Vanity Theft was an American all-female indie/alternative rock group from

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, that was formed in 2005.

Biography

The band started in 2005 as "Vanity Pledge" when the members were still in high school, and was made up of Brittany Hill (guitar, vocals), Alicia Grodecki (keyboard, vocals), Elyse Driskill (drums) and Staci Farfsing (bass guitar). Originally playing cover material, the band started to write and play original music after Lindsey Keene replaced the college-bound Farfsing on bass guitar and the group was renamed "Vanity Theft". Keene left the band to pursue schooling and was replaced on bass guitar shortly after its second album was completed in April 2010 by

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, previously best known for her role in the early 2000s on the TV show ''

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VanityTheft.com Lalaine was asked to leave in January 2011 just before touring was to resume and the band consisted of its three original founding members. It has since toured with Amanda Dellevigne, Kelly Riot and, on The Lady Killers Tour, Allison Kelly. The band was described by some early Ohio reports as having a sound "somewhere between the work of

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". In 2010, the band signed with Vigilante Music/Adamant Records. On February 23, 2015, Hill announced the official disbandment of the band, also announcing her new music project "Kerchief". Shortly after, Grodecki announced her own music project titled "Moira".

Members

;Final line-up *Elyse Driskill -

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(2005–2015) *Alicia Grodecki -

lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of t ...

keyboards Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * Musi ...

synthesizer A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and ...

s, programming,

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

harmonica The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock. The many types of harmonica inclu ...

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

s (2005–2015),

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

(2012–2015) *Brittany Hill -

lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featur ...

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are use ...

(2005–2015) ;Former members *Staci Farfsing - bass guitar (2005) *Lindsey Keene - bass guitar (2006–2010) *

- bass guitar, backing vocals (2010) *Amanda Dellevigne - bass guitar (2011) *Kelly Riot - bass guitar (2011) *Allison Kelly - bass guitar (2012)

Discography

* ''Symptoms'' (2006) (5 song CD-EP) * ''Post Script: Pace Yourself'' (2008) * ''Anatomy'' (EP) (2010) * ''Get What You Came For'' (2011) (Vigilante/Adamant) * ''The Right Amount of Distance'' (2012) (7 song CD-EP)

Web shows

* ''Vanity Theft: VT Tour Diary'' (2011) * ''Vanity Theft: The Lost Tapes'' (2012)

References

External links

* {{Authority control All-female bands Alternative rock groups from Ohio Indie rock musical groups from Ohio Musical groups established in 2005