Killtime and The Gamits limited to 333 copies; G Chord Records / Noiseworks Records)
  • 2017: Birthday Boys (digitally on Bandcamp and iTunes and as 12 "vinyl; G Chord Records / Noiseworks Records)
  • 2018: Times Of War / Let's Make Love (digital on Bandcamp)

Singles

  • 2010: "This War Is Like a Drug to You!" (digital and as 7 "vinyl plus CD; G Chord Records)
  • 2012: Happy Yet ?! (digital and as 7 "vinyl limited to 300 copies; G Chord Records / Noiseworks Records)
  • 2014: Be Better Than Me (digital on iTunes)
  • 2016: You Better (digital and as 7 "vinyl; G Chord Records / Noiseworks Records)

Cover

  • 2014: "Sunny Afternoon" ( The Kinks Cover only on Facebook)
  • 2015: Pet Sematary ( Ramones cover only on YouTube.com)
  • 2015: Go Ahead And Cry ( Sky Saxon & The Electra-Fires Cover only on YouTube.com)
  • 2017: Rosie Won't You Please Come Home (The Kinks Cover only on YouTube.com)

Compilations (selection)

  • 2008: Luxembourg's Finest Rock & Pop 2008
  • 2008: Luxembourg's Finest: A Selection by Rockhal Volume 1
  • 2008: Luxembourg's Finest: A Selection by Rockhal Volume 2
  • 2009: Taste Music: Rock Pop Made in Luxembourg
  • 2009: Ox Compilation # 95
  • 2010: This Is Fond of Life Records Vol.2
  • 2011: Action Culturelle: SACEM Luxembourg Volume 2
  • 2012: This Is Fond of Life Records Vol.3
  • 2013: 2014: The Best Is Yet to Come! New Alternative And Indie Sounds From Cargo Digital (digital on iTunes)
  • 2015: It's a Bomber (digital on iTunes)

Web links

Individual evidence