Inviolet Row is an
indie rock band from
Las Vegas, Nevada. Formed in 2001 by
Lee Scrivner
Lee Scrivner (born February 10, 1971) is an American writer and cultural theorist known for his book ''Becoming Insomniac'' (2014) and for his satirical avant-garde art manifestos. He writes on the literature, history, and culture of the Victori ...
, Casey Johnson, Kevin Brewer, and
Abe Millet, the band released the albums ''Consolation Prizes'' (2002) and ''Nevertheless'' (2005),
and continues to write new material.
Founding
Inviolet Row was founded by
Lee Scrivner
Lee Scrivner (born February 10, 1971) is an American writer and cultural theorist known for his book ''Becoming Insomniac'' (2014) and for his satirical avant-garde art manifestos. He writes on the literature, history, and culture of the Victori ...
(guitar and vocals), Kevin Brewer (guitar), Casey Johnson (bass) and
Abe Millet (drums) in
Las Vegas, Nevada in 2001. Early that year they began writing and recording songs for what was to become their debut album, Consolation Prizes.
Millett left the band while the album was being mixed to devote more time to other projects, eventually joining
Third Eye Blind in 2008. The mixing and recording of their debut took over a year because of personnel changes and technical glitches,
and during this time
Ronnie Vannucci Jr.
Ronald Vannucci Jr. (born February 15, 1976) is an American musician, best known for being the drummer for the rock band the Killers. Vannucci is also involved in a side project called Big Talk, and became the drummer of the Rentals in 2018.
...
briefly sat in as a replacement drummer, just weeks before joining
The Killers.
''Consolation Prizes''
''Consolation Prizes'' was released in 2002
to largely positive reviews. ''
The Las Vegas Weekly'' compared the band to
The Psychedelic Furs,
and another review drew positive comparisons to
The Church and
Radiohead
Radiohead are an English rock band formed in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke (vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards); brothers Jonny Greenwood (lead guitar, keyboards, other instruments) and Colin Greenwood (bass) ...
, saying "Front man Lee Scrivner's lyrics are just as lovely and often as obscure as those of
Steve Kilbey, the Church's lead singer and bassist."
likened Scrivner's singing to that of
Sunny Day Real Estate frontman
Jeremy Enigk.
Paul Sinnott, formerly of the English rock band Family of Free Love, joined as permanent drummer after the album's release.
"Orange Horns," a track from ''Consolation Prizes'', was featured in
''Magnet'''s ''New Music Sampler (2003)''.
''Nevertheless''
A second studio album, ''Nevertheless'', was released in the summer of 2005.
To record the album, the band tried unconventional recording approaches, such as putting microphones in a clothes dryer and recording a variety of drum pedal squeaks and reverberating sliding glass doors. Besides the usual rock ensemble, the recordings also used a back-masked 19th century
psaltery
A psaltery ( el, ψαλτήρι) (or sawtry, an archaic form) is a fretboard-less box zither (a simple chordophone) and is considered the archetype of the zither and dulcimer; the harp, virginal, harpsichord and clavichord were also inspired by ...
.
Scrivner relocated to London after the release of ''Nevertheless'' to pursue a doctorate at the
University of London,
but the band continues to write and record material for a forthcoming album in a Las Vegas studio.
Band members
Current members
*
Lee Scrivner
Lee Scrivner (born February 10, 1971) is an American writer and cultural theorist known for his book ''Becoming Insomniac'' (2014) and for his satirical avant-garde art manifestos. He writes on the literature, history, and culture of the Victori ...
- vocals and guitar
*Kevin Brewer - guitar
*Casey Johnson - multi-instrumentalist
*Paul Sinnott - drums
Former members
*
Abe Millett - bass
*Ryan McIlvaine - guitar
*Jack Cowell - guitar
*Samuel Daniel - keyboard
*Jason Handleman - drums
*
Ronnie Vannucci Jr.
Ronald Vannucci Jr. (born February 15, 1976) is an American musician, best known for being the drummer for the rock band the Killers. Vannucci is also involved in a side project called Big Talk, and became the drummer of the Rentals in 2018.
...
- drums
Discography
*''Consolation Prizes'' (2002)
*''Nevertheless'' (2005)
References
External links
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Indie rock musical groups from Nevada