VO5 is an American nu-disco and

funk Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African Americans in the m ...

band from Madison,

Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...

formed in 2005.

Career

In 2015 VO5 released the album ''Dance Originality''. A music video for the single "Dance Originality" won the VOTD.TV award and was on rotation on

MTV MTV (Originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a di ...

. VO5 performed at the 2012 Scott Walker

recall election A recall election (also called a recall referendum, recall petition or representative recall) is a procedure by which, in certain polities, voters can remove an elected official from office through a referendum before that official's term of offi ...

mass protests alongside Michelle Shocked. Their song "Cheddar Revolution" was included in the ''Cheddar Revolution: Songs of Uprising'' CD compilation. During the 2010 US Senate election, a video of VO5 performing the song "Wonder Woman" along with candidate

Tammy Baldwin Tammy Suzanne Green Baldwin (born February 11, 1962) is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the junior United States senator from Wisconsin since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, she served three terms in the Wisconsin Stat ...

gained national attention after Wisconsin governor Tommy Thompson campaign employee Brian Nemoir questioned Baldwin's "heartland values" for dancing at a gay rights parade. Tommy Thompson was forced to apologize for his aides' "gay-baiting" in a TV ad and Baldwin went on to win the election.

Discography

* 2006 "Wisconsin Rap" (single) * 2008 "Wonder Woman" (single) * 2010 ''Disco Your Ass Off'' EP * 2012 "Cheddar Revolution" (single) * 2015 ''Dance Originality'' LP * 2016 "If You Build a Wall (We'll Tear It Down)" (single)

References

External links

VO5 Website

VO5 facebook page

YouTube
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Reviews and profiles

Isthmus

PBS

The State Times, NY

Maximum Ink Magazine

Rolling Disco Balls Magazine

World Music Central
Culture of Madison, Wisconsin Musical groups from Wisconsin